Karachi Kings outclassed Peshawar Zalmi in the 6th match of the Pakistan Super League 9th edition in Lahore today.
The match started at 2:00 p.m.
Karachi Kings won the toss and elected to field first.
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All-rounder Kieron Pollard and Englishman James Vince played contrasting innings in an unbroken partnership of 64 runs to help Kings beat the target.
Kieron Pollard played a swashbuckling knock of 49 runs off mere 21 balls which included four boundaries and as many 6s while James Vince scored a cautious innings of 38 off 30 balls (not out) to make short work of the total by scoring 155-3 with 19 balls to spare.
Shoaib Malik played a responsible knock of 29 (29) and partnered for 51 runs with James Vince after they lost two wickets for 41 runs but Shoaib Malik weathered the storm and brought his team close to victory before he fell to Waqar Salamkheil’s guile and was stumped by Mohammad Haris.
Muhammad Akhlaq played a short but crispy innings and dealt in boundaries only as he hit three boundaries and two in 24 runs off 13 balls. Captain Shan Masood scored 12 runs off 10 balls.
Earlier, Karachi Kings had an ideal start to their fixture against Peshawar Zalmi when Saim Ayub fell without scoring off the first ball of the innings against Shoaib Malik which put Zalmi under immense pressure. Hasan Ali and Mir Hamza struck with regular intervals and bagged three scalps each for 30 and 28 runs of their quota.
Daniel Sams picked two wickets for 28 runs while Tabraiz Shamsi conceded 36 runs off his four wicketless overs. Muhammad Nawaz picked one wicket for 29 runs of his three overs.
Mir Hamza was adjudged Player of the Match for his splendid bowling during which he bagged the scalps of Babar Azam, Mohammad Haris and Aamer Jamal.
The action-packed Pakistan Super League has another high-voltage match between Multan Sultans and Lahore Qalandars in Multan today.
Pitch report
The pitch in Lahore’s Gaddafi Stadium is to help batters while bowlers struggle to cut the score. Spinners discover some help as the game advances.
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Squads:
Peshawar Zalmi: Saim Ayub, Babar Azam (c), Mohammad Haris (wk), Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Rovman Powell, Asif Ali, Dan Mousley, Aamer Jamal, Luke Wood, Mohammad Zeeshan, Salman Irshad
Karachi Kings: James Vince, Shan Masood (c), Saad Baig (wk), Mohammad Nawaz, Shoaib Malik, Kieron Pollard, Daniel Sams, Hasan Ali, Tabraiz Shamsi, Mir Hamza, Mohammad Amir Khan
