Guptill and Munro are at the crease. Guptill is on strike. Willey will open the attack
Munro had an external injury and thus has been allowed to open the innings.
Imad Wasim: Feels really good, as a bowling unit we did really well. I think they are 20-25 runs short, this is a really good wicket to bat. I bowled a bit slower today, and that helped. This is a final but I want to take it just like any other game. We play cricket day in, day out, so we don't need to do anything fancy. It is an under par total, they did really well with Iftikhar but we’ll fancy chasing 160.
22:53 Local Time, 17:53 GMT, 23:23 IST: The Sultans have managed to put on 159 on the board. They were 127 for 9 before Iftikhar Ahmed decided to take matters in his own hands. The stage was set after the 15 over mark for a final hurrah. But time-out was taken and the Sultans lost five wickets just like that in a span of 2 overs.
19.6
Naseem Shah to Iftikhar Ahmed, no run, fuller, quicker, Iftikhar Ahmed misses the heave. The ball goes between his legs and they fail to sneak in a bye. This has been a phenomenal recovery from Iftikhar Ahmed though. He has given the Sultans something to play with
19.5
Naseem Shah to Iftikhar Ahmed, no run, excellent stuff from Naseem finally. He is bowling some tremendous yorkers. That was speared in, Iftikhar Ahmed looked to heave it and managed to just dig it out
19.4
Naseem Shah to Iftikhar Ahmed, byes, 2 runs, slower, shorter, Iftikhar Ahmed looks to pull it and misses as he was undone by the lack of pace on it.
19.4
Naseem Shah to Iftikhar Ahmed, wide, fuller one, down leg, Iftikhar Ahmed looks to heave it away and misses. Wided
19.3
Naseem Shah to Iftikhar Ahmed, no run
19.3
Naseem Shah to Iftikhar Ahmed, no ball, FOUR, they wanted to check for the height intially. But he had overstepped. Was a highish full toss, Iftikhar Ahmed got under it and slammed it over short fine. He is having a ball. He is keeping the hopes alive
19.2
Naseem Shah to Iftikhar Ahmed, SIX, back of a length delivery, angling in, Iftikhar Ahmed heaves it away and sends it over deep fine
19.1
Naseem Shah to Iftikhar Ahmed, FOUR, short ball, into the deck, Iftikhar Ahmed slams the pull and gets it wide of deep square for a four. That was hit hard and into the gap. He is putting on a show here
18.6
Tymal Mills to Mohammad Ali, no run
18.5
Tymal Mills to Mohammad Ali, no run
18.4
Tymal Mills to Iftikhar Ahmed, 1 run, short ball, goes for the pull and lands short of the man at deep square. They get a single. Iftikhar Ahmed isn't hapy woth his partner as they take the single
18.3
Tymal Mills to Iftikhar Ahmed, SIX, short ball, Iftikhar Ahmed fetches it from well outside off and slams it over deep square. Where have you been all tis wwhile?
18.2
Tymal Mills to Iftikhar Ahmed, SIX, fuller length delivery, Iftikhar Ahmed
18.1
Tymal Mills to Iftikhar Ahmed, no run, goes round the wicket and gets the ball to curl away. The ball left the batter as it moved late. Iftikhar Ahmed was taken aback a little
Tymal Mills [3.0-0-11-0] is back into the attack
17.6
Naseem Shah to Mohammad Ali, no run, fuller length delivery, Mohammad Ali gets behind the line of the delivery and defends it
Multan Sultans
Islamabad United
