22nd Match: Multan Sultans vs Karachi Kings

Karachi Kings score much needed win to bolster top two finish chances

Dubai March 10: An explosive batting performance led by Joe Denly’s 78 helped Karachi Kings record an impressive win against Multan Sultans in the 22nd match of the HBL Pakistan Super League (PSL) 2018 season.

Denly laid the foundations of the highest team total of the season as the Kings made full use of a batting friendly Dubai pitch by posting a 188 run total for the loss of three wickets.

The opener received great support from Babar Azam who posted his second successive half-century in the tournament as Kings took 124 runs off the last 10 overs of their innings.

Colin Ingram than took the long handle as Kings shifted the momentum in the end overs to post the highest team score of the tournament to date.

Ingram struck four sixes in his eight ball innings that took the Kings side to their match winning score.

Sultans started their chase on a positive note as Kumar Sangakkara and Ahmed Shehzad took the attack to the Kings opening bowlers.

Sangakkara scored 18 while Shehzad chipped in with 24 before falling to Imad Wasim.

Man-of-the-Match Shahid Afridi than took center stage as the star all-rounder dismissed Kieron Pollard, Saif Badar and Shoaib Malik to break the back of the Sultans’ chase.

Irfan Junior took two wickets to support Afridi’s endeavours with the ball.

Late-order batsman Sohail Tanvir scored 34 not out to ensure that his team get past the 100 run mark.

Sultans were dismissed for 125 to hand a comfortable 63 run win and the second spot in the points table, while the Sultans have now been forced to slide down to the third spot with only a game in hand.

22nd Match: Multan Sultans vs Karachi Kings | Karachi Kings won by 63 runs

Match Details

Toss	Multan Sultans, who chose to field	Tournament	HBL Pakistan Super League 2018
Umpires	Aleem Dar (Pakistan) and Asif Yaqoob	Match Date	10 Mar 2018
Match Referee	Mohammad Anees (Pakistan)	Ground	Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
TV Umpire	Shozab Raza (Pakistan)
Player of Match	Shahid Afridi (Karachi Kings)

Karachi Kings Innings			R	M	B	4s	6s
1	Lendl Simmons	c Hardus Viljoen b Mohammad Irfan	4	0	13	0	0
2	Joe Denly	c Imran Tahir b Hardus Viljoen	78	0	55	10	2
3	Babar Azam	c Ahmed Shehzad b Hardus Viljoen	58	0	39	6	1
4	Colin Ingram	not out	29	0	8	0	4
5	Ravi Bopara	not out	4	0	5	0	0
6	Mohammad Rizwan †	Did not bat
7	Usman Khan Shinwari	Did not bat
8	Shahid Afridi	Did not bat
9	Mohammad Aamer	Did not bat
10	Imad Wasim *	Did not bat
11	Mohammad Irfan Jr	Did not bat
Extra		b 1, lb 6, w 8	15
Total		3 wickets; 20.0 overs;	188	9.4 runs per over

Fall of wickets

1-21 ( Lendl Simmons, 3.4 ) ;

2-139 ( Joe Denly, 17.0 ) ;

3-169 ( Babar Azam, 18.3 ) ;

Bowling	Overs	Runs	Wickets	Wides
Sohail Tanvir	4.0	29	0	3
Mohammad Irfan	4.0	21	1	0
Junaid Khan	3.0	31	0	0
Imran Tahir	3.0	27	0	0
Hardus Viljoen	4.0	49	2	1
Kieron Pollard	2.0	24	0	0

Multan Sultans Innings			R	M	B	4s	6s
1	Kumar Sangakkara †	c Mohammad Rizwan b Mohammad Irfan Jr	18	0	13	2	1
2	Ahmed Shehzad	st Mohammad Rizwan b Imad Wasim	24	0	17	1	2
3	Sohaib Maqsood	c Babar Azam b Usman Khan Shinwari	11	0	7	1	1
4	Shoaib Malik *	b Shahid Afridi	6	0	8	0	0
5	Kieron Pollard	b Shahid Afridi	3	0	6	0	0
6	Saif Badar	b Shahid Afridi	13	0	11	1	1
7	Hardus Viljoen	run out Mohammad Aamer	2	0	7	0	0
8	Sohail Tanvir	not out	34	0	29	1	4
9	Imran Tahir	b Mohammad Aamer	2	0	9	0	0
10	Junaid Khan	c Joe Denly b Mohammad Irfan Jr	1	0	2	0	0
11	Mohammad Irfan	run out Joe Denly	6	0	10	1	0
Extra		lb 3, w 1, nb 1	5
Total		10 wickets; 19.4 overs; 0 mins	125	6.36 runs per over

Fall of wickets

1-41 ( Kumar Sangakkara, 4.3 ) ;

2-52 ( Sohaib Maqsood, 5.4 ) ;

3-53 ( Ahmed Shehzad, 6.2 ) ;

4-58 ( Kieron Pollard, 7.2 ) ;

5-76 ( Saif Badar, 9.5 ) ;

6-79 ( Shoaib Malik, 11.2 ) ;

7-86 ( Hardus Viljoen, 12.5 ) ;

8-98 ( Imran Tahir, 15.4 ) ;

9-99 ( Junaid Khan, 16.1 ) ;

10-125 ( Mohammad Irfan, 19.4 )

Bowling	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Wides	No balls
Imad Wasim *	4.0	0	22	1	0	0
Mohammad Aamer	4.0	0	26	1	0	0
Usman Khan Shinwari	2.4	0	23	1	0	0
Mohammad Irfan Jr	3.0	0	18	2	0	1
Shahid Afridi	4.0	1	18	3	1	0
Joe Denly	2.0	0	15	0	0	0

Match Notes

Karachi Kings Inning

Karachi Kings : 50 runs in 8.5 overs (53 balls), Extras 4
2nd Wicket : 50 runs in 33 balls

(Babar Azam 7
, Joe Denly 30

, Ex 2)
Joe Denly : 50 off 33 balls
(
7 x 4 1 x 6 )
Karachi Kings : 100 runs in 13.1 overs (79 balls), Extras 4
2nd Wicket : 100 runs in 64 balls

(Babar Azam 27
, Joe Denly 58

, Ex 2)
Babar Azam : 50 off 36 balls
(
4 x 4 1 x 6 )
Karachi Kings : 150 runs in 17.5 overs (107 balls), Extras 9
Innings Break : Karachi Kings – 188/3 in 20.0 overs

(Ravi Bopara 4
, Colin Ingram 29)

Multan Sultans Inning

Multan Sultans : 50 runs in 5.2 overs (32 balls), Extras 0
Multan Sultans : 100 runs in 17.0 overs (102 balls), Extras 4