LAHORE: Karachi Kings romped to a 22-run win over Lahore Qalandars in the 26th match of the seventh edition of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) 2022 at Gaddafi Stadium on Thursday.
Defending a below-par score, Mir Hamza accounted for both the Lahore openers. Just when Ghulam and Hafeez started to stitch a partnership, the former fell to Imad Wasim. 52/2 soon became 64/5 as Salt and Hafeez were dismissed off successive deliveries.
Post that, Harry Brook and David Wiese put up a fight with a half-ton partnership. The equation came down to 31 runs needed off the last two overs .
Mir Hamza bowled a terrific penultimate over (W 6 W 0 0 0) and removed both the set batters. And then, Jordan nailed his yorkers in the final over to ensure that there were no twists.
Playing first, Karachi Kings set 150 runs target Lahore Qalandars. The innings really didn t get any sort of momentum. Especially after the first game where the pitch appeared to be a belter, Karachi s innings seemed to suggest quite the opposite. They lost early wickets with Clarke and Sharjeel falling early.
Qasim Akram led a recovery with a few good strokes, Babar Azam did try to bat long with a 32-ball 39, but Rashid Khan was a little too deadly to deal with.
In a spell that saw him pick a four-fer, he broke the back of the middle order, and had it not been for Gregory s striking at the death, Karachi s final total could have been a lot more embarrassing.
