00:28Welcome to the
00:29Welcome back to the Sharjah Fricket Stadium here, the United Arab Emirates. The match between Karate Kings and Islamabad United
00:39should be underway in about five minutes, but it's not going to happen. Not yet, anyway.
00:47And they're up straight away, and he's been given. From hero to zero. First ball up for Billings.
00:56Sam Billings, 78 from 50 the game before. On this occasion, though, plays back. Plays around it. A fairly simple
01:06decision.
01:11Oh. Haddon goes boom. There we go. That releases a little bit of pressure. Scratches his head a little bit.
01:19But there you go. Fire from the first one with the wicket as well.
01:25Goes to take them on again. And it's gone. A caught and bowled. Yeah, he's happy. That's the by-play
01:31for you.
01:32And the Karachi Kings, who haven't won a game yet, now have two early wickets.
01:37And the second one down to the score at ten here.
01:44And he keeps nice and close. It was a good piece of bowling. The angle, and he kept it close
01:48to Haddon, who couldn't free up.
01:52Nailed Haddon, and let him know. Wonderful stuff from the young left-arm orthodoxy. Young all-rounder.
02:01Oh, he had to catch that, didn't he? A little bit of ricochet.
02:06Well done, young fellow, but hung on.
02:13Smith goes long. Has he got enough on it?
02:17Yes, he has. First six of the innings to Dwayne Smith.
02:23Your best field is out there.
02:26And T20.
02:28Under it.
02:29I think the bowler for a moment thought that he was in business, but the boundary is simply not big
02:34enough.
02:40Six, six, six.
02:44It's massive.
02:46That's out of the ground.
02:48It's the 81st HBL Tournament 6.
02:5494-meter hit.
02:56Next side is his go-to area.
02:59Ward just coming back with the angle from the left-armor.
03:03Smith wants a piece of this.
03:08Start bowling again.
03:10Full toss.
03:11And six.
03:12Flat.
03:13Nice beginning.
03:23But ideal delivery to receive after a break.
03:27Or any time off the innings.
03:28Full toss down the left side.
03:30Just end on the way.
03:33Six to start off.
03:35Score.
03:37Down the track.
03:39And it's a big A from Mismuth.
03:41What a checker.
03:45Dwayne Smith.
03:47With six number.
03:4983.
03:50Checker.
03:5183.
03:52On the HBL counter.
03:56The hot barat on that one.
03:58That was huge.
03:59This one coming down the track.
04:01Doesn't normally come down the track.
04:03But what it does.
04:05Let's hit go.
04:06Full speed.
04:09That's gone up in the air.
04:11This should be taken care of by Sangakarai.
04:13He doesn't drop this one.
04:15This was very much on the cards.
04:16With the ball spinning sharply.
04:19It was going to be difficult hitting him against the spin.
04:23It's gone after scoring.
04:2429.49 for three.
04:26It's gone from Osama Mio.
04:29Likes the leg sag.
04:30But two more spin on offer.
04:33Circle then meet that.
04:35And finally Sangakarai.
04:38Just managed to get in the right position.
04:44One-mind this with pace on the ball.
04:46He's out of the way straight away.
04:49With a conical ball.
04:55And...
04:56Bye-bye.
04:57That's a good catch.
04:58Tom McFord.
04:59Wonderful stuff.
05:01Misper on the charge.
05:02And a miss hit.
05:03He's out of the way straight away.
05:04He's out of the way straight away.
05:05He's just going through out of this.
05:07So I apologize.
05:07My bad for the little bit of wrong information.
05:10He hasn't played.
05:10I thought he hadn't played.
05:11A little bit of miscommunication here.
05:13But I just like the fact they can't get to him on his length.
05:15Said that the other night as well.
05:17His length is so good.
05:21It's flat.
05:22And it's full.
05:23Didn't think he got all of this.
05:25But Watson certainly has.
05:28Oh, boy.
05:30Hasn't missed this one, though.
05:32Oh, he's got all.
05:33Oh, there's a fumble.
05:35No catch there.
05:37No catch either.
05:40Pitch.
05:40Pitch.
05:41He can't check throw him to down.
05:45He just slapped it away.
05:4968 meters.
05:50It traveled flat, fast.
05:52Ricochet off the fence.
05:54Probably put him off at the end.
05:56Yeah.
05:59There goes Watson.
06:01Helps himself again.
06:03Into the crowd.
06:05St. Pazzi as before.
06:09Can you imagine there's that two-tone pitch?
06:12This is nice from Watson.
06:15Have complete control of it.
06:22Left arm round.
06:26Go downtown with good protection.
06:29Oh, shouldn't get two for this.
06:32Oh, there we go.
06:33I think he's gone.
06:36Would you have a look at this?
06:38He is well short.
06:41Our edge.
06:43Sengakara can't hold on.
06:45It was humming, to be fair.
06:47Sengakara got a glove on it, but it's another boundary.
06:53Fuller.
06:57Not quite the gap he was looking for.
07:00Hustling and came back.
07:02Small boundary here in Sharjah.
07:06It's gone straight away.
07:09Another night.
07:10They want to float away for four as well.
07:13But this time, comfortable seeing Akara straight into those mids.
07:22Ball.
07:24Trying to heave it away on the onside.
07:27Yeah, I like the mode that he slipped into for the last, what, the runout because it was full.
07:31It was inside edge, the square leg.
07:33That one, that wicket.
07:35Yeah, tried to again.
07:38There is protection there.
07:40Poller, going to have to hustle back.
07:42Another runout.
07:43Can't blame the batting side.
07:45Pointing to go for that.
07:48Owners are loving that.
07:49Uh-oh.
07:51I think I can see a bit of rain coming down here.
07:56So a reduced match here between the Kings and Islamabad.
08:02And have a good look at there.
08:04Dwayne Smith got off to a good start.
08:06It was the two early wickets of Billings and Haddon put them on the back foot.
08:09Watson got out and fired off a couple of brilliant sixes.
08:12And then a run of wickets at the end meant 90 on the board.
08:27The Karachi Kings, they're looking to open their account here in Sharjah.
08:32Sharjah, they need 95 from 78 deliveries.
08:36A match that's been reduced to 13 overs per innings.
08:43Oh dear, oh dear.
08:46Oh, that's a good catch.
08:49Mahmoud Sami takes the catch.
08:51Oh dear, shaking heads.
08:53It's Chris Gale getting out.
08:58Yeah, first over.
09:00Gale going after it.
09:02And Salman Iqbal.
09:04Well, having seen it all, Gale not firing yet again.
09:09Yeah, nothing shot in the end from Chris Gale.
09:11Just clearing his front leg and that could have gone anywhere.
09:14I think he wanted to just clear the infield and Sami there just hanging on to it.
09:24That's a good shot.
09:26That is a fine shot.
09:29A lot to look forward to.
09:31Barbara Azam is a very fine find.
09:34The balance was great.
09:38Next slide, six.
09:41Slide six.
09:44Another example of his fast talent, what he can do on the day once again.
09:49I will look at the balance, how well balanced he wants.
09:55Yeah, the flick of the hip.
09:57Time that to perfection.
10:00A little bit of Gordon Greenwich in that and it's gone flat and maximum.
10:08He's got this one through as well.
10:10Very nicely played.
10:12It's four more.
10:17See how well he played that one.
10:20Pretty berry-like.
10:23Oh, Boulin, beautiful.
10:25Boulin from tall Refania and he loves it.
10:29Because it was a cracker of a ball.
10:32Full length, targeting the stumps in Kamar Singagara.
10:35Undone by a brutal delivery.
10:37You've got to give credit to Irfan for producing that red yorker.
10:41It's a five, but it don't come much better than this.
10:45That is absolutely inch perfect.
10:48It's gone in there like an exorcist.
10:50It knew where the target was.
10:53Bullseye.
10:55Yeah, seven foot one and the yorker.
10:57Oh, first you have to locate it and then try and play it.
11:01Play it.
11:01Saka couldn't play that.
11:04Irfan loved it.
11:10Shaped up nicely.
11:11That should be enough for four.
11:15Yeah, he's making it look easy on a difficult track.
11:20Beautiful, beautiful by Babar Azzam.
11:25Surely one of the shots of the day and night.
11:32That's gone.
11:33That is gone some distance.
11:40What has he eaten tonight, Babar Azzam?
11:43Good catch.
11:45This one's got wings on him.
11:49Oh, rip with the leggy.
11:50Wasn't a bad delivery.
11:52But Babar Azzam says, oh, and a major piece of this one.
11:58Gone 85, what a great catch to catch a throw.
12:04Got him.
12:05Easy catch for Azzam.
12:10The show of Malik walks back to the players' pavilion.
12:19Yeah, he'd be disappointed, but wasn't caught and bowled
12:22because Azzam would have been exceptionally quick.
12:26Comfortable catch taken.
12:44Oh, could be tight, could be gone.
12:47Could be gone.
12:52Fantastic direct hit by Shadab.
12:57And, yep, Zingers have lit up.
13:01Gets the red one and disappears.
13:10Into Goblin 4.
13:13He's finding gaps here this evening.
13:20So what's happening now?
13:22It's raining again.
13:25Bar score is 67, so Karachi Kings slightly ahead at this stage.
13:3075 for the loss of four.
13:33But Duckworth Lewis and Karachi Kings open their account.
13:38Finally.
13:40A win for Karachi Kings on the DLS method by eight runs.
13:4690 for eight.
13:48Islamabad United got in a rain-shortened affair.
13:5030 nobles they got, and then rain interfered again with Karachi Kings innings.
13:55But what an inning from Baburazan.
13:5847 of 30 balls and eight runs they won by on the DLS method.
14:05Christmas.
14:12.
14:13Is once one poorest.
14:16Goodman, there?
14:18Yeah.
14:18It's Simon.
14:19Is.
14:21Hey, la, la, la...
14:26Hey!
14:28Hey!
14:29Yeah.
14:32Hey!
14:32No, no, no, no!
14:33Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, oh, hey, hey, oh.
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