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01:00This is Islamabad United having won the first five games and they have brought in some big replacements.
01:07David Warner won the toss and surprisingly against all the stats has chose to have a bowl first.
01:16Yeah, they have.
01:19They've got Alex Hales back in for these last few games.
01:22Rasir van der Duyssen as well.
01:24Shadab Khan back.
01:25Good to see him back in the lineup as well after being injured.
01:28Ghazi Ghori coming in, making his debut for Islamabad.
01:32Tamal Mills back in Islamabad United Colors as well.
01:35Salman Ushad back in.
01:36Ben Dorshis and Ahmad Wazim round out the 11.
01:39One change and that change is right in the middle there.
01:43Tim Seifert, who has arrived from New Zealand, replaces an Australian in Ben McDermott.
01:49They're a good side.
01:51The president there has had a fine HBL Pakistan Super League.
01:55Mohamed Nabi and the bowling attack, well, led by the experience of Hassan Ali.
02:01Faisal Afridi and Rashid Riaz are the on-field umpires.
02:11Here we go.
02:12Check out if there's any swing.
02:14Check out the pace.
02:15Check out the bounce.
02:19Oh, came on nicely.
02:21Came on nicely.
02:26You'll see that little shimmy gets it through.
02:29This will run.
02:29No one's catching that.
02:31This will run away.
02:34What a shot.
02:38Oh, that is a big shot.
02:40Alex Hales.
02:41Take a bow.
02:43First six of the game.
02:44Straight down the ground.
02:46He's a big man.
02:47Big levers.
02:48And he has absolutely smoked that one.
02:55Hassan Ali.
02:56Into the attack.
02:57What a beautiful looking shot.
02:59Fahane has started out beautifully here.
03:05Or muscle it over the top.
03:07And watch this just skid on.
03:09It just skids on.
03:09Oh, what a shot.
03:14What a shot to bring up the half century for the team.
03:1850 up.
03:1950 up.
03:20In just 25 deliveries.
03:26Long on up.
03:27Long off.
03:28Out.
03:28He's slapped over the top.
03:30A little bit of room for Alex Hales.
03:32This will run away again.
03:35What a start.
03:36This time launched down the ground.
03:42I don't think he's got all of it.
03:45Though maybe just one bounce.
03:46Or has it carried?
03:48Yes, it has.
03:49First six to go with his eight fours for Saibzada Farhan.
03:55Oh, slow one.
03:56And it's been thumped out of the ground.
03:59The perfect way to end the Pepsi power play.
04:0276 without loss.
04:08And that will be 50.
04:12Saibzada Farhan is second 50 this season to go with his century.
04:17Guy in form.
04:18Coming into the HBL PSL.
04:20Is showing his worth.
04:22Launched in the air.
04:26And launched out of the ground.
04:29Another one over the rope.
04:32From Alex Hales.
04:36Well, that has been thumped.
04:39Short ball and it disappears into the crowd.
04:43Brings up the 100 and the 100 partnership.
04:46Massive six of a deep back and square leg.
04:48Lovely extension of the arm.
04:53Brilliant shot again.
04:58Oh, thumped away.
05:00That is spectacular.
05:03Just two hair swifty.
05:05We're the maximum.
05:07His seventh in the HBL PSL.
05:15And again, just a little rip.
05:17And it just sails away.
05:24It is.
05:26Has it?
05:28Yes, it has.
05:29It's gone out of the park.
05:31Told you.
05:32No doubt.
05:36Yeah, I mean, that's gone.
05:38It's a huge six.
05:39I think they've been hypnotized by this opening aggression.
05:46I think they've been put under a spell here.
05:52And goes big for six.
05:55The fun continues for all of us.
05:58Sadly, can't say much about Karachi Kings and Arouj Mumtaz.
06:02They're struggling.
06:02150 is raised.
06:04150 without a wicket down.
06:06That's quite incredible.
06:09150 between the two.
06:12Opening stand this is.
06:13Let's not forget.
06:17Makes room.
06:18Scoops it up in the air.
06:19First one for Karachi Kings.
06:21And it's the fuller length.
06:22Arouj Mumtaz was talking about the Yorker length.
06:24The fuller length.
06:26You can see the emotion on me.
06:27He's upset by himself because he tried to be funky.
06:30It wasn't required.
06:31Mir Hamza's done excellent.
06:33Followed him with that fuller length.
06:35So he couldn't get under the ball.
06:37And goes down the throat of Abbas Afridi.
06:40Positioned perfectly at short.
06:41Fine.
06:42A sigh of relief.
06:4573 magnificent innings.
06:470-41.
06:47Islama the 153 for one.
06:49No he can't.
06:54That's a Skyah.
06:55A six.
06:56Magnificent strike from Hales.
07:02Shot.
07:03There is a chance.
07:04Longhorn takes the catch.
07:05And it's the end of the innings.
07:07Warner is the catcher.
07:09Amir Jamal picks up a wicket.
07:12Yeah he was struggling.
07:13A one of seven eventually.
07:15Didn't get even one out of the middle.
07:17And this one also.
07:19You can see the bat turn in his hands.
07:21Warner sets up nicely.
07:22Brilliant fielder.
07:24From 153 for no loss.
07:26Karachi have just picked up 263 for two.
07:29Rassi Van Derdessen goes for one.
07:34That's a brilliant cover drive.
07:36That really is glorious from the right-hander.
07:39Hassan Ali is the new article that's been asked to come.
07:45And oh chance of a run out.
07:49And he's gone.
07:50Salman Aliaga has found a good and a different way of getting out.
07:53That's unfortunate.
07:54Because he started off beautifully with a classical cover drive.
07:59A little bit of a miscommunication.
08:02Alex Hales stutters.
08:03Asking are you coming?
08:04Not coming.
08:05Decides I'm not coming anymore.
08:06Salman Aliaga.
08:07Too far down back then.
08:08He was running back to the danger end.
08:10He was always running.
08:12A good throw in from Khushdil.
08:14And a clean-up job done by Hassan Ali.
08:17Yeah, he likes it.
08:19Salman Aliaga only gets seven tonight.
08:21I mean, that is such a great start.
08:28I mean, this is incredible.
08:31Charges the ball and he's always looking to hit with the full face of the bat.
08:35High elbow and through the line.
08:37Shut up.
08:42Oh, full toss.
08:43Full toss.
08:45Just watch it sail.
08:47How many sixes now?
08:48Just 13, Aleister Cook.
08:53Oh, bold.
08:56Can you believe it?
08:57Alex Hales has just walked across one.
09:00Khushdil gets the wicket.
09:01Hales still hasn't had 100 in HPL Pakistan Super League.
09:06Strange dismissal, really, for a guy who's just hit sixes at will.
09:11He's come down and almost yorked himself between his legs.
09:15But he's played absolutely superbly.
09:19And he's given his team a wonderful chance of getting that second place.
09:26He walks off 88 of only 35 balls.
09:31Clamabad, 199 for four.
09:36All picked up.
09:38Picked up again.
09:39Don't even look, bowler.
09:40Just walk back to your mark.
09:42It's another six.
09:4315 sixes.
09:44It matches your career.
09:45Oh, nice.
09:50That is really good.
09:51He plays that shot.
09:52I don't mind him playing that shot, because he plays it really well.
09:572.21 for four then.
09:5812 balls left.
10:00Projected.
10:01Trying to get to that 2.50.
10:02This is powered.
10:03Vince has got no chance.
10:05What timing this is from Haiderelli.
10:07I think he's gone.
10:16I think this is run out.
10:17Shedav knows it.
10:18He's trying to get back on strike.
10:20And I think Seifert has run him out.
10:23He's not even waiting.
10:24He's gone.
10:24He's trying to be sneaky, wasn't he?
10:29And, well, I don't think the dive would have saved him either.
10:36Absolutely O-U-T.
10:38Shadav Khan goes for 42 of 19.
10:41Islamabad, 237 for five.
10:46Ben Dorshas, let me tell you, he can hit a long ball.
10:50What a shot this is.
10:5317.60s.
10:56Here we go.
10:57Last ball.
10:58Now then, can they get two?
11:00Can they get to 2.50?
11:02You bet they can.
11:03Direct hit.
11:04No, it's done.
11:07Again, the ball is thrown.
11:08Not happy.
11:09Karachi Kings are leaving.
11:11Not happy.
11:11They're all having a go.
11:12But it's Islamabad United, who are desperate for a big win tonight,
11:16to get to that second place and give themselves two opportunities
11:20to get to the final finish on 251 for five.
11:28You know, Hales and Ferran set it up,
11:30but Shadav didn't do too badly either.
11:3342 of 19 from him.
11:35Either early 19 in the end.
11:36Oshus with a big six.
11:38That meant that they got to 251 in their 20 overs.
11:44Tough.
11:47Tough day for all the bowlers.
11:49Best really on show was Mir Hamza with his four overs.
11:52One for 41.
11:54But a flat wicket.
11:55Very difficult to keep the ball in the park.
11:57And the Islamabad United bowlers, well, they've got work to do.
12:02Kings will require 204 to stay in the top two.
12:06We'll take a quick break.
12:07On the other side, that run chase.
12:10It's about who finishes in that top two.
12:12Last game here in Rawalpindi.
12:17A hint of shape.
12:20A great start.
12:20Picked up just away.
12:29That'll be the first runs in terms of boundary.
12:32Warner's off and running.
12:36That's been picked up.
12:38That's got miles on it in the horizontal direction.
12:42Warner 1-4 follows it up with the six.
12:43And that's what you call a freebie for David Warner there.
12:50Crowd's happy to see some boundaries.
12:57It gets enough.
12:58And really smart from Tim Seifert.
13:00Held back in the crease.
13:01And he just slapped it back over mid-off.
13:09That sounded really good.
13:10That is cracked and a half.
13:12Well, it might have been a subdued start.
13:14But they're just picking up the pace.
13:16Karachi Kings in the Pepsi power play.
13:20Mid-off, mid-on-up.
13:21Carves it through.
13:22Hits it straight back for four.
13:23Oh, listen to this.
13:32Smashingtons.
13:35Almost.
13:41Ball aim.
13:42Yorker does the job.
13:43What her response after being slashed for four.
13:46Isshad has made a very, very strong comeback.
13:49Stamping his authority with a fuller length ball.
13:52That has generally worked on a flat surface like this.
13:58Well, his action is perfect for the in-swing in Yorker.
14:02You see the delight.
14:05They know how important that wicket is.
14:09Seifert has to leave for 26.
14:11Karachi lose their first wicket.
14:1356 for one.
14:18Beautifully tied through the offside.
14:20This is glorious.
14:22A gem from Vince through the offside.
14:29Allows Waller to hit a six.
14:31It was flat on his pads.
14:33And then so an easy pickup shot for the left-hander.
14:36A glorious six.
14:37He's such a powerful batsman.
14:43And he managed to create that angle.
14:45Sailed over the ropes.
14:47But guess what?
14:48Yet another six here.
14:55Quicker ball.
14:56That's hit hard into the gap for four.
14:57No problem whatsoever for Borna.
14:59He's loving this from Shadab.
15:01First of all, he told him that which peaks have been completed.
15:04Thank you so much.
15:05Salman Aliaga takes an easy catch.
15:15Vince there couldn't really hit it hard.
15:19Hard enough.
15:19Didn't have the elevation.
15:22And I think he's probably caught in two minds whether to play it down.
15:25Because there's no real intent of hitting a six.
15:28It's that skinniness from Rahmat.
15:30Hard to get underneath it.
15:33As cost chains Vince.
15:36Dangerous men have gone for eight.
15:39Karachi, 80 for two.
15:42Plus, he keep a rock and a blue ice turnable mixer.
15:45It's the climb that I must kill those people.
15:48I'm so sorry.
15:49But once again, it's gone again.
15:51So it's back to you guys once again.
15:54Apologies to our heroes with Zenova Baas by the sidelines.
16:00But there are a couple of heroes out there on the field.
16:02Salman Aliaga have been introduced as a spinning option.
16:05And Saad just couldn't help himself.
16:07Couldn't stop himself.
16:08Hitting a great four.
16:10He's been dismissed.
16:16Not a good shot.
16:18Especially when you score a boundary before.
16:20He leads for five.
16:22Karachi, now in a bit of trouble.
16:2385 for three.
16:29That is being lifted and beautifully played.
16:33Irfan Khan, now in a very fresh to the crease.
16:36But they can't afford for the asking rate to fall.
16:38And this is one way to do it.
16:41Just strides down the left side of the ball to allow a free-flowing bat.
16:45And dispatches it for six.
16:47So confident start.
16:48Pulled him.
16:54That'll make a difference.
16:55Quicker, flatter.
16:57Maybe stayed low a little.
16:58But Imad Vassim has delivered a huge blow.
17:02Maybe gesturing that it's kept slightly low.
17:05But remember, he's always skinny.
17:08Off the pads and knocks off stump.
17:10Imad Vassim, look at the reaction as well.
17:13Just getting the crowd to go on.
17:14There you go.
17:17The captain likes it.
17:19And it's a huge, huge wicket.
17:2143 for the skipper.
17:23Karachi, 100 for four now.
17:24Going rate nine.
17:27The asking rate, just a touch under 17.
17:31Gone.
17:32The spinners in action.
17:34It's Shadab now.
17:35Just a gentle push back.
17:38And Khushdil departs.
17:41Karachi now spiraling very quickly.
17:44Tossed up.
17:45Takes all the pace off.
17:46Plays it in front of him.
17:47Khushdil.
17:49A gentle lob straight back to the captain who obliges.
17:52Karachi, let alone winning the game.
17:55Even the 204 might be a tall ask now.
17:59Khushdil goes for one.
18:00Karachi, 101 for five.
18:04Catch all.
18:06There's another chance.
18:07But that has been hit so hard.
18:10That even the ricochet doesn't make a difference.
18:15Pulled away in the air.
18:16Chance in the deep.
18:18Gone.
18:19Header Ali with the catch.
18:21Shadab with two in the air.
18:22Header Ali with the over.
18:25Simple catch.
18:26Straight down the throat of Header Ali.
18:28Perfectly positioned at deep mid-wicket.
18:31He doesn't get it out of the middle.
18:32It's more towards the toe end.
18:36That will be the end of Mohamed Nabi.
18:41Karachi, 107 for six at the end of 12.
18:44Nabi goes to five.
18:45Wide in the air.
18:50Another chance at extra cover.
18:52Salman Ali Agha with the catch.
18:54Shadab has another.
18:56And Karachi are falling.
18:57They've held on to the Skyers.
19:03And if anything, they've made them rather comfortable.
19:06Tracks back Salman Ali Agha.
19:09Goes reverse cup.
19:10Watches it all the way in.
19:11They are falling like a house of cards.
19:16114 for seven.
19:18Niyazi goes for 14.
19:21Oh, Bolin.
19:23The flipper this time.
19:25Shadab is on a roll.
19:27Yeah, the celebration more because it's Hassan Ali.
19:31But the flipper has worked like a treat.
19:35Shadab will be on a hat-trick when he comes out.
19:39He had a little word to say as well.
19:41The flipper quicker.
19:42Takes off.
19:43Stump out.
19:45Hassan Ali swings.
19:47All he manages is fresh air.
19:50Great stuff.
19:51Really great stuff.
19:53Four wickets for the skipper.
19:57That's a cracked egg tonight for Hassan Ali.
19:59114 for eight.
20:04Plays it away.
20:05Over the top of point.
20:07And that will go to the fence.
20:13That's six.
20:15Gone all the way over the rope.
20:17Didn't middle it properly but still good enough.
20:22That's a smash for four.
20:24That really is well played.
20:26Well-timed Abbas can hit a few.
20:28Seems to be in the mood.
20:33Off the back foot.
20:34Gets it past the man on the fence.
20:39This time it was hammered off the back foot.
20:41He picked the googly.
20:44He didn't pick it first ball.
20:46He certainly picked that one.
20:51Now this time is it going to happen for Shadab?
20:54Is it going to be a catch?
20:55Not to be.
20:55It's gone over the fence.
20:59Two-overs.
21:00One foot twenty-one.
21:01That's such a good crack.
21:05Straight back over the bowler's head for fourths.
21:07This can still happen for Karachi Kings.
21:09Edge got behind.
21:15Gone.
21:17Abbas's cameo comes to an end.
21:19He was looking threatening.
21:21It's Abbas's wicket that is picked.
21:28Yeah, running his fingers across that one.
21:30Salmano Shad threw the shot way too early.
21:33And just all you can imagine is a top edge.
21:36Pretty easy take there for the keeper.
21:42Karachi, nine down now.
21:44One five five for nine.
21:49Now, that is some shot.
21:51Just a flick of the wrist.
21:52Nothing more than that.
21:53And that's travelled the distance.
21:59Given by the umpire.
22:01It's all over for Karachi Kings.
22:03The agony comes to an halt.
22:06Islamabad United richly deserve this win.
22:09Because they've absolutely knocked them down.
22:12With superb display of batsmanship and bowling.
22:16Karachi bowled out for 172 on a feather bed.
22:20Needing 204 to maintain their position in the top two.
22:25It did not happen.
22:27Islamabad United snatched that position from Karachi Kings.
22:30The Karachi Kings in that run chase were kind of shot out of the picture.
22:40Only Warner with the 43.
22:42The middle order collapsed completely.
22:44No partnerships.
22:45And so they ended up with 172.
22:49Wickets for Irshad.
22:50Wickets for Imad.
22:51And Shadab picked up four wickets.
22:54The spin did work magic for Islamabad United.
22:57Imad with brilliant figures on a feather bed.
23:00Ending up with 2 for 22 is Herculean performance.
23:05They batted brilliantly.
23:06Hales and Farhan at the top of the order.
23:09Shadab with a cameo of 42 of 19.
23:11Heather Ali had only a few balls to displace.
23:14Talent 19 not out.
23:15From 9 and Karachi Kings.
23:17They felt that they were chasing 204.
23:19It did not materialise.
23:21That approach did not work.
23:22Warner with 43.
23:23Abbas the tail ender with a cameo of 34.
23:26And in the end it's a massive defeat by 79 runs.
23:31The latest standings.
23:33You see Quetta Gladiators at the top.
23:35Islamabad United at number 2 now.
23:37Karachi Kings, Lahore, Kalandas.
23:39They have a contest on May 22.
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