Zaman Khan produced a stunning final over to take things back from United batsmen to give Lahore Qalandars their third consecutive victory of the campaign after beating Islamabad United by 8 runs at National Stadium Karachi on Sunday.
Zaman Khan produced a stunning final over after conceding only 3 runs to take things back from United batsmen who needed 12 in the final over to give Lahore Qalandars their third consecutive victory of the campaign after beating Islamabad United by 8 runs in the 12th game of HBL PSL at National Stadium Karachi on Sunday.
The right-hand pacer got the wicket of Asif Ali on the penultimate ball of the last over before bowling a dot-ball to Faheem Ashraf to give him a dramatic victory of the season.
Zaman’s heroics overcame the all-rounding performance from the United’s skipper Shadab Khan who contributed with both bat and ball but failed to take his side across the winning line. Shadab was impressed with his all-rounding form throughout the season.
After producing a four-fer with the ball which took him to the top of the season’s wicket-takers list, Shadab scored 52 with the bat (32 balls, two fours, four sixes) adding 100 runs for the third wicket with Colin Munro who followed up on his player of the match performance against Quetta Gladiators in the previous match with 60 off 45 balls (five fours, three sixes).
After a remarkable spell against Quetta that gave him a five-fer in United’s win, he produced another quality spell to finish with figures of 4-0-20-4.
Being asked to bat first, Qalandars lost their way after a blazing 83-run start provided by openers, Abdullah Shafique (44 off 24 balls, six fours, one six), and Fakhar Zaman (38 off 27 balls, four fours, one six).
From 83 for no loss, Qalandars crashed to 98 for five in a space of 23 balls with United bowlers led by Shadab running through the batting order.
Harry Brook (37) and David Wiese (20) revived the Qalandars innings with a 51-run sixth-wicket stand. Qalandars finished their 20 overs at 174 for nine, left-arm pacer Waqas Maqsood picked up four wickets in the death overs as Qalandars aimed for some big runs.
Player of the match Zaman Khan:
“I just tried to enjoy the final over as asked by Shaheen Shah Afridi and before I knew I had bowled the whole over enjoying myself. I was guided throughout the over by Shaheen who told me what ball to bowl and when and that helped me immensely.”
Lahore Qalandars 174 for 9 (Shafique 44, Brook 37, Shadab 4-20, Maqsood 4-35)beat Islamabad United 166 for 5 (Munro 60, Shadab 52, Rauf 2-41) by eight runs.