PSL6 Starts today in Karachi with the Champions Karachi Kings playing Quetta Gladiators. The Final takes place in Lahore on Mondaty 22nd March. I’d planned to fly out to watch as part of celebrations for my big birthday on March 17th, but as with so many things Covid has put paid to that. This is a 6 team tournament. Here’s […]
Tuesday 17th November saw the Final of Pakistan Superleague 5 – a landmark day for the tournament as in its 5th year all games were played in Pakistan. The final itself taking place in The National Stadium in Karachi. The final was between the Karachi Kings and the Lahore Qalanders, meaning anew team would lift the trophy in 2020. The […]
Pakistan Superleague 5 started on 20th February 2020 – today on 14th November 2020 the play offs started. The first between The Karachi KIngs and The Multan Sultans was for a place in the Final, with the loser going into the second elimination game. A look at the teams first:- Karachi Kings Babar Azam Sharjeel Khan Alex Hales Wayne Parnell […]
Game 15 – Karachi Kings v Peshawar Zalmi Peshawar – 151 for 8 Tom Banton – Out for a Golden Duck Kamran Akmal – 4 from 8 balls Haider Ali – 4 from 2 Shoaib Malik – 68 from 55 Liam Livingstone – 25 from 20 Lewis Gregory – 25 from 22 Carlos Brathwaite – 8 from 5 Wahab Riaz […]
Match 1 – Quetta Gladiators v Islamabad United Islamabad – 168 All Out Colin Munro – Out for a Golden Duck! Luke Ronchi – Scored 23 from 13 balls Dawid Malan – Scored 64 from 40 Hussain Talat – Scored 19 from 22 Colin Ingram – Scored 6 from 6 Asif Ali – Scored 19 from 13 Shadab Khan (c) […]
I started out the World Cup with tickets to 15 matches, that meant I’d be watching and taking photos of every team at least once. Weather in Bristol meant I didn’t get to see Sri Lanka, both their matches there, against Pakistan and Bangladesh were rained off. However I did get to see the Top 10 Batsmen runs wise in […]
The summer arrived, then disappeared again as I was driving to Birmingham. I woke up to a drizzly, gloomy morning. Staying in Moseley I walked the 1.5 miles to Edgbaston. Let the frizzy hair commence! The toss was delayed, but as I sat down in the members lounge with a cuppa the covers came off and the players came out […]