The Peshawar Zalmi is one of the top two sides and will have an extra shot at the silverware if the need arises. They have confirmed it with a win tonight. Babar Azam once again led with the bat. He batted a little slowly in the middle overs but the wicket wasn't an easy one to bat on. It hasn't been an easy campaign for the Kings as they exit with a loss. We will exit as well. Hoping to meet you tomorrow. Bye bye...
Babar Azam, Player of the Match: We were not expecting it would be so soft and it would turn so much. We were looking for 150-160. Not easy to play spinners here. Never expected the wicket to turn so much. Generally, the wicket here is very good. As a player, you have some goals. You want to play well and improve as much as you can. I try to improve every day. My focus is on team's needs. Credit to the boys. The bowling was outstanding. Ayub bowled very well. He created the impact and put pressure on Karachi batters. The youngsters are doing well. We will look not to repeat our mistakes in the powerplay.
Masood: We targeted the fifth win. We couldn't cross the line. Two close games either side we could have been in a better position. When we won 2 out of 3 games, we were hit by a stomach bug. Unfortunately, we had to chop and change. Some other results also didn't go our way. Very grateful to the team and the management. The viral bug meant we had to group together. I also couldn't get the runs as I was supposed to. Would want to thank the fans and the organisers.
Sammy: Feels good. Was our objective to finish in the top four. Credit to the boys. Babar has led them very well. At the half way, we were in the game. The seamers had the onus. All the seamers did the job. Jamal held his nerve. Happy to qualify in top two. First game our team played here. We thought 150-160 is a winning total here. We know what to do going into the play-offs.
00:46 Local Time, 19:46 GMT, 01:16 IST: Zalmi have won a humdinger here. They have won by 2 runs against the Kings. Kings weren't able to finish on a high. They won a close game against Lahore a couple of nights back but tonight wasn't to be. Anwar Ali tried his best alongside Irfan, who played a blinder. But 17 off the final over was a little too much. Aamer Jamal also held his nerves and bowled a couple of superb balls to clinch it for the Zalmi side. With this win, the Peshawar unit finish on 13 points. They go to the top of the table as well and have confirmed a top two finish. This gives them two chances in case they lose their first play-off game. The chase was never supposed to be easy but Seifert provided Karachi with an excellent start. Even when Malik and Irfan were batting, it seemed Karachi were favorites. But Naveen removed Malik and then the Zalmi side managed to eke out a win as Pollard also came a cropper today.
19.6
Aamer Jamal to Irfan Khan, byes, 1 run, what an excellent delivery!
The camera pans on both camps. Both tensed. Not giving away much.
19.5
Aamer Jamal to Anwar Ali, 1 run, four needed off the final ball.
19.4
Aamer Jamal to Anwar Ali, FOUR, to fine leg
19.3
Aamer Jamal to Anwar Ali, FOUR, to backward square leg
19.2
Aamer Jamal to Anwar Ali, 2 runs, looks to drag it away and gets it wide of deep mid again. Two more added to the tally as he didn't time it
19.1
Aamer Jamal to Anwar Ali, 2 runs, heaves it wide of long-on for a brace as that was a length delivery angled in
Aamer Jamal [3.0-0-25-1] is back into the attack
18.6
Wood to Irfan Khan, FOUR, slower delivery, wide outside off, Irfan Khan gets hold of the delivery and slaps it wide of deep mid. That was well placed and that means
18.5
Wood to Anwar Ali, 1 run, clips the ball down to long-on for a single