15th Match: Islamabad United vs Karachi Kings

Ronchi sizzles as Kings taste first defeat in HBL PSL 2018

Sharjah March 4: A stroke-filled 71 run innings off only 37 balls including 10 fours and three sixes sealed a resounding eight wicket win for Islamabad United over Karachi Kings in the 15th match of HBL Pakistan Super League (PSL) 2018 edition.

Ronchi was in sizzling touch on a Sharjah belter of a pitch as he took to cleaners the much vaunted Kings bowling attack that had played a major role in the team’s unbeaten run prior to the match today.

Ronchi added 104 for the opening wicket with JP Duminy in only 10.5 overs to break the back of the chase.

United had opted to field first after Misbahul Haq won the toss, their chase was made incredibly easy by the heroics of Ronchi who find an able partner in Duminy who stayed unbeaten at the other end with 43 seeing the chase through with Asif Ali (26 not out) in the 18th over.

Asif ended the match with a towering six off Imad Wasim.

Ronchi was named Man-of-the-Match for his stunning innings that is the joint top-score of the tournament so far equalling the 71 not out by Dwanye Smith also against Kings at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium.

Earlier, the Kings total revolved around a 101 run partnership between Khurram Manzoor and Babar Azam, the two right-handers started their alliance at the fall of Joe Denly’s wicket who was cleaned up by Mohammad Sami.

Khurram maintained a better strike rate than Babar scoring 51 off 41 balls, Babar meanwhile scored 55 off 54 balls.

Both batsmen took their time to settle as Kings reached a below par 49 for one after 10 overs.

At this stage Kings needed some firepower to propel the score past the 150 mark.

Babar and Khurram departed in quick succession but runs continued to flow, the final flourish was provided by Mohammad Rizwan who took 15 runs off the final over of the innings bowled by Sami to help his team nudge past the 150 run mark.

Faheem Ashraf was the pick of the United bowlers taking three wickets in his spell.

The right-arm pace bowler conceded a mere 23 runs in his four over quota, he was ably supported by leg-spinner Shadab Khan who went wicketless but gave away only 25 runs in his four over.

15th Match: Islamabad United vs Karachi Kings | Islamabad United won by 8 wickets

Match Details

Toss	Islamabad United, who chose to field	Tournament	HBL Pakistan Super League 2018
Umpires	Aleem Dar (Pakistan) and RT Robinson	Match Date	04 Mar 2018
Match Referee	RS Mahanama	Ground	Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah
TV Umpire	Ahmed Shahab
Player of Match	Luke Ronchi (Islamabad United)

Karachi Kings Innings			R	M	B	4s	6s
1	Khurram Manzoor	c Sahibzada Farhan b Fahim Ashraf	51	0	41	6	1
2	Joe Denly	b Mohammad Sami	4	0	3	1	0
3	Babar Azam	c Asif Ali b Hussain Talat	55	0	53	3	2
4	Colin Ingram	c Luke Ronchi b Fahim Ashraf	1	0	2	0	0
5	Ravi Bopara	run out Luke Ronchi	8	0	5	1	0
6	Imad Wasim *	b Fahim Ashraf	10	0	6	2	0
7	Mohammad Rizwan †	not out	21	0	9	2	1
8	Mohammad Irfan Jr	not out	1	0	1	0	0
9	Tymal Mills	Did not bat
10	Usman Khan Shinwari	Did not bat
11	Mohammad Aamer	Did not bat
Extra		lb 1, w 1	2
Total		6 wickets; 20.0 overs; 0 mins	153	7.65 runs per over

Fall of wickets

1-6 ( Joe Denly, 1.4 ) ;

2-107 ( Khurram Manzoor, 15.2 ) ;

3-110 ( Colin Ingram, 16.0 ) ;

4-118 ( Babar Azam, 17.0 ) ;

5-126 ( Ravi Bopara, 17.5 ) ;

6-138 ( Imad Wasim, 19.0 ) ;

Bowling	Overs	Runs	Wickets	Wides
Samit Patel	4.0	32	0	0
Mohammad Sami	4.0	38	1	1
Fahim Ashraf	4.0	23	3	0
Shadab Khan	4.0	25	0	0
Hussain Talat	4.0	34	1	0

Islamabad United Innings			R	M	B	4s	6s
1	Jean-Paul Duminy	not out	43	0	44	5	0
2	Luke Ronchi †	c & b Mohammad Irfan Jr	71	0	37	10	3
3	Hussain Talat	b Mohammad Aamer	8	0	7	1	0
4	Asif Ali	not out	26	0	16	3	1
5	Sahibzada Farhan	Did not bat
6	Misbah ul Haq *	Did not bat
7	Andre Russell	Did not bat
8	Shadab Khan	Did not bat
9	Samit Patel	Did not bat
10	Fahim Ashraf	Did not bat
11	Mohammad Sami	Did not bat
Extra		lb 6, w 2	8
Total		2 wickets; 17.2 overs;	156	9 runs per over

Fall of wickets

1-104 ( Luke Ronchi, 10.5 ) ;

2-117 ( Hussain Talat, 13.4 ) ;

Bowling	Overs	Runs	Wickets	Wides
Imad Wasim *	3.2	23	0	0
Mohammad Aamer	3.0	31	1	0
Usman Khan Shinwari	3.0	30	0	0
Tymal Mills	4.0	39	0	1
Ravi Bopara	1.0	11	0	1
Mohammad Irfan Jr	3.0	16	1	0

Match Notes

Karachi Kings Inning

Karachi Kings : 50 runs in 10.1 overs (61 balls), Extras 0
2nd Wicket : 50 runs in 55 balls

(Khurram Manzoor 24
, Babar Azam 29

, Ex 0)
Babar Azam : 50 off 46 balls
(
3 x 4 2 x 6 )
Karachi Kings : 100 runs in 14.4 overs (88 balls), Extras 0
Khurram Manzoor : 50 off 40 balls
(
6 x 4 1 x 6 )
2nd Wicket : 100 runs in 80 balls

(Khurram Manzoor 49
, Babar Azam 51

, Ex 0)
Karachi Kings : 150 runs in 19.3 overs (117 balls), Extras 2
Innings Break : Karachi Kings – 153/6 in 20.0 overs

(Mohammad Rizwan 21
, Mohammad Irfan Jr 1)

Islamabad United Inning

Islamabad United : 50 runs in 5.1 overs (31 balls), Extras 2
1st Wicket : 50 runs in 31 balls

(Luke Ronchi 17
, Jean-Paul Duminy 34

, Ex 2)
Luke Ronchi : 50 off 23 balls
(
7 x 4 3 x 6 )
Islamabad United : 100 runs in 10.1 overs (61 balls), Extras 3
1st Wicket : 100 runs in 62 balls

(Luke Ronchi 29
, Jean-Paul Duminy 71

, Ex 3)
Islamabad United : 150 runs in 17.0 overs (102 balls), Extras 8