0.1 John Hastings to Alex Hales, Edged and through the vacant third slip region. Just after the skipper had removed a man from that region. Don't you just hate that? One run. (1)
0.2 John Hastings to Sahibzada Farhan, Very well bowled. (0)
0.3 John Hastings to Sahibzada Farhan, Wide, no run. (1)
0.3 John Hastings to Sahibzada Farhan, No Ball. Full and on the toes, the batsman just flicks it past the now-vacant short fine leg region for four runs! The captain is fuming, and it's right after he took the fielder out of there! (4)
0.3 John Hastings to Sahibzada Farhan, Swing and a miss. No run. (0)
0.4 John Hastings to Sahibzada Farhan, Low full toss, the batsman drives it down the ground for six! Great shot! The bowler is distraught! (6)
0.5 John Hastings to Sahibzada Farhan, The batsman calls for a single, but hesitates and nearly gets his partner run out! An effort that would make Owais Shah proud! No run. (0)
0.6 John Hastings to Sahibzada Farhan, Very well bowled. (0)
End of over 1
Islamabad United 13/0 (RR : 13)
Sahibzada Farhan 10 (5b)
Alex Hales 1 (1b)
John Hastings 1-0-13-0
1.1 Anwar Ali to Alex Hales, Tries to late cut that away but misses it, and the ball thuds into the keeper's gloves. No run. (0)
1.2 Anwar Ali to Alex Hales, AND HE'S OU...noooo! Got back home just in time. Two runs. (2)
1.3 Anwar Ali to Alex Hales, Delicate little late cut, well placed. Quick single taken. (1)
1.4 Anwar Ali to Sahibzada Farhan, Full, wide, the batsman flails at it and finds the edge! The fielder dives to his right, and snaffles the catch! Gone!
S. Farhan c Nawaz b Anwar Ali
Runs : 10 Balls : 6 S/R : 166.7
1.5 Anwar Ali to JP Duminy, Short, wide, you know the drill. 4 runs. (4)
1.6 Anwar Ali to JP Duminy, Good shot, bad placement. Won't get a run for that. (0)
End of over 2
Islamabad United 20/1 (RR : 10)
JP Duminy 4 (2b)
Alex Hales 4 (4b)
Anwar Ali 1-0-7-1
2.1 John Hastings to Alex Hales, Wide, no run. (1)
2.1 John Hastings to Alex Hales, The batsman sees the juicy half-volley outside off-stump, and decided that it deserved more than a spanking through the covers, and so thrashes it into the stands instead! 6 runs. (6)
2.2 John Hastings to Alex Hales, Full, almost yorker-length delivery outside offstump. Th batsman drives it hard and square of the wicket. Two more. (2)
2.3 John Hastings to Alex Hales, Tucked away to the leg side, they're running hard, but only manage a single. (1)
2.4 John Hastings to JP Duminy, One more to the total. (1)
2.5 John Hastings to Alex Hales, Chipped down to long-off, easy single. (1)
2.6 John Hastings to JP Duminy, Scorching bouncer, the batsman clearly didn't expect that and just sways out of the way at the last moment! (0)
End of over 3
Islamabad United 32/1 (RR : 10.7)
JP Duminy 5 (4b)
Alex Hales 14 (8b)
John Hastings 2-0-25-0
3.1 Anwar Ali to Alex Hales, Pah, that was a useless shot! I've seen better batters in my fridge! No run. (0)
3.2 Anwar Ali to Alex Hales, He's slogged that down to cow corner. Long on runs in to field, and the batsmen get two. The captain is clearly not very happy with his fielder's effort there. (2)
3.3 Anwar Ali to Alex Hales, He's hit that high and hard...the fielder is coming underneath it...will he catch it? NOOOO! He spills the chance! And to add insult to injury, the ball rolls away for four runs. The bowler is fuming! (4)
3.4 Anwar Ali to Alex Hales, That one deviated sharply of the pitch, the batsman had no chance of playing that. Dot ball. (0)
3.5 Anwar Ali to Alex Hales, That's smashed hard into the crowd, its six! (6)
3.6 Anwar Ali to Alex Hales, That's a single. (1)
End of over 4
Islamabad United 45/1 (RR : 11.3)
JP Duminy 5 (4b)
Alex Hales 27 (14b)
Anwar Ali 2-0-20-1
4.1 John Hastings to Alex Hales, Fired that one in full and on the offstump, the batsman can just squeeze it away to cover. No run. (0)
4.2 John Hastings to Alex Hales, That was a very good delivery. (0)
4.3 John Hastings to Alex Hales, Played to deep cover. Two runs. (2)
4.4 John Hastings to Alex Hales, Tucked away to the leg side, they're running hard, but only manage a single. (1)
4.5 John Hastings to JP Duminy, Short and pulled away for a single (2)
4.6 John Hastings to JP Duminy, Full, wide, the batsman slashes hard at it and edges it through the second slip region! Third man tidies up and the batsmen run for three. The captain decides to move the man from short fine leg to the slip cordon, he's searching for a wicket here. (5)
End of over 5
Islamabad United 55/1 (RR : 11)
Alex Hales 30 (18b)
JP Duminy 12 (6b)
John Hastings 3-0-35-0
5.1 Anwar Ali to JP Duminy, Full delivery outside off-stump, the batsman clears his left leg and swings, and inside edges the ball into his off-stump! Well, that's what you get for trying to slog across the line! I hope he's learnt his lesson.
JP Duminy b Anwar Ali
Runs : 12 Balls : 7 S/R : 171.4
5.2 Anwar Ali to Misbah-Ul-Haq, Good shot, bad placement. Won't get a run for that. (0)
5.3 Anwar Ali to Misbah-Ul-Haq, Delicate little late cut, well placed. Quick single taken. (1)
5.4 Anwar Ali to Alex Hales, That's skied, but he's dropped it! Two more runs. (2)
5.5 Anwar Ali to Alex Hales, The batsman sees the juicy half-volley outside off-stump, and decided that it deserved more than a spanking through the covers, and so thrashes it into the stands instead! 6 runs. (6)
5.6 Anwar Ali to Alex Hales, Full toss, the batsman doesn't cash in and hits it straight to the man in the deep. Only two. (2)
End of over 6
Islamabad United 66/2 (RR : 11)
Alex Hales 40 (21b)
Misbah-Ul-Haq 1 (2b)
Anwar Ali 3-0-31-2
6.1 Mohammad Nawaz to Misbah-Ul-Haq, Hit hard but straight to the fielder, the batsmen scamper through for the single! (1)
6.2 Mohammad Nawaz to Alex Hales, Flicked off his hips through the vacant square leg region for two runs. The captain decides to remove a man from gully to cover up that spot. (2)
6.3 Mohammad Nawaz to Alex Hales, Dabbed into the gap for a quick single. The captain decides to shift the field around a little bit. (1)
6.4 Mohammad Nawaz to Misbah-Ul-Haq, Good shot, they're running hard, the throw comes in, but they've managed a comfortable two. (2)
6.5 Mohammad Nawaz to Misbah-Ul-Haq, And that's going all the way, four runs! (4)
6.6 Mohammad Nawaz to Misbah-Ul-Haq, Very well bowled. (0)
End of over 7
Islamabad United 76/2 (RR : 10.9)
Misbah-Ul-Haq 8 (6b)
Alex Hales 43 (23b)
Mohammad Nawaz 1-0-10-0
7.1 Rahat Ali to Alex Hales, GOT HIM!! Oh no, wait, sorry. It's just a dot ball. My bad. (0)
7.2 Rahat Ali to Alex Hales, Tucked on the leg side, two more to the total. (2)
7.3 Rahat Ali to Alex Hales, Very well bowled. (0)
7.4 Rahat Ali to Alex Hales, Good shot, bad placement. Won't get a run for that. (0)
7.5 Rahat Ali to Alex Hales, Played to deep cover. Two runs. (2)
7.6 Rahat Ali to Alex Hales, And the batsman unveils the sweep shot, and it's done beautifully too! Four more! (4)
End of over 8
Islamabad United 84/2 (RR : 10.5)
Alex Hales 51 (29b)
Misbah-Ul-Haq 8 (6b)
Rahat Ali 1-0-8-0
8.1 Rashid Khan to Misbah-Ul-Haq, Good ball, he goes for the cut, it's too close to cut, he's inside edged it, and it misses the stumps by a whisker! The keeper tidies up and there is no run. Phew that was close. (0)
8.2 Rashid Khan to Misbah-Ul-Haq, Hit hard but straight to the fielder, the batsmen scamper through for the single! (1)
8.3 Rashid Khan to Alex Hales, They run the first hard, they come for two, the fielder has the ball, they call for the third...will they get there!?! The throw is in, it's wide, the batsman makes the dive...and he's in! Excellent running, and poor fielding. 3 more! (4)
8.4 Rashid Khan to Alex Hales, Tucked to off side, one more. (1)
8.5 Rashid Khan to Misbah-Ul-Haq, Tucked away to the leg side, they're running hard, but only manage a single. (1)
8.6 Rashid Khan to Alex Hales, Very well bowled. (0)
End of over 9
Islamabad United 91/2 (RR : 10.1)
Alex Hales 56 (32b)
Misbah-Ul-Haq 10 (9b)
Rashid Khan 1-0-7-0
9.1 Saud Shakeel to Misbah-Ul-Haq, Tucked to off side, one more. (1)
9.2 Saud Shakeel to Alex Hales, Short ball, cut away for a run. (1)
9.3 Saud Shakeel to Misbah-Ul-Haq, EDGED AND TAKE...DROPPED! The keeper drops it! A simple chance and he fluffs it! Single. (1)
9.4 Saud Shakeel to Alex Hales, Slapped away through the offside for a glorious boundary! Lovely shot. The captain's fuming now and removes a man from third slip to cover that region. (4)
9.5 Saud Shakeel to Alex Hales, Very well bowled. (0)
9.6 Saud Shakeel to Alex Hales, Good running, two runs. (2)
End of over 10
Islamabad United 100/2 (RR : 10)
Alex Hales 63 (36b)
Misbah-Ul-Haq 12 (11b)
Saud Shakeel 1-0-9-0
10.1 Mohammad Nawaz to Misbah-Ul-Haq, No Ball. Edged and over the slip fielder! Two runs while third man tidies up. (2)
10.1 Mohammad Nawaz to Misbah-Ul-Haq, Very well bowled. (0)
10.2 Mohammad Nawaz to Misbah-Ul-Haq, Dabbed into the gap for a quick single. The captain decides to shift the field around a little bit. (1)
10.3 Mohammad Nawaz to Alex Hales, Rubbish ball, short and on the legs, flicked away with ease. Four more. (4)
10.4 Mohammad Nawaz to Alex Hales, And time for the reverse-sweep! Quite a daring and often needless shot if you ask me, but the batsman pulls it off well enough to get two more. (2)
10.5 Mohammad Nawaz to Alex Hales, Chipped, and lands safe. Two runs in the mean while. (2)
10.6 Mohammad Nawaz to Alex Hales, Drilled away through midwicket for four, that shot had some power behind it! (4)
End of over 11
Islamabad United 116/2 (RR : 10.5)
Alex Hales 75 (40b)
Misbah-Ul-Haq 15 (13b)
Mohammad Nawaz 2-0-26-0
11.1 Saud Shakeel to Misbah-Ul-Haq, Reverse sweep! Cheeky. Only one run though. (1)
11.2 Saud Shakeel to Alex Hales, Easy single. (1)
11.3 Saud Shakeel to Misbah-Ul-Haq, Chipped down to long-off, easy single. (1)
11.4 Saud Shakeel to Alex Hales, Good bouncer. The batsman attempts the hooks, and gets a top edge which lands safe. Only one. (1)
11.5 Saud Shakeel to Misbah-Ul-Haq, Full toss, the batsman doesn't cash in and hits it straight to the man in the deep. Only one. (1)
11.6 Saud Shakeel to Alex Hales, Reverse sweep! Cheeky. Only one run though. (1)
End of over 12
Islamabad United 122/2 (RR : 10.2)
Misbah-Ul-Haq 18 (16b)
Alex Hales 78 (43b)
Saud Shakeel 2-0-15-0
12.1 Rahat Ali to Alex Hales, And the batsman unveils the sweep shot, and it's done beautifully too! Four more! (4)
12.2 Rahat Ali to Alex Hales, Driven down the ground to long-on, the batsmen get only one (1)
12.3 Rahat Ali to Misbah-Ul-Haq, Tucked away to the leg side, they're running hard, but only manage a single. (1)
12.4 Rahat Ali to Alex Hales, Short ball, cut away for a run. (1)
12.5 Rahat Ali to Misbah-Ul-Haq, Good ball, he goes for the cut, it's too close to cut, he's inside edged it, and it misses the stumps by a whisker! The keeper tidies up and there is no run. Phew that was close. (0)
12.6 Rahat Ali to Misbah-Ul-Haq, And the batsman unveils the sweep shot, and it's done beautifully too! Four more! (4)
End of over 13
Islamabad United 133/2 (RR : 10.2)
Misbah-Ul-Haq 23 (19b)
Alex Hales 84 (46b)
Rahat Ali 2-0-19-0
13.1 Saud Shakeel to Alex Hales, Tries to work it off his legs, misses, and the fielders go up in appeal! It has to be out, it HAS to be out! NOOOOO! The umpire is unmoved! Gosh that must have been close. (0)
13.2 Saud Shakeel to Alex Hales, Buffet bowling, the batsman helps himself to four more. (4)
13.3 Saud Shakeel to Alex Hales, Swing and a miss. No run. (0)
13.4 Saud Shakeel to Alex Hales, He's hit that high and hard...the fielder is coming underneath it...will he catch it? NOOOO! He spills the chance! And to add insult to injury, the ball rolls away for four runs. The bowler is fuming! (4)
13.5 Saud Shakeel to Alex Hales, Nice yorker! The batsmen gets a thin inside edge and the ball flies past the legstump and the keeper. Fine leg fields to keep it down to two. (2)
13.6 Saud Shakeel to Alex Hales, He walks across his stumps trying to paddle it away, but misses it. And the keeper's appealing! There was a sound as the ball passed the batsman, and the umpire is unmoved. Replays show it was off the pad. Good call. (0)
End of over 14
Islamabad United 143/2 (RR : 10.2)
Alex Hales 94 (52b)
Misbah-Ul-Haq 23 (19b)
Saud Shakeel 3-0-25-0
14.1 Rashid Khan to Misbah-Ul-Haq, Wide full toss, the batsman slashes at it and gets four more through point! Poor bowling. (4)
14.2 Rashid Khan to Misbah-Ul-Haq, Very well bowled. (0)
14.3 Rashid Khan to Misbah-Ul-Haq, Swing and a miss. No run. (0)
14.4 Rashid Khan to Misbah-Ul-Haq, The batsman has a wild slog, and gets enough to send the ball to the fence for four! Not the best looking shot, but it certainly was effective. (4)
14.5 Rashid Khan to Misbah-Ul-Haq, Gosh, how unlucky can you be. He's absolutely nailed that, but straight to the fielder. No run. (0)
14.6 Rashid Khan to Misbah-Ul-Haq, He tried to go over the top but doesn't connect well. However, it's placed in the gap the ball trickles away for four. (4)
End of over 15
Islamabad United 155/2 (RR : 10.3)
Misbah-Ul-Haq 35 (25b)
Alex Hales 94 (52b)
Rashid Khan 2-0-19-0
15.1 Rahat Ali to Alex Hales, Perfect yorker on the leg stump. (0)
15.2 Rahat Ali to Alex Hales, Top edge...and gone!
A. Hales c & b Rahat Ali
Runs : 94 Balls : 54 S/R : 174.1
15.3 Rahat Ali to Sam Billings, No Ball. Out on a no ball! (0)
15.3 Rahat Ali to Sam Billings, Good slower ball, the batsman doesn't pick it up. Still gets a single though. (1)
15.4 Rahat Ali to Misbah-Ul-Haq, That one deviated sharply of the pitch, the batsman had no chance of playing that. Dot ball. (0)
15.5 Rahat Ali to Misbah-Ul-Haq, The batsman looks surprised that that ball wasn't called a wide. The bowler's grinning as he makes his way back to his mark. (0)
15.6 Rahat Ali to Misbah-Ul-Haq, Edged and through the vacant third slip region. Just after the skipper had removed a man from that region. Don't you just hate that? One run. (1)
End of over 16
Islamabad United 158/3 (RR : 9.88)
Sam Billings 1 (1b)
Misbah-Ul-Haq 36 (28b)
Rahat Ali 3-0-22-1
16.1 Saud Shakeel to Misbah-Ul-Haq, Yes! No! Yes! No! Too late, you've gotta go! Runout!
Misbah-Ul-Haq run out (Anwar Ali)
Runs : 36 Balls : 29 S/R : 124.1
16.2 Saud Shakeel to Andre Russell, Scorching bouncer, the batsman clearly didn't expect that and just sways out of the way at the last moment! (0)
16.3 Saud Shakeel to Andre Russell, Delicate little late cut, well placed. The batsmen hesitate going for the single...it's a huge mix up...and they end up at the same end! Easy runout, poor, poor running.
A. Russell run out (Shafiq)
Runs : 0 Balls : 2 S/R : 0
16.4 Saud Shakeel to Faheem Ashraf, Text-book cover drive, four more. (4)
16.5 Saud Shakeel to Faheem Ashraf, That six has cleared the car park! (6)
16.6 Saud Shakeel to Faheem Ashraf, Tries to work it off his legs, misses, and the fielders go up in appeal! It has to be out, it HAS to be out! NOOOOO! The umpire is unmoved! Gosh that must have been close. (0)
End of over 17
Islamabad United 168/5 (RR : 9.88)
Faheem Ashraf 10 (3b)
Sam Billings 1 (1b)
Saud Shakeel 4-0-35-0
17.1 Rashid Khan to Sam Billings, Very well bowled. (0)
17.2 Rashid Khan to Sam Billings, Very well bowled. (0)
17.3 Rashid Khan to Sam Billings, Oh my, he has absolutely hammered that down the ground! That'll be one of the flattest sixes you'll ever see! (6)
17.4 Rashid Khan to Sam Billings, Good shot, they're running hard, the throw comes in, but they've managed a comfortable two. (2)
17.5 Rashid Khan to Sam Billings, Very well bowled. (0)
17.6 Rashid Khan to Sam Billings, That's skied, but he's dropped it! Two more runs. (2)
End of over 18
Islamabad United 178/5 (RR : 9.89)
Sam Billings 11 (7b)
Faheem Ashraf 10 (3b)
Rashid Khan 3-0-29-0
18.1 Anwar Ali to Faheem Ashraf, That one deviated sharply of the pitch, the batsman had no chance of playing that. Dot ball. (0)
18.2 Anwar Ali to Faheem Ashraf, Good ball, he goes for the cut, it's too close to cut, he's inside edged it, and it misses the stumps by a whisker! The keeper tidies up and there is no run. Phew that was close. (0)
18.3 Anwar Ali to Faheem Ashraf, He's slogged that down to cow corner. Long on runs in to field, and the batsmen get two. The captain is clearly not very happy with his fielder's effort there. (2)
18.4 Anwar Ali to Faheem Ashraf, And that's a slower ball gone horribly wrong. Sits up and begs to be smacked for four, which it promptly is. (4)
18.5 Anwar Ali to Faheem Ashraf, Swing and a miss. No run. (0)
18.6 Anwar Ali to Faheem Ashraf, Ah that's a rubbish ball, and the batsman wastes no time in putting the trash away. Six! (6)
End of over 19
Islamabad United 190/5 (RR : 10)
Faheem Ashraf 22 (9b)
Sam Billings 11 (7b)
Anwar Ali 4-0-43-2
19.1 John Hastings to Sam Billings, The batsman calls for a single, but hesitates and nearly gets his partner run out! An effort that would make Owais Shah proud! No run. (0)
19.2 John Hastings to Sam Billings, Edged and through the vacant third slip region. Just after the skipper had removed a man from that region. Don't you just hate that? One run. (1)
19.3 John Hastings to Faheem Ashraf, Hammered down the ground. Two more. (2)
19.4 John Hastings to Faheem Ashraf, He's skied it, too high, there's a fielder coming under it, takes it comfortably!
F. Ashraf c Rahat Ali b Hastings
Runs : 24 Balls : 11 S/R : 218.2
19.5 John Hastings to Shadab Khan, Scorching bouncer, the batsman clearly didn't expect that and just sways out of the way at the last moment! (0)
19.6 John Hastings to Shadab Khan, The batsman goes for the big heave-ho, and connects fantastically! Six! (6)
End of over 20
Islamabad United 199/6 (RR : 9.95)
Shadab Khan 6 (2b)
Sam Billings 12 (9b)
John Hastings 4-0-44-1
Islamabad United 199/6 (RR : 9.95)
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