PakPassion Premier League Match 2: KK vs PP

[FAM]

Welcome to the second PakPassion Premier League match between Karachi Khanjars and Punjab Panthers. The match is being played in Karachi. Our pitch reporter says that it’s a very good pitch, and we will see an evenly balanced contest between bat and bowl.

[Plasma]

Panthers better bat first, we can defend the total with bowlers like Styne, Flintoff, and Kashif!

[FAM]

It's a 50 over a side game. Here are the teams:

KARACHI KHANJARS:
Raz
Shahid Afridi
iZeeshan (c)
Monsee
Zeenix
SameerM
Brendon McCullum (wk)
Pak_Pace
b0wld
Umar Gul
Muttiah Muralitharan

Career Averages: http://faraz.frihost.net/ppl/Karachi.txt

PUNJAB PANTHERS
Graeme Smith
12thMan
Plasma
Geordie Ahmed (wk)
Andrew Symonds
Mohsin_Pak786 (c)
Andrew Flintoff
Boi
Mercenary
kashif77
Dale Steyn

Career Averages: http://faraz.frihost.net/ppl/Punjab.txt

[Plasma]

Good teams guys, should be a good game!

[FAM]

Karachi Khanjars Won The Toss And Elected To Bat First

[FAM]

Match Update 1

Raz and Afridi opened the batting for KK, while Flintoff opened the bowling for PP. Afridi looked to be in his usual mood as he tried to smash Flintoff out of the ground in the very first over, but was lucky not to get an edge on two occasions. 4 runs came off the first over.

[Plasma]

Boi is left handed, bring him on! He should be able to get afridi.

[FAM]

Match Update 2

Afridi welcomed Mercenary to PPL by hitting a boundary on his first delivery, followed by another boundary on the third delivery. Afridi stole 12 runs off the over, and KK were off to a flying start.

[Geordie Ahmed]

Howay Merc sort yourself out - you are letting the side down :46:

[FAM]

Match Update 3

kashiff77 came to bowl the third over. It seemed that the captain Mohsin_Pak786 was trying to mix up the bowlers as not to let Afridi get used to one bowler. Kashiff77 bowled a pretty tight over, giving away only two runs.

[Boi]

Come on Lads poor start here

[Boi]

good over kashif

[Plasma]

Good over kashif. Mec needs to learn something! :P

[FAM]

Match Update 4

Mercenary, who had gone for 12 runs in his last over, courtesy to Afridi, came to bowl again, and you could see the nervousness on his face clearly. His first ball was a no ball, but Afridi missed it. On his second ball, Afridi had a wild swing, but missed it again. Geordie Ahmed, the wicket keeper, went for an appeal, but the ball was nowhere near the bat. Afridi turned around and gave him a beastly look.

Out came the 3rd ball, it pitched outside off, Afridi had a wild swing again and skied it in the air, and kashiff77 didn’t make any mistake taking an easy catch. Mercenary was delighted!

Shahid Afridi 14 (13b 2X4)
c. kashif77 b. Mercenary
19/1(3.2)

[Plasma]

Yes Yes Yes!

Merc you beauty!

[Boi]

ohh great come bacvk merc

[Geordie Ahmed]

Get in - Good stuff Merc and Kashif77 :)

I hope Afridi's stare doesnt affect my keeping or batting?

[FAM]

Match Update 5

iZeeshan, the captain, was the next man in. He joined Raz, and they both approached their innings very cautiously. It looked like that they were trying to save up their wickets, and then go for the slogging at the end. Good strategy that. But the Karachi crowd wasn’t pleased with the tactics as they started “Boring! Boring!” chants, but you gotta give credit to PP bowlers too, specially Steyn and Flintoff, who were bowling at very tight line and length.

[Boi]

Great start here we have to get some early wickets Hopefully!! :wasim

[Plasma]

Hahah Boring Boring!

We need some wickets fellas!

[Plasma]

How come Zee is offline?

[Boi]

How come Zee is offline?


He is their main man where is he?!!

our main man is off line aswell :wasim :wasim :wasim

[FAM]

Match Update 6

They slowly reached 94/1 in 24 overs when the captain iZeeshan decided to accelerate his innings. He hit a six off kashiff77’s bowling in the 25th over, and KK passed 100 runs.

The next over was done by Flintoff, who had been bowling wonderfully. iZeeshan tried to hit him for a few, but got beaten. You could clearly see the frustration on his face.

Mohsi'k786, the PP captain, came to the bowl the next over. iZeeshan, the KK captain, was going to face the first ball, so it was captain vs captain contest. How exciting!

Mohsi'k786 did a huge appeal for LBW on the first ball, but it was denied. On the second delivery, iZeeshan pushed the ball gently toward covers, and went for a run, but Raz wasn’t interested at all. iZeeshan looked at Andrew Symonds, the cover fielder, hopelessly, as he aimed the stumps at the keeper’s side and nailed them, running iZeeshan out. As iZeeshan walked back to the pavilion, the stump microphone clearly caught him calling Symonds, “Sala Khanjar.”

iZeeshan 46 (71b 1X4 1X6)
run out (Symonds)
106/2(26.2)

[Boi]

LOL!!!!!!!! HAHA

This is just great!!!

[Plasma]

Hahahah Yes!!

Symonds!! Zee is out, Punjab on top!

[FAM]

Match Update 7

Monsee was the next man in, but before a partnership could develop, the captain Mohsi'k786’s delivery hit Raz plumb in front of the wicket, and he was out.

Raz 41 (88b 1X4)
lbw b. Mohsi'k786

114/3(29)

[Plasma]

Run rate is 4 right now, i like it. Keep them under Pressure guys and they will crack!

[Plasma]

Oh Mohsin you beauty! Axcellent!

[Boi]

I hope i dont get smashed round the park when i bowl!!

Captain leading from the front Good to see!!!

[Raz]

This is precisely the reason why we need to make use of more technology in the game. There was an inside edge onto pad there. Stupid umpire robs me, just while I was looking to launch!!

[Plasma]

I hope i dont get smashed round the park when i bowl!!

Captain leading from the front Good to see!!!
Don't worry bro, we got them under pressure. One more and im sure we got them under 200.

[FAM]

Match Update 8

KK was in pressure as the wickets were falling for them at the wrong time, and both their set batsmen were out. Zeenix was the next man in, but he didn’t last long either, as he nicked the ball toward Geordie Ahmed, the keeper, who took a comfortable catch off Boi's bowling.

Zeenix 1 (4b)
c. Ahmed b. Boi
118/4(30.2)

[Boi]

Lol!!

[Plasma]

This is precisely the reason why we need to make use of more technology in the game. There was an inside edge onto pad there. Stupid umpire robs me, just while I was looking to launch!!
:))

[The Blazer]

Punjab looking on top at the moment!

[Plasma]

Yes! Boi!! We got them now! Go for the throat!

[Raz]

114-3 after 29, not all is lost, plenty of batting left in the shed.

[Plasma]

114-3 after 29, not all is lost, plenty of batting left in the shed.
Look again! ;-) :P

[Boi]

Ohh yes thats it Gerodie youre doing fantastically well behind the stumps!!!

[Plasma]

I guess the team made the correct decision to make GA our Keeper.

he hasn't disappointed.

[FAM]

Match Update 9

The pressure was mounting for KK. They were 4 wickets down, and there was not much score on the board. SameerM was the next man in, and both he and Monsee decided to go full defense. They both played for 11 overs, and made only 39 runs. At the start of 41st over, SameerM decided to slog, and came down the wicket against Steyn, and tried to hit him over the head, but Steyn bowled a good yorker and shattered his stumps.

SameerM 14 (32b)
b. Steyn

157/5(41.1)

[Boi]

Get In There Panthers!!!

[Plasma]

Muahahahahah!

Keep em under 200 now boys!

[FAM]

Match Update 10

Brendon McCullum was the next man in, and he showed KK how to accelerate the innings. He hit 6 boundaries, and made 34 off 34. On the other hand, Monsee struggled to make runs quickly, and hit only 2 boundaries.

So due to KK losing wickets at the wrong time, and some economical bowling from PP bowlers, specially from Steyn and Flintoff, KK were restricted to just 205 runs off 50 overs.

[FAM]

KARACHI KHANJARS innings

Player Status Runs Blls 4s 6s S/R
Raz lbw b. Mohsi'k786 41 88 1 0 46.6%
Shahid Afridi c. kashif77 b. Mercenary 14 13 2 0 107.7%
iZeeshan run out (Symonds) 46 71 1 1 64.8%
Monsee not out 38 62 2 0 61.3%
Zeenix c. Ahmed b. Boi 1 4 0 0 25.0%
SameerM b. Steyn 14 32 0 0 43.8%
Brendon McCullum not out 34 34 6 0 100.0%
Pak_Pace
b0wld
Umar Gul
Muttiah Muralitharan

Total: 205/5 Overs: 50.0 Run Rate: 4.10 Extras: 17

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PUNJAB PANTHERS Bowling

Player Overs Mdns Runs Wkts E/R Wds NBs
Andrew Flintoff 10.0 2 25 0 2.50 1 1
Mercenary 10.0 1 44 1 4.40 0 2
kashif77 7.0 0 34 0 4.86 0 0
Mohsin_Pak786 8.0 0 39 1 4.88 1 2
Dale Steyn 10.0 0 33 1 3.30 2 0
Boi 5.0 0 22 1 4.40 0 0


EXTRAS Wides: 4 No Balls: 5 Leg Byes: 8 Byes: 0

Total: 205/5 Overs: 50.0 Run Rate: 4.10 Extras: 17
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KARACHI KHANJARS Partnerships

Batsmen Runs (Balls)
R Raz S Afridi þþþþþþþ 19 (20)
R Raz i iZeeshan þþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþ 87 (138)
R Raz M Monsee þþþ 8 (16)
Z Zeenix M Monsee þ 4 (8)
S SameerM M Monsee þþþþþþþþþþþþþþþ 39 (65)
B McCullum M Monsee þþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþ 48 (53)


Fall of Wickets 19/1 106/2 114/3 118/4 157/5


Total: 205/5 Overs: 50.0 Run Rate: 4.10 Extras: 17

[Boi]

Great Performance By The Boyz Now Its Up To The Batsmen

[The Blazer]

Lively pitch- Let's see if Gul and co. can make a good fight of defending this total!

[Plasma]

Awesome guys! We did well, its up to the openers to give us a good start!

[FAM]

Match Update 11

12thMan and Smith were the openers for PP, and they gave a flying start to their team. SameerM and Gul started the bowling for KK, and were taken to cleaners by PP openers. 12thMan hit SameerM for a six in the 7th over, and Smith hit a six on Gul’s bowling in the next over. And at the end of 10 overs, PP were 58/0. KK needed to do something here to break this partnership.

End of over 10 (3 runs)
PUNJAB PANTHERS 58/0
(R/R: 5.80 R/R Req: 3.70)
Muttiah Muralitharan 1.0-0-2-0
12thMan 31(37b 2X4 1X6)
Graeme Smith 22(24b 2X4 1X6)

[Boi]

Fantastic Start!!!!

[The Blazer]

Child's play.

[Plasma]

Yeahhh!! 12thman!!

[FAM]

Match Update 12

Finally KK got a wicket in the 13th over when 12thMan nicked the ball to Brendan McCullum, who took a comfortable catch off Gul’s bowling.

12thMan 38 (47b 3X4 1X6)
c. McCullum b. Gul
72/1(13.2)

[Plasma]

We seem to have the game in the bag, now all we need to do is prevent a Pakistan-style collapse.

[Boi]

Okay We Have Lost One Wicket No Need For Hero Shot We Are On Track

We Better Not Collapse

[Plasma]

uh oh! 12thman i wanted you to get a fifty!

[FAM]

Match Update 13

Plasma was the next man in. He approached his innings very cautiously, but on the other hand, Smith continued to play aggressively. They had just made 17 runs for the second wicket partnership when Plasma couldn’t understand the doosra off Murali’s bowling and got bowled.

Plasma 3 (15b)
b. Mural'aran
89/2(17.4)

[Plasma]

:6: :6:

[FAM]

Match Update 14

Geordie Ahmed was the next man to join Smith, who was playing really well, but due to a lack of communication between him and Geordie, Smith found himself in the middle of the pitch as SameerM’s direct hit ran him out. PP’s 3 wickets had gone down in quick succession, and KK felt that they have a chance.

Graeme Smith 44 (53b 4X4 1X6)
run out (SameerM)

93/3(19.4)

[Plasma]

Get a hold of yourself Panthers!

[Boi]

Oh No Not The Collapse

[FAM]

Match Update 15

Andrew Symonds was the next man in, and he wasn’t going to take any Khanjar-pai from KK’s. He hit Murali for a six and a four, forcing iZee to take him out of the attack, and bring SameerM, but Symonds hit him for a 4 too.

End of over 25 (8 runs)
PUNJAB PANTHERS 125/3
(R/R: 5.00 R/R Req: 3.24)
SameerM 5.0-0-34-0
Geordie Ahmed 12(22b)
Andrew Symonds 21(15b 2X4 1X6)

[Plasma]

Good Good, keep it going.

[FAM]

Match Update 16

Geordie Ahmed had also his eyes set in by now, and started playing comfortably too. He hit Murali for a 4 in the over when he came back. He hit a six, followed by a four on Pak_Pace’s bowling as his team passed 150 mark.

End of over 31 (12 runs)
PUNJAB PANTHERS 155/3
(R/R: 5.00 R/R Req: 2.68)
Pak_Pace 9.0-0-35-0
Geordie Ahmed 34(46b 2X4 1X6)
Andrew Symonds 28(27b 2X4 1X6)

[Boi]

If We Carry On Like This The Game Is Ours

[Plasma]

Good going by these two, a few more overs like this and we win!

[FAM]

Match Update 17

Both batsmen continued to make runs at a brisk pace. Pak_Pace was the only bowler who was bowling brilliantly, but the rest of them were going all over the park. Looking at the partnership developing, iZee decided to bring back his strike bowler Umar Gul, but to no avail, as Geordie smashed him for his second six. He looked unstoppable.

Raz bowled the next over, and Geordie flicked him toward leg for a 4, and reached his fifty.

End of over 35 (8 runs)
PUNJAB PANTHERS 181/3
(R/R: 5.17 R/R Req: 1.67)
Raz 2.0-0-12-0
Andrew Symonds 35(32b 3X4 1X6)
Geordie Ahmed 51(65b 4X4 2X6)

[The Blazer]

Game seems to be in the bag now for you fellas.

[Plasma]

Geordie my man!! We cruising now.

A couple more overs and we win.

[FAM]

Match Update 18

Geordie hit Gul for another six and all hopes were lost for KK. SameerM came to bowl the 39th over, and bowled a full toss to Symonds, who showed the ball the way to the boundary, and PP won by 7 wickets.

End of over 39 (6 runs)
PUNJAB PANTHERS 209/3
(R/R: 5.36 R/R Req: -0.27)
SameerM 7.0-0-48-0
Andrew Symonds 44(46b 4X4 1X6)
Geordie Ahmed 68(77b 4X4 3X6)


End of innings (39.0 overs)
PUNJAB PANTHERS 209/3 (RR: 5.46)
SameerM 7.0-0-48-0
Andrew Symonds 44(46b 4X4 1X6)
Geordie Ahmed 68(77b 4X4 3X6)




That will be the match
A comprehensive victory for PUNJAB PANTHERS, losing just 3 wickets

We hope you will be joining us in the coming matches


KARACHI KHANJARS 205/5 50.0 overs
PUNJAB PANTHERS 209/3 39.0 overs

PUNJAB PANTHERS won by 7 wickets

Man of the match: Geordie Ahmed

[Boi]

Great Innings By Geordie A Matchwinning One It Has To Be Said Be Cause We Had Mini Collapse In The Middle

[Boi]

Yes We Begin Our Campaign Off To A Winning Start Great Performance Guys

[FAM]

Full Scorecard: http://faraz.frihost.net/ppl/r1m2s.TXT
Full Cricsim Commentary: http://faraz.frihost.net/ppl/r1m2c.TXT

[Plasma]

:113: :120: :120: :127:


:127: Geordie!! :127:

Punjab Panthers!! Good game guys! Well played

[Boi]

Shame That Mohsin Wasnt Here To Follow Game Ball By Ball

[Plasma]

Thanks a lot to FAM for running the game.

[Geordie Ahmed]

Great stuff boys :27: :27:

I have to say thanks to both Mohsin and Plasma for showing confidence in me - thanks guys and thanks to the bowlers who did a brilliant job

PUNJAB :11: :11:

[Geordie Ahmed]

Match Update 14

Geordie Ahmed was the next man to join Smith, who was playing really well, but due to a lack of communication between him and Geordie, Smith found himself in the middle of the pitch as SameerM’s direct hit ran him out. PP’s 3 wickets had gone down in quick succession, and KK felt that they have a chance.

Graeme Smith 44 (53b 4X4 1X6)
run out (SameerM)

93/3(19.4)

We need to give Smith some Urdu lessons - i told him to stay BUT he decided to run

Anyhow the main thing is we won

[FAM]

Points table and player averages after today's match updated.

[Geordie Ahmed]

oh forgot to say thanks to FAM - great job of organising this

[Mohsin]

Hey guys just came online now, GREAT GAME!!!
Well done to all of you, i'm very proud of you all! :14: :14:

Lets hope we can continue!:19:

[Mohsin]

Mohsi'k786 did a huge appeal for LBW on the first ball, but it was denied. On the second delivery, iZeeshan pushed the ball gently toward covers, and went for a run, but Raz wasn’t interested at all. iZeeshan looked at Andrew Symonds, the cover fielder, hopelessly, as he aimed the stumps at the keeper’s side and nailed them, running iZeeshan out. As iZeeshan walked back to the pavilion, the stump microphone clearly caught him calling Symonds, “Sala Khanjar.”

That was plum, bloody blind umpire!!:D:D
Who was the umpire in todays match..............................Hair?:88:

And the khanjar bit :))):))):))):))):))):)))

[iZeeshan]

I see blood.

[b0wld]

Congrat to the winning team... well i guess this was our warm-up match...we'll be the driving force in the matched to come Inshallah.

[SameerM]

This was just a warm up, like all khanjars, we start firing when the pressure is on ;-)

good game btw.. i think our top order needs calming down, and for not giving KK's middle order a good platform

ps. how can i be an opening bowler with an avg of 83? shouldnt it be more like 33 ?

[FAM]

You started with 35 bowling average. It has been assumed that you've already played a match and took a wicket for 35 runs, but after this match, in which you gave 48 runs for no wicket, your average became 35+48=83/1 wicket=83.

Don't worry when you will play on a bowler's wicket, then you will get some wickets, and your average will go down. =)

[SameerM]

no problem FAM.. i was just querying how the averages were 'madeup'..

hopefully, it was a fair way of allocating the averages.. since i assume ur simulator, will use averages to an extent.

ps. I had a run out yesterday, in REAL cricket.. and batted 25 balls for 19 runs and got no wickets... so i guess this simulator is quite realistic!

ps. Captain IZee, why didnt u let Afridi bowl an over? ;-)

[FAM]

This is how I allocated averages:
Batsmen: 35 batting average, 99 bowling average
Bowler: 15 bowling average, 30 bowling average
Batting allrounder: 30 batting average, 40 bowling average
Bowling allrounder: 25 batting average, 35 bowling average

[iZeeshan]

Hmm, Sameer, I am not sure. To my knowledge, he should have been bowling a few, eh FAM?

[FAM]

Because he has been chosen as a batsman in your team, not as an allrounder.

Raz
Shahid Afridi
iZeeshan*
Monsee
Zeenix
SameerM
Brendon McCullum+
Pak_Pace
b0wled
Umar Gul
Muttiah Muralitharan

Bowling order:

Umar Gul, Pak_Pace
Raz as first change
Muralitharan for some spin
then b0lwed again
And SameerM for a few overs

No Afridi in your bowling list.

Also when I posted the teams, I posted the following stats for Afridi:

Shahid Afridi
Batting Hand: Right
Average: 23
Bowling: Right Arm Leg Spin
Average: 99 99 = no bowling.

But I can make him a bowler, no problems, just mention him as a bowler in your next match.

[Mercenary]

Why was I dropped in the second game after my great bowling in the first?

[Geordie Ahmed]

Why was I dropped in the second game after my great bowling in the first?

Captain is giving everyone a chance and the guy that came in place of you took 4 wickets

[Mohsin]

Wat GA said, i wanna giv everyone a chance:)

[iZeeshan]

Cant wait for todays game.

[FAM]

Cant wait for todays game.

I am still waiting for The Blazer to clear something up. As soon as he clears it up, the game will start.

[iZeeshan]

Hope it starts soon, because I will go offline after the PakHK match.

[iZeeshan]

Ask Saj bhai to PM him, FAM.

[FAM]

I have posted the message in his team's thread, so he will see it.

[iZeeshan]

he's not online. damn.

[Plasma]

Why was I dropped in the second game after my great bowling in the first?
Don't feel bad, my bowling has been dropped as well! :6:


On a more serious note its what GA said, we have quite a few bowlers and we needed to try them out.

[iZeeshan]

When can we start the game?

We can just have imranahmedkhan bowl, I'll tell myself, Afridi, and other batsmen to go easy on him.

[McBoom]

When can we start the game?

We can just have imranahmedkhan bowl, I'll tell myself, Afridi, and other batsmen to go easy on him.Hmmm, be careful. I am from Karachi so I know your team's secrets and weak points. :P

[iZeeshan]

Right ok. We changed everything when I took over.

FAM, just start it. Its ok, Blaze wont mind.

[McBoom]

Yeah FAM, just put me down as a bowling option. The show must go on. :D

[iZeeshan]

After all, IA_K is the vice captain.

[McBoom]

I think I am the only online player from LL so I claim the captaincy, vice captainy, the coach and the selector's position! :dna

[McBoom]

I think FAM is offline now :(

[iZeeshan]

I know :( I really wanted to see our game.

[iZeeshan]

do you think we'll still have this game today? i hope so!

[McBoom]

Looks like its good bye for today.