Author: SPORTSNAAMA

KHURRAM SHEHZAD AWAN:

Pakistan super league (PSL) 9 is in progress but most of the seats looks vacant in the stadium stands due to expensive tickets .Hbl PSL administration increases the tickets price in the running editions which effects the game and people cannot purchase the tickets. According to the details regarding ticket prices, the tickets for the final to be played on 18 march at national bank stadium Karachi have been set at PKR 8000(VIP),PKR 4000 (Premium),PKR 2500 and PKR 1000 for general.  The tickets for the qualifier will be sold for  PKR 5000 ( VIP), PKR(2500) premium,  PKR 1500 first class and PKR 750 for general spectators.

The cricket spectators while talking to “sporstnaama” has said that cricket is most popular game of Pakistan so the large number of spectators of cricket game is youth including school and college students who cannot afford the expensive tickets. From the starting of PSL 9 at Qaddafi stadium Lahore and so on till date stadiums are almost half empty during the matches which gives negative impact, the PSL administration should take necessary steps to reduce the ticket prices of PSL matches to attract the maximum spectators to the stadium for witnessing the matches of their favorite teams.

Islamabad: Star Lahore Qalandar’s bowler Rahshid Khan wishes good luck for his team to defend the title of HBL PSL 9. Rashid Khan in a video statement has said ” I wish all the best to my mates of Lahore Qalandars to defend the title of HBL PSL successfully. He said Shaheen Afridi is a good captain and leads the team from the front which is the mandatory virtue of the captain . I missed HBL PSL 9 due to the severe back injury and will comeback soon in the side in the next season. Rashid Khan appreciated the efforts of PCB to held the PSL for the 9 consecutive seasons which is remarklable.

Muhammad Rizwan Awan: The Desert Vipers sailed to a comfortable six-wicket win over the Sharjah Warriors in the 30th and final league match of the ILT20 season 2 at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium after rain delayed the start of the match and reduced it to an 18-over contest.
A fine bowling display from Vipers’ Nathan Sowter (3 for 21) and Matheesha Pathirana (3 for 28), well backed by Sam Curran (2 for 29), restricted Warriors to 121 for 9 in 18 overs.
Vipers then raced to the target in 12.5 overs with openers Phil Salt (30) and Alex Hales putting on a 50-run partnership in 23 balls, followed by a 49-run partnership between skipper Colin Munro (27) and Dinesh Chandimal (24n.o) for the fourth wicket.
The Vipers, who were eliminated before the start of the match, won with 31 balls to spare. This victory helped them push the Warriors to the bottom of the table and to take the fifth slot.
In chasing the score, the Vipers’ opener Salt hit a 12-ball 30 runs with four boundaries and two sixes before being dismissed by Sean Williams.
One-drop Dan Lawrence got out quickly, pulling Junaid Siddique to Nilansh Keswani at fine leg for 7. Siddique also hit the off stump of Hales on 21 with an angling delivery. Dinesh Chandimal, with his skipper Colin Munro, smoothly carried their team to the target, though Munro got run out when seven runs were needed to win.
Earlier, the Desert Vipers won the toss and elected to bowl.
Brief scores:
Desert Vipers bt Sharjah Warriors by 6 wkts.
Sharjah Warriors 121 for 9 in 18 overs (Niroshan Dickwella 20, Luke Wells 31, Sean Williams 23, Sam Curran 2 for 29, Nathan Sowter 3 for 21, Matheesha Pathirana 3 for 28)
Desert Vipers 123 for 4 in 12.5 overs (Phil Salt 30, Alex Hales 21, Colin Munro 27, Dinesh Chandimal 24n.o, Junaid Siddique 2 for 16)
Player of the Match: Nathan Sowter

Muhammad Rizwan Awan :Gulf Giants, through an exhibition of superb teamwork and resilience, fought tooth and nail to defend a meagre total of 126 for 9 in 20 overs and pull off a 19-run win over Dubai Capitals in the 24th match of the DP World ILT20 season 2 at the Dubai International Stadium. This was the lowest total defended in the history of this tournament.
UAE’s 18-year-old left-arm spinner Aayan Afzal Khan bagged two wickets at a crucial stage of the match while his skipper James Vince produced two run outs to derail Capitals’ chase towards the easy target.
Dasun Shanaka pushed Capitals closer to the target through an unbeaten 24 but last man Haider Ali became the third batter to fall for a run out. Capitals were thus bowled out for 107 in 18.3 overs.
Capitals’ Olly Stone (4 for 14) and Scott Kuggeleijn (3 for 29) ran through Giants’ batting line-up with a lethal combination of accurate pace and judicious use of slower deliveries to restrict Giants to 126 for 9 in 20 overs.
The Gulf Giants were reeling at 17 for 4 at one stage but were lifted out of disaster by skipper Vince (32) and Shimron Hetmyer (34) through a 51-runs partnership for the fifth wicket in 42 balls.
Capitals made a mess of the ride towards the target losing both their openers for 30 runs. The first to go was their skipper and opener David Warner for 11 caught by Chris Jordan at mid-off to Jamie Overton, followed by opener Rahmanullah Gurbaz who was caught by Jordan at long on off Blessing Muzarabani for 15. When Jordan clean bowled Sam Billings for 12 and Gerhard Erasmus too clean bowled Max Holden for 7, the target looked unreachable.
Brief scores:
Gulf Giants bt Dubai Capitals by 19 runs.
Gulf Giants 126 for 9 in 20 overs (James Vince 32, Shimron Hetmyer 34, Scott Kuggeleijn 3 for 29, Olly Stone 4 for 14)
Dubai Capitals 107 in 18.3 overs (Dasun Shanaka 24n.o, Aayan Afzal Khan 2 for 8)
Player of the Match: James Vince