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00:30Here in Pindy we're ready for power, for precision and we're so excited at the 10th edition of the HBL PSL.
00:55Welcome everybody, two fine teams here tonight, United and Kalandas led by two excellent Pakistan cricketers, modern greats you'd probably call them, of an age where the game has changed so dramatically.
01:08So it's the Kalandas who are going to bat first. Let's go for it.
01:14Yeah, when you talk about Lahore Kalandas, they have the wherewithal to trance the opposition.
01:21They have powerhouse in Fakhar Zaman up the order, along with Naim, who's getting his first opportunity, comes from Lahore Kalandas' player development program.
01:30Abdullah Shafiq, reliable. Mitchell, also reliable. Then you talk about players who could flail the bat. They have Raza, Visa and Billings.
01:40Islamabad United, current champions, Lisa.
01:44Yeah, and I like their top order straight away because we've got the first American, Khaas, who's playing in the PSL. Farhan has scored over 600 runs in the T20 league just earlier on.
01:58And then the middle order of Jason Holder, the skipper as well, and then from a pace attack, Riley Meredith and Nassim Sharpe, they will send down some thunderbolts.
02:10There's the show.
02:15These are the dancers. Those are the stars.
02:19Those folks are the fireworks and the troupe that gave us tonight's celebration.
02:28We got lift off. We're all ready. Here we go. The start of the 10th edition.
02:47She's a bit wide to start with and generosity from Chris Brown, who was, I thought, in the most charming mood out there.
02:54Well, that's out. That is out.
02:59Yep.
03:01That extra pace.
03:04Really good ball, that.
03:06Frankly, the wrong line to be pulling anyway.
03:09What a big wicket it is.
03:16Yeah, just not short enough, is it?
03:18Top edge.
03:20Flew nicely.
03:21There's Zahm Karnan taking easily, and Riley Meredith playing in his first PSL.
03:28He was able to pick up the wicket of Fakras Zaman.
03:30He goes for one.
03:31Lahore a four for one.
03:36Beauty.
03:37That's what I mean about driving it.
03:39That was authentic.
03:41Saw the line and the length,
03:44and he decided it's going to go square of the wicket.
03:47Hey!
03:55Just picked it up well enough.
03:57First six of the tournament.
04:01Yeah, the first time that we've seen a seam shagat ball a little bit too straight.
04:05And then with his pace of 140 kilometers an hour, all he had to do is...
04:11He loves that gap.
04:17Oh, Abuelo Shafiq.
04:19Get him on that front foot.
04:22Lovely timer.
04:28That's out as well.
04:29Yep!
04:30Both openers gone.
04:39Yeah, short his weakness earlier.
04:44On his PSL debut for Wield.
04:48Outside edge.
04:50Easy take behind the stance.
04:51He can understand why he went for it.
04:57There's a little bit of width,
04:59and unfortunately didn't find the middle of the bat.
05:01Naeem goes for 11.
05:03Lahore a 30 for two.
05:07And he knew he had to try and give himself just a little bit of an angle.
05:12Went across, opened himself up.
05:14It's a beautiful shot.
05:15Three, four, one.
05:17Sliced over the top.
05:21And he might just get this in the gap.
05:23It's a quick outfield here.
05:25The roll Pindi.
05:26And two boundaries in the over.
05:28Better over for the Klanders.
05:29Seven gone.
05:3045 for two.
05:35In the air.
05:36Should be out.
05:37Should be out.
05:38Is out.
05:39It's a big wicket.
05:41Pace off from Imad Wazim.
05:43Maybe a little bit of turn.
05:45And a simple catch for Shedav Khan.
05:47Yeah, you just see that he just takes pace off and he goes wide.
05:55Daryl Mitchell goes leg side.
05:56He's trying to open both sides up.
05:58And it's clever.
05:59He's an experienced player, Imad Wazim.
06:01Just goes wide.
06:03His hands go through the ball.
06:04He knows.
06:05Happy captain.
06:07Decent position.
06:08They find themselves in, in what, these 7.5 overs.
06:13Daryl Mitchell out for 13.
06:15Lahore, Klanders, 51 for three.
06:17Short, put away.
06:22It's huge.
06:23It's a maximum.
06:26And Shedav Khan with a poor start.
06:31One with that googly again.
06:32It's top edge.
06:33Does he get enough?
06:34No.
06:35Straight into his hands.
06:36Tried to get it into the gap.
06:40Aliaga with the catch.
06:44And Klanders in massive trouble.
06:48Into the surface.
06:49Just tries to just clip it into the gap.
06:52And gets too much of it.
06:54Simple catch for Salman Aliaga.
06:57Disappointment for Billings.
06:58Sam Billings doesn't get any.
07:04He's out without scoring.
07:0658 for four.
07:10Down the track.
07:11Beautifully hit.
07:13Abdullah Shafiq looks in fine form.
07:16A maximum over long on.
07:21Once you hit straight, it always gets noticed.
07:25Well, just coming back in.
07:26And he just went with it.
07:29Lovely footwork.
07:31Lovely balance as he smashes that away.
07:34Goes big.
07:42Another heavyweight hit for six.
07:45This is such a good counter punch.
07:51There he goes for a flick shot.
07:53That's beautifully played away.
07:54Into the gap for four.
07:55This is good batting.
07:56A very good comeback from Raza.
08:02Catch it is the call.
08:04Has it done the distance?
08:06No, I think he's perished.
08:07He's gone.
08:09After playing so well.
08:10It's Shadab who's picked up Abdullah Shafiq.
08:13No, it's Raza in fact.
08:15He was in a good nick as well.
08:17Wanted a six.
08:18His plate spins so well.
08:20But didn't happen this time.
08:22So this one was up a little bit.
08:25Gripped and turned.
08:27Seconda Raza was eyeing out that deep mid-wicket.
08:31He got more height than distance.
08:34And Shadab Khan who has copped a bit of flack of late.
08:38Not picking up as many wickets as he should get.
08:42He does in fact dismiss Raza for 23.
08:45And it's 93 for five.
08:47And gone.
08:53Soft dismissal.
08:54Couldn't handle the bounce.
08:56He's not very pacey but he's extremely tall and gets it to bounce from the length.
09:01Well, his promotion has earned Kalundas basically nothing I'm afraid.
09:07Gripped in the pitch.
09:09A little bit slow.
09:09Had no idea.
09:11You can tell by the fact that he dropped his head.
09:13And just hoped.
09:15And prayed that the ball would find some space.
09:18In the end it didn't.
09:21The Jahandan Khan goes without scoring.
09:24The Horkalundas 95 for six.
09:30Oh, ball them.
09:32What a yorker.
09:32What a result.
09:34It's outstanding stuff from Jason Holder.
09:38Bounced out a batsman and straight away yorked the other one.
09:41Fantastic bowling.
09:43And he's got three for 12 and he's on a hat trick.
09:47That is the perfect delivery.
09:49David Luisa is tall guy as well.
09:52So he was able to sneak the ball under his bat.
09:57130 kilometers.
09:59Two ducks.
10:01And then all of a sudden Lahore in a world of trouble.
10:0495 for seven.
10:06Asim Shah back into the attack.
10:08He started well bowling back of the length at the pitch hard.
10:11Getting a bit of outswing and that's beautiful timing.
10:14A man in seeing it big.
10:17He's the first batter in the 10th edition of HBL Bay.
10:22PSL to get to a 50.
10:28That's also overpitched.
10:31And it's over the ropes as well.
10:34It looked like that he tried to take the pace off and it was spotted by the batter.
10:43Just trying it.
10:44It's so hard.
10:46He's not even looking at it.
10:47And it's the opposition captain in Shahin Shah, Freedy.
10:55It's been the strength of his abilities tonight.
10:58The ability to change his length and change his pace.
11:02And it's been quite effective.
11:05Freedy, he goes for two.
11:06Lahore continues to struggle at 120 points.
11:12And this time it disappears.
11:15Such is the price you pay.
11:18Who would be a bowler?
11:2017 gone.
11:201, 2, 6, 4, 8.
11:21And it is out if he catches it, which he does.
11:30Well done because he saw it late.
11:34Yeah, slow delivery working for the paceman, Nassim Shah.
11:38Colin Munro, I think, that down there, all the pace taken off the ball.
11:45And he's done well because he was really slow to react to the distance the ball was travelling.
11:52And he stayed calm, picked it, ended up on his knees, which he wouldn't choose to do.
11:57But he's got the big man out for 66.
12:00It's 1, 3, 3 for 9.
12:04That one's out.
12:07No problem with that one.
12:09Stumped off a wide.
12:11And so an efficient, not glamorous, I'd say an efficient performance.
12:19The United.
12:21They've been together today and happy to be.
12:23The very effervescent Shadab Khan is leading them.
12:27He was chatty at the toss with a big smile on his face.
12:30And he's had a smile on his face most of these innings.
12:33He put Lahore into bat.
12:36And he's knocked him over for 1, 3, 9.
12:40It must be a happy captain.
12:43Shadab Khan.
12:44The entire team, the bowling unit, responded to his call.
12:48Bowled tightly, picked up wickets at the right moment.
12:51Never allowed the opposition to come back into the game.
12:54All that experience was evident in Jason Holder's performance.
13:00Shadab was pretty good, too.
13:02He had three to his bag.
13:04It was 66 for Shafik, who was comfortably the standout player.
13:08Really good player.
13:09Made good use of a good pitch.
13:11Unlike some of the others out there.
13:13And the two stars overseas players, Darrell Mitchell and Sam Billings,
13:17having quiet days as they look to bed in to their new team here,
13:22the Lahore-Kalanders.
13:26The figures we're talking about with Holder and Shadab, 7 for 51.
13:32I mean, that's a terrific effort by that pair.
13:35So, a total of 140 to win the first match of the tournament.
13:53There we go.
13:54Action about to begin.
13:56First ball to be bowled by Shinesha Freedy.
13:58Yeah, there's that little bit of movement.
14:08Strikes it well into the gap for four.
14:10That is such a good shot.
14:11Delicious shot, in fact.
14:12Didn't try to hit it hard at all.
14:14It was all about timing and great placement.
14:20Oh, Bulleim cleaned him up.
14:22Wanted a big heave over mid-wicket.
14:24Not to be.
14:25So, a good change and a very good beginning by the left-armer.
14:29Asif Afridi picks up a wicket and keeps Kalanders in the job.
14:34Got him ticking is Andres Khos.
14:37And the skill is what did him.
14:40The length as well.
14:41We know that he doesn't get a lot of turn.
14:43But he hits wicket to wicket.
14:46And for Jazz, super wicket.
14:48And Kalanders are in the mix.
14:51Andres Khos, he goes for four.
14:52Islamabad, 8 for 1.
14:54There is a smash and there is a misfeel for four.
15:01The ball goes through.
15:04Strong shot from the left-hander.
15:10Monroe smashes it down the ground.
15:12No need to run for that one.
15:13Will it go and hit the fence on the full?
15:15Oh, brilliantly played through the offside.
15:22Very, very dismissive was Monroe.
15:29Hits it straight.
15:30Gets an excellent result.
15:32It's a sixer.
15:35It's a sixer.
15:36He has battled up to this point to find the middle.
15:39Picks up the slow ball.
15:41They know his ability and he finds the middle of the bat.
15:44This one in the air, in the gap.
15:49The offside is where it's at for Colin Monroe.
15:52Smashes it past cover.
15:54Lovely shot, lovely timing yet again.
16:02You've seen this so many times from Colin Monroe.
16:05The way that he strokes it through the offside and straight down the ground.
16:09That one is out of the middle of the bat and out of the park.
16:18The first one that he's actually connected with.
16:23Well, there you go.
16:24This is what we were talking about.
16:26And this is why he scored over 600 runs just recently.
16:30Just a little signal as well to the dugout.
16:34Maybe saying yes.
16:36That feels a hell of a lot better.
16:38Finding the middle of the bat.
16:39Poor delivery and Saibzada connects with that.
16:46Catches up with it and hits it out of the ground.
16:50Back-to-back sixes for Saibzada.
16:5350 partnership raised.
16:56My father supported me.
16:58And when I was 10, I had to start playing.
17:02All right, sorry, I have to cut myself.
17:04It's back to you guys.
17:06Pace again, beautiful looking shot.
17:12Opens up that front foot and helps himself.
17:15Gets it, muscles it over extra cover.
17:24And this will run away for a boundary.
17:26This is quality from Munro.
17:32Made triple hundreds in test measures or nine perhaps.
17:34And you had to name them.
17:36And the one that the people who didn't really know the game got wrong or didn't get was honey.
17:41That's a good shot.
17:42Just using all the pace of the ball.
17:43I really like this innings.
17:44I've seen Colin Munro play for a bit.
17:47And the great thing now is to see it through.
17:54I always think there's a discipline in that for your own mind as a batsman.
17:58See it through.
17:59Get the job done.
18:00Lovely 50.
18:01It's come at a good pace.
18:04It's come with a lot of class.
18:05And it's done exactly the job it's supposed to do in a run chase.
18:09Which is ensure that his team gets over the line.
18:11Which I think they're bound to do now.
18:16Lovely.
18:17Lovely footwork.
18:19How about that?
18:21That's as good as anything we've seen from anybody today.
18:27He's got lovely wrists.
18:30Just get toes through the ball.
18:31And be able to elevate it through over the top of Midoff.
18:40And there is six of them.
18:43How about that?
18:44Over extra cover of a bowler of the pace of Shaheen Sharafridi.
18:49Magic from Colin Munro.
18:55They're staying inside the line and smashing it flat for six.
18:59This is seriously good batting.
19:08And there's the victory.
19:10A fine performance from Islamabad United.
19:13They win by eight wickets at a canter.
19:17They look an impressive cricket team.
19:20Been very much their night.
19:22Just a start that Islamabad United would have wanted.
19:28Salman Aliaga with the final blow.
19:30But it was set up by Jason Holder.
19:33With his four wickets in that spell.
19:35But Islamabad United.
19:37Well they wanted an easy victory in the first game.
19:40They've got that.
19:42And they've been able to win this by eight wickets.
19:45And with around 14 deliveries to spare.
19:49So it's been comfortable.
19:51It's been good from Munro.
19:52Won the toss ball first.
19:54Everything went according to plan.
19:56And in front of the home crowd.
19:58They've delivered in the very first game.
20:03143 for two.
20:05In pursuit of 140 to win it.
20:06They did it in 17 overs and four balls.
20:09Without really having to step on it.
20:12Even Munro who played so particularly well.
20:15Took 42 balls for his 59.
20:18One senses if he'd had to hit the accelerator.
20:20He would have been able to do so.
20:24No great celebration there.
20:26Asif Afridi was very tidy as the figures show.
20:2814 dot balls actually.
20:30Look at that.
20:31From four overs.
20:32That's a considerable effort.
20:33So 139 Lahore Kirlandas.
20:39Good master Abdullah Shafiq batted well for 66.
20:41Jason Holder.
20:42Four for 26.
20:44The standout.
20:45Islamabad United did it in 17.4 overs.
20:4859 not out Munro.
20:50And 41 Salman Ali Aga.
20:53Islamabad United win by eight.
21:03Islamabad United.
21:25Islamabad United.