End of over 20 (9 runs) Karachi Kings 179/9 (4 runs required)

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End of over 20 (9 runs) Karachi Kings 179/9 (4 runs required)

Mohammad Amir0 (1b 0x4 0x6)
Saifullah Bangash0 (1b 0x4 0x6)
DJG Sammy1-0-9-1
Wahab Riaz4-0-29-2
 

7.25pm Phew. That was just brilliant to watch and commentate on. It's left me drained and hungry for dinner, which I shall go and consume very soon. I'm off, but do stay tuned, because we have another game coming up tonight. Hope you enjoy that, and bye!

Presentation time. Mohammad Hafeez is the Man of the Match. "Batting with Tamim has given me a lot of confidence," he says. "We're working as a team, we're playing as a team."

Shoaib Malik: "A step away from winning, but the way Ravi Bopara batted was exceptional. I have no words to describe his batting, but we have a few flaws in our team. The time has come and we need to come up. We need a third pacer in our team, that's where we're lacking a bit. I'm sure we will bring maybe a third pacer in the next game."

Shahid Afridi: "This is the kind of cricket we need. Doesn't matter if we win or lose but the spectators would have enjoyed this. Tamim and Hafeez gave us a fantastic start. Bopara played an outstanding innings. I wasn't very confident in the end, but Sammy told me he was confident he could win it for us."

Talha Hameed: "Karachi Kings has now lost three matches in a row, margin of defeat in last two matches were by 2 runs v Islamabad, 3 runs v Peshawar."

Umar Ch: "Remember Sammy has hit Four on the last Ball, That makes the Difference"

Saaib Uppal: "After the completion of the first round-robin of games, the twin giants, Lahore and Karachi, are at the bottom of the points table!"

Qasim: "Gotta feel for Bopara.He should take the MOM award!"

"It was a choice between me and the left-arm spinner and I told the skipper to give it to me," Darren Sammy says. "This pitch is much better than the one in Dubai, you see the competitive nature between the batsmen and the bowlers."

This one came in before the last ball, but it's a nice, nostalgic comment, so I'll stick it in now - Abdul Manan: "Now Karachi Kings need a Miandad, or Miandad's Six!"

Zain Rizvi: "One of the best matches in this tournament so far. Wow, absolutely amazing comeback, they came so far but in the end Sammy was the difference. Wow."

7.10pm What a game, what a finish. At the end of it, Karachi Kings find themselves in a really sticky situation, with only one win from four games. Zalmi have now won three out of four. Ravi Bopara will be gutted, Imad Wasim will not want to look at his team-mates.



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