Pakistan Super League 2024 (Feb 17- March 18)

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PSL debut for George Linde tonight.

 

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'Gorgeous George' according to Danny picks up a wicket in his 1st over of PSL Cricket.

 

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Willey up at 5 and that feels a couple of spots high for someone like him.

 

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Sultans need 21 off 12 with 5 in hand to beat Lahore.

 

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Multan beat Lahore with 6 balls to spare in Game 7.

 

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Standings After Game 7:

 

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Game 8:

Teams:

Islamabad United (Playing XI): Colin Munro, Alex Hales, Agha Salman, Shadab Khan(c), Azam Khan(w), Jordan Cox, Imad Wasim, Faheem Ashraf, Naseem Shah, Hunain Shah, Rumman Raees

Quetta Gladiators (Playing XI): Jason Roy, Saud Shakeel, Khawaja Nafay, Rilee Rossouw(c), Sarfaraz Ahmed(w), Sherfane Rutherford, Akeal Hosein, Mohammad Wasim Jr, Mohammad Hasnain, Mohammad Amir, Abrar Ahmed

Quetta Gladiators have won the toss and have opted to field

 

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2nd v 3rd on a Prime Time Thursday night blockbuster from Lahore

 

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A bit of turn from Hosein in the 1st ball.

 

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Big from Hales . First 6 of the game off Hosein.

 

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Alex Hales looks like he means business tonight.

 

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This is what more teams need to do to Hosein, when he cames on. Go bang against him.

 

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Too many players pay too much respect to Hosein when he comes on early.

 

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Speak of the devil, Hosein gets a wicket.

 

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Salman Ali Agha the new batter for Islamabad Utd at 3.

 

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Hales look primed tonight for a big score and he will be disappointed he didnt cash in.

 

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The odd one is keeping low when the spinners come on at Lahore.

 

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The Pakistan Super League fielding is comical and a joke.

 

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Abrar been one of the find of the tournaments as a spinner for me.

 

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Azam Khan is a liability for teams for his reluctance to run 2s. He is too fat for it.

 

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And if he doesnt score runs, he gets out to bad shots like that.

 

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Abrar is causing all sorts of havoc here with 2/12 from his first 3.0 overs.

 

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That was an awful innings from Jordan Cox , 19 off 21 balls. Never got going at all.

 

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Islamabad Utd finish in 138/9 off 20 overs against Quetta.

And that feels an underpar target here.

 

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Quetta beat Islamabad by 3 wickets in hand. Harder chance than what they made of it.

And there is a gap opening up between the top 2 teams and the field: