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01:00It's Quetta Gladiators against Karachi Kings today.
01:05And there's Mahmoud Nabi and Tim Seifert arriving with the likes of David Warner and James Vince.
01:11Kane Williamson just arrived to join that Karachi squad.
01:16And Vince, of course, a most gifted cricketer.
01:18Lots of good cricketers on view.
01:26Karachi going better than Quetta at the moment.
01:29Big fella there from New Zealand, Kyle Jamison.
01:31There's Lama Bad riding high, unbeaten in five with ten points and an excellent net run rate.
01:41Karachi Kings behind them with three wins from their five.
01:44Then Quetta Gladiators and Milton Sultans who need to get a wriggle on a bit.
01:50The coin rose and fell.
01:54David Warner won the toss.
01:56He chose to bowl first as Bubba did last night.
01:59It worked for him.
02:00Will it work for Warner?
02:01And there is the Quetta Gladiators side with a few problems to try to work out, actually.
02:09Kusul Mendes and Riley Rousseau and a few people not in their best form.
02:13Mark Chapman, the New Zealander, comes in.
02:15So, too.
02:16The quick bolers, Mohamed Wazeem and Kuram Shahzad.
02:19And there's the Karachi Kings.
02:22Waka Yunus is alongside me.
02:24Yeah, surprising, surprising.
02:25I was hoping Kane Williamson will come into the side.
02:28But no Kane Williamson.
02:29They made three changes.
02:31Out goes Ahmed Jamal, Irfan Niazi, Saad Beg.
02:34And in comes Sean Massoud.
02:36That's good to see.
02:37Umair Ben Yusuf and young Fawad Ali, the Pacer from the south.
02:49It's the countdown done.
03:05We're ready to get going.
03:07Here at this wonderful stadium in Lahore.
03:11Mia Hamza.
03:12It's a bowl to South Shaquille.
03:16Oh, I love it.
03:18Love it.
03:23Oh, that's pretty good.
03:24That's a great way to open your account.
03:27Might be the way forward against the new ball on this surface.
03:30And it doesn't get much more classical than that.
03:32It was on the up.
03:33It wasn't a half volley by any means.
03:35But see the way he just kept the weight coming forward into the ball.
03:41That's out.
03:42That's gone.
03:44Gonski early doors.
03:46Hassan early strikes.
03:47It just bounced a little bit on Saad Shaquille.
03:51And Sean Massoud with a good first touch of the evening does the rest.
03:57Oh, might have just got a chest on it, but it stayed in.
04:00He and I must talk more often at the start of a match.
04:03Seven for one.
04:04Oh, wow.
04:12Finn Allen in out as well.
04:15Oh, no.
04:17Two soft wickets.
04:18Hassan Ali has the day at the moment.
04:21Hassan Ali again bustling away.
04:23Slams the ball into a length.
04:25Finn Allen just stands up on that drive.
04:27It's his second duck in three innings now.
04:31And watching from the other end or not, it's made no difference.
04:35First baller gone.
04:36Eight for two.
04:39Well, that is mighty destructive.
04:42Exactly that, Mark Butcher.
04:44It's a fantastic talent when it's on song.
04:48Change in the field.
04:49Mid-wicket's come in.
04:51And now he's played an even better shot.
04:54Top class.
04:58It's 18 for two.
05:03Oh, out.
05:04Out, out, out.
05:05Hassan Ali, number three.
05:07Fantastic start, this, for the Karachi Kings.
05:12He's thinking about where can I pull the ball?
05:15Where is that man?
05:16Before Hassan Ali's let go of the ball.
05:18And this just isn't there to pull.
05:20He'll say perhaps it stayed down a little bit, but my goodness me.
05:26He was thinking about the shot before the ball came down.
05:31The ball was in a vague area where you might be able to pull it off.
05:34Chop on.
05:35He's gone for 10, 20 for three.
05:41Oh, first poor ball.
05:43And in fairness, it's put away with great skill by Kushal Mendes.
05:48First time he's drifted, both in length and line.
05:51Oh, well, that has whistled away of a sort of part blade, part outside edge.
06:01All gone, 29 for three.
06:03Yeah, you picked up wickets against, oh, I say, timing.
06:11Timing to die for.
06:13Yeah, Klaasat from Kushal Mendes.
06:17Keep trying to knock them down.
06:18They keep popping up.
06:18Sri Lankan on strike at the moment.
06:21Got that away for four.
06:24Nicely played.
06:26Picked up the length very early.
06:28The ball is not going to spin a great deal, so in position early.
06:31He's a fantastic player of spin bowling.
06:34Two balls left in the Pepsi power play.
06:36Oh, and another wicket's gone.
06:39He struck Naby.
06:40Loves getting his teeth into the game early with the ball.
06:43Naby just pushing that through a bit quicker.
06:47Skids off the leather of the ball into middle and leg stuff there.
06:51Just looking a little bit too square there, Mark Chapman.
06:54And go down through mid-arm more there.
06:57It's a great strike.
06:58Gone early in the piece for four.
07:00Double four for four.
07:01And he'll keep on punching you.
07:05He's played a lovely sweep shot.
07:07That's where he's so impressive.
07:09Against Spain is absolutely a bazooka.
07:13That's on top of the ball, and that's always going away for four.
07:16Heads up the 50.
07:1752 now.
07:22Kobe out.
07:23Picked him out perfectly, and that is gone.
07:25James Vince, the man's taken the catch.
07:27Subbas into his first over.
07:29Picks up an important wicket and breaks that ball.
07:31He's got a lot of pressure for 25.
07:34Looking to go a little bit squarer than where the ball has ended up.
07:37More of a leading edge.
07:39And a pretty simple catch for James Vince down there at long on.
07:45Naby of the Warner, very happy with that wicket.
07:47Happy to see the back of Gushel Mendes.
07:50Interparts with 36 off 22.
07:56Good solid drive down the ground.
07:57That's beautifully played.
07:58Right out of the screws, that one.
08:00Yeah, he's got a lot of potential with the bat.
08:02He may have lost a bit of zip with the ball,
08:05but nothing wrong with that kind of start.
08:07He can pull the ball as well.
08:10Efficient, impactful at that position.
08:13All fine and dandy.
08:16That's crunched away.
08:17Oh, it's found the gap.
08:21Wonderful pull shot.
08:22Rare error in length from Naby.
08:24Oh, it's gone like a shot.
08:32Scorching turf through cover from Nawaz.
08:36He is a talent.
08:36Oh, that's nailed.
08:38Oh, that's nailed.
08:42Absolutely nailed.
08:44100 comes up for Koueta Gladiators in style.
08:47That's for Fahim's preferred length.
08:53He's so effective square of the wicket on either side.
08:57That was a long hop and a slow one.
09:03Shot.
09:04Shot.
09:05That is glorious.
09:08One off the front foot, one off the back foot in the over from Fahad Fahim.
09:19That one's gone even further.
09:21Dropped in the crowd.
09:23And they are a long, long way back.
09:25This is just the sort of over that they were looking for.
09:27And now it's Koueta's turn to put the foot down and put pressure back on the opposition.
09:331-1, 5 for 5.
09:36Benita Bounder for the last ball.
09:37Picked up beautifully.
09:39Has it gone all the way?
09:41Yes, it has by some distance.
09:42That's a lovely way to finish the over.
09:48Great shot.
09:49Over the top.
09:50No.
09:51Good catch.
09:53Comfortably taken.
09:54James Vence.
09:55He doesn't drop too many, that's for sure.
09:57And just that beautiful, a bit of a smile on his face.
09:59He's been bowling serious heat.
10:01He wanted to get a little bit more elevation.
10:04He timed it well, but because he hit it so flat,
10:08and James Vence was waiting for it at the boundary,
10:11and Youngster picking up his first wicket in the PSL T20 cricket.
10:16Hassan Nawaz gone for the 35, 1-2-8 for 6.
10:22Bowled him.
10:23That is a terrific delivery.
10:25Right underneath the bat.
10:27That's exactly what you've got to do at this stage.
10:31And when you're looking to go for big shots,
10:34you've got no chance if you get the ball right there.
10:37Beauty.
10:38That's a beautiful delivery.
10:40It seems John Jr. gone for one, it's 1-31 for seven now.
10:49In the air, and gone.
10:51Another one down.
10:52David Warner snappers that quite comfortably.
10:55Viv can't believe what's happening in the middle.
10:58All he needed to do is just rotate the strike,
11:02just push it in the gap,
11:03and give strike back to that man, Fahim.
11:06Worn up, picking that catch nicely, quite comfortable.
11:09No good.
11:10Sir Vivian Richard, very unhappy.
11:13Ahmed won without scoring, 1-31 for eight.
11:15Slice that one over the top, and he picks up a boundary.
11:21That's how it needs to deal at the moment, Fahim.
11:28Back past the bowler, and four more.
11:31That's with great power.
11:32There's an edge, and what a catch.
11:40That is a magnificent grab.
11:41He's not the tallest, that's for sure, Tim Seifert,
11:44but he's taken a magnificent grab, diving full length.
11:47Brilliant stuff.
11:48This ball flew off the back, a little bit wide.
11:52It was a loose delivery.
11:53Played it late, tried to play it late, and watched that.
11:57One hell of a catch.
11:58Had to stretch to his left, long way and high,
12:03and above his shoulder.
12:05He must have a magnificent knock comes to an end.
12:081-39 for nine.
12:12That's gone straight up.
12:13Hassan Ali might pick up another wicket here.
12:15Is it going to be caught?
12:16No, he can't get there in time.
12:21Biles are lit up.
12:22It is going to be checked.
12:24Pull rifle says, let's have a look upstairs.
12:26Ball in the keeper hand.
12:29Keep rolling, keep rolling.
12:30And you freeze here.
12:31The batter is well short of the crease when the wick is broken.
12:34I'm ready to make my decision for the wispy.
12:39Says that's out.
12:40So that's it.
12:40The innings is done.
12:42That is a real collapse.
12:44Poeta losing their last wicket, 142.
12:48Might not be enough, but we definitely have game in hand.
12:52As we have a look at the card for the Quetta Gladiators, 36 to Mendes.
12:57That's the biggest meaningful score on the top batting line-up.
13:0222 deliveries, 35 of 34 from Nawaz.
13:05Fahim played nice with his 43 of 27 and all out for 142.
13:11So there were 128 for 5 in 16 overs and two balls and lost 5 for 14 to get all out for 142 in the end.
13:21Hamza up front and Hassan Ali.
13:24Hassan Ali definitely a pick of the baller, picking up all three up front with the new ball.
13:29Nabi picking up a wicket and two for Abbas.
13:31Match number 15, that's the story.
13:34Karachi Kings need 143 runs of 120 balls.
13:37No chance of rain, of course, in Lahore.
13:39Got to go at 7.15 runs per over.
13:49Here we go then.
13:50Oh!
13:53That's only Warner can do.
13:56A smash over the infield for four.
13:58What a beginning.
14:01This was the main reason why he was batting out of the crease.
14:08And chance at Miran and he's taken at Miran.
14:13Riley Russo there with a nice low catch.
14:16Warner is dismissed.
14:17He was looking for room outside the off-stum.
14:20And Mohamed Ahmed denied it.
14:23Tucked him up.
14:25That line didn't allow Warner to free his arms.
14:28Miss hit the ball straight to the fielder, who made no mistake.
14:34Looking for early breakthrough.
14:36Kota gladiators, they got it in shape of Warner.
14:39Who goes back for four, it's four for one.
14:44Oh, there's that big shot.
14:45It is a huge six.
14:47Picked the length so early in position, early, and smashed it for a great six.
14:56And is hit hard through the offside for four.
14:59Easily done by James Vince.
15:01He's such a good timer of the ball.
15:03Once again, minimum of effort and plenty of good result.
15:06Top edge is hit for six.
15:12Has it gone all the way?
15:13It's hit the side screen on the full.
15:16So after a decent first few deliveries, four and a six to end the over.
15:2024 for one.
15:23Oh, pull shot.
15:26He likes that length.
15:27And that's absolutely gone.
15:29Nailed it.
15:30Hit the fence in a matter of seconds.
15:32And gets it past the infield for more runs.
15:40This time through the offside.
15:42Sal Shaquille will give up the chase.
15:44Didn't really come off the middle of the bat,
15:46but because of the high lift and the body moving into that shot,
15:50he was able to really play that shot.
15:52Earns him a four.
15:53Makes rooms.
15:55Gets it past the infield for four.
15:56This is excellent batting from Seifert.
15:59He is not letting him to settle down,
16:01and that's his aggression and placement.
16:06Vince, goodbye to the batsman.
16:08And well, he's off the mark.
16:10First ball hits the pad.
16:12James Vince is not convinced.
16:15Onfiel is out.
16:17Pitching in line.
16:18Impact, impact, call.
16:20Wicked missing.
16:21Orif, stay with the original.
16:23Wicked's missing.
16:24Paul Rifle, affectionately known as Pistol, has misfired.
16:31I do know what you mean,
16:33even though that's a pretty special shot.
16:36I do know what you mean.
16:37He does look quite relaxed,
16:38even by his standards.
16:39I mean, he's a guy with a lot of time to play.
16:44Oh, and that's a ripper.
16:46How about those two back-to-back
16:48and 180 degrees separated?
16:50Just a prime example from James Vince now
16:53of the extra time he has.
16:56138 kph.
17:00That is a shot.
17:02Don't worry about that.
17:03That is drilled flat.
17:06Travelling from back like a shell from a gun of sorts.
17:11Goodness me.
17:15That's just physical strength, that one.
17:17Don't worry about the timing.
17:19Just throw your strong upper body at it.
17:22Keep the hands going through the ball.
17:25Enviable ball striking.
17:30Oh, that one's out.
17:31Vince has picked him out.
17:32He's caught it this time.
17:34And that is massively disappointing.
17:37Vince slashes his bat away in disgust,
17:40but it's only his own fault.
17:43The previous delivery that he faced.
17:46And he gave Raleigh Rousseau another chance.
17:48He gratefully clings on.
17:50He almost spilt that one.
17:52But the end result is that Vince goes for 30 from 29.
17:5677 for two.
17:59This is beautifully hit.
18:01He came down the pitch
18:03and smoked it over mid-wicket for four more.
18:12Big shot.
18:14But does it get the distance?
18:15Doesn't.
18:17Raleigh Rousseau with another catch.
18:19Tim Seifert remains three shy of his half-century.
18:23And Karachi lose their third.
18:25There might be a little twist here.
18:27Quite a thing that they can bounce back.
18:29It was wanted to go where he hit it,
18:31but didn't get it in the middle of the bat.
18:33Oh, this is Raleigh Rousseau everywhere.
18:37He dropped one.
18:37He picked up two catches now.
18:40Seifert gone for 47.
18:4193 for three now, Karachi.
18:43Oh, brilliant.
18:47Oh, my word.
18:50That is absolutely stunning behind the stumps.
18:52Kusol Mendes takes a blinder.
18:55The ball climbed on John Massoud.
19:01And smart thing.
19:03He did get around the wheel.
19:04Look at that.
19:05I think this was better.
19:06Definitely better than Tim Seifert's.
19:09Wow.
19:10Even he surprised himself.
19:12What a beautiful catch.
19:1596 for four.
19:19Oh.
19:21You beauty.
19:24That was quick.
19:25Another fantastic catch by Skipper himself in the slip.
19:29Wow.
19:31Brilliant.
19:32Absolutely brilliant.
19:33Brilliant length.
19:34Great deception.
19:36Gets the outside edge.
19:37And the captain in the slips obliges.
19:40Well, he hasn't cracked many tonight.
19:42Off he goes for Duck.
19:4397 for five.
19:45Four deliveries from Abrar.
19:47Oh, in the air.
19:49In the air.
19:50Has he caught it?
19:51Has he caught it?
19:52They all think that he has.
19:55And Nabi stays out there.
19:58He's not sure though.
20:01Yeah, Paul Rifle sending this upstairs.
20:11Keep rolling.
20:13Keep rolling.
20:15Keep rolling.
20:16Keep rolling.
20:17No problem.
20:19Go forward.
20:19Freeze here.
20:23I'm satisfied.
20:25The ball touched the ground.
20:26It's not a fake catch.
20:27I'm ready to make my decision for the biscuit.
20:33Yep.
20:33Not the three letters.
20:34It is the six.
20:37Valiant effort.
20:44Well, well, well.
20:45There's now a strong case for another wicket.
20:47Oh, my goodness me.
20:50Another wicket there.
20:51Lovely short ball from Mohamed Amir.
20:53Angled at the body.
20:55And Mohamed Nabi.
20:56All he can do is top edge it.
20:57And a pretty comfortable catch down at the fine leg boundary.
21:00And isn't he just fired up?
21:031.02 for six now with Nabi gone as well.
21:06Well, there he goes with a thrash over backward point.
21:16Gee, that flew off the back.
21:21That's out, LBW.
21:23No, maybe not.
21:24Maybe not.
21:26This looked horrible.
21:27What are they thinking?
21:28They're asking the keeper.
21:30They've gone for it.
21:31On-field the scene is not out.
21:36Pitching out of.
21:37Impact in nine.
21:38Wicket hitting.
21:40Go to on-field empire.
21:41Call.
21:42Change your return.
21:43Not out of the scene to out.
21:45Well, I've got to say, I thought it was out, LBW.
21:47The moment that it hit him.
21:49Still 36 needed in 21 balls.
21:51As Abbas Afridi says goodnight.
21:54Is that a chip over?
22:00Or is that...
22:00Yeah, it is.
22:00It is.
22:01It is a chip over.
22:01And he gets overspin on it to the boundary for four.
22:04Okay.
22:05He's a fighter, Hasan Ali.
22:07And he'll fight till the end.
22:13That's asking for LBW.
22:15Not getting it.
22:15Do they come back for two?
22:16Yes, they do.
22:17No, they don't.
22:19They change their mind.
22:20Do they review now?
22:21Mahmoud Wazim really believes this is out.
22:23He turns to his captain and implores.
22:26He's begging for it.
22:27He's saying you have to review.
22:28You can't nod at this stage of the game.
22:30And they all agree.
22:31So a review it will be.
22:34Rinald is a nut out.
22:36Pitting in line.
22:37Impact in line.
22:38Wicked hitting.
22:39Ah, Mahmoud Wazim.
22:41Change your Rinald not out.
22:42The scene to out.
22:43Stand by.
22:43Absolutely brilliant.
22:45The ball ball that swung in late.
22:47That little reverser.
22:48And then the demand to his captain to ensure the review.
22:52And look at the result.
22:54He's picked up a big one.
22:56Yusuf gone for 11.
22:57And staring defeat now.
22:59Karachi Kings 8 down to 1-1-5.
23:03High.
23:04High.
23:04Is it high enough?
23:06Oh, it sure is.
23:08Wow.
23:08Now.
23:08Just a little sniff of opportunity after that strike.
23:14It's down to 18 from 7.
23:16Long leg and square leg up.
23:18Third man up.
23:19And extra cover on the edge of the circle.
23:22Everybody else on the boundary.
23:23First ball.
23:24High.
23:25Absolutely high.
23:28And safe.
23:29Just a single.
23:29Okay.
23:30Well, that's what they needed.
23:31It was an unusual way of getting it.
23:33He could have just dropped it and ran.
23:34But anyway, he had a swish at it.
23:36It does get Hassan Ali on strike.
23:42A little top edge for four.
23:45Still don't want a no ball last ball.
23:47Ten needed off the final ball.
23:49And the infuriating thing about this for the losing dressing room is how close you get.
23:54Win, lose, win, lose, win, lose run at the moment.
23:58The Karachi Kings.
23:59It's all over.
24:00A couple of boundaries end it.
24:02But the margin is six.
24:04Even more frustrating in its way for David Warner's team.
24:08They will be disbelieving of defeat here.
24:12Martin Guptill.
24:13How does the dressing room feel before we turn to Viv?
24:15No, let's not.
24:16Let's hang on with Viv and Quetta Gladiators.
24:18Because imagine the elation after that fight back.
24:22Ah, there you go.
24:23Sir Vivian Richards of Antigua and West Indies.
24:31Mentor to a team of gladiators.
24:35Pristened Quetta.
24:37Who have undone the kings at the Gaddafi Stadium tonight.
24:41137 for eight.
24:50I suppose what he means is that guys like Mazzoud and Yusuf who came in had to push on earlier than they attempted to.
24:56And that really put a stopper on proceedings.
25:00Well, that card kind of tells its own story.
25:03As for the bowlers, brilliant fight back.
25:05Really brilliant.
25:06Mehmet Amir, 16 dot balls.
25:08Kuram, 12 dot balls.
25:0911 from Ravar.
25:1112 from Wazim Jr.
25:12And a little summary of proceedings tonight.
25:16Really an unbelievable turnaround.
25:18Quetta Gladiators, just 142.
25:20They defended it.
25:21The lowest score defended here in the history of HBL PSL at Lahore.
25:26137 for eight in reply.
25:29Quetta Gladiators getting up by five and jumping up the table because of it too.
25:36Islamabad United still riding.
25:38It seems a bit of time since they've played five games, ten points and a terrific net run rate.
25:43Karachi still second, but a game more than Lahore, Peshawar and two more than Quetta.
25:56Karachi still second, but a game more than Wazim Jr.