PakPassion Premier League Match 4: KK vs LL

[FAM]

Welcome to the fourth PakPassion Premier League match between Lahore Leopards and Karachi Khanjars. The match is being played at Karachi. Our pitch reporter says that it’s a batting paradise and we can expect lots of runs today.

Both teams have lost their first match and would like to win this one desperately. There are no changes in LL team. Captain The Blazer has showed full confidence on his XI from the last game. But there has been some changes in KK team. Zeenix has been dropped for PlanetPakistan, and b0wld has been dropped for PakPassionate.

Players to watch out for:

Karachi Khanjars: Monsee, who is averaging 73 with the bat!
Lahore Leopards: crazul, who is averaging 27 with the ball!

[McBoom]

Cummon Leopards !

[iZeeshan]

We need this win! I hope I bat first!

[McBoom]

You need the win but you won't get it ! :P

[iZeeshan]

Yea right! Just watch McCullum and Afridi sort your bowlers out!

[FAM]

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

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

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

LAHORE LEOPARDS
1. DM
2. salmanbutt129
3. Kevin Pietersen
4. The Blazer (c)
5. dblock
6. imranahmed_khan
7. Oxy (wk)
8. Augustus
9. crazul
10. Shoaib Akhtar
11. Brett Lee

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

[The Blazer]

Let's make them bleed.

[Mohsin]

Best of luck to both teams guys!:)

[The Blazer]

Yea right! Just watch McCullum and Afridi sort your bowlers out!
Don't worry- We'll do all the ***sorting***.

BTW Zeeshan, the Cave has a new home: www.goat-skinner.wetpaint.com

[McBoom]

Yea right! Just watch McCullum and Afridi sort your bowlers out!Dont you worry, Afridi is busy skinning goats in his new cave and McCullum is out of form.

[FAM]

Bad news. :(

[iZeeshan]

WOW, what a ghastly URL. I will be visiting there, even though I denounced my Afridi-esque faith.

[McBoom]

Bad news. :(??

[FAM]

It's raining in Karachi. :(

[iZeeshan]

Bad news. :(
Oh no what happened?

[The Blazer]

Bad news. :(
What's wrong?

[The Blazer]

WOW, what a ghastly URL. I will be visiting there, even though I denounced my Afridi-esque faith.
Give my best wishes to God.

[FAM]

Ok, the rain has stopped, but some time has been wasted, so it's going to be 45 over match.

KARACHI KHANJARS WON THE TOSS AND ELECTED TO BAT FIRST

[iZeeshan]

Oh man, shortened game! Oh well, lets keep going!

[McBoom]

Good that we have to bowl in overcast conditions.

[iZeeshan]

Cant wait to see what Afridi and BMac do to ur pathetic little bowlers.

[McBoom]

Cant wait to see what Afridi and BMac do to ur pathetic little bowlers.You mean Brett Lee & :akhtar ??

[iZeeshan]

Yea.

[FAM]

Match Update 1

iZee had sent Afridi and McCullum to open on this batting track. Lee had the ball in his hand. He hadn’t had a good outing with the ball the last match, because of the batting track, and he was bowling on the batting track again, so he didn’t look pleased.

First ball to Afridi, and a huge lbw appeal was turned down. Good umpiring that. Both KK openers showed their intentions very clear, specially McCullum who tried to hit Lee out of the ground, but missed it on both occasions. Good over by Lee as he gave only 3 runs.

[iZeeshan]

Ugh come on you turds! Get going. Smash that fat Akhtar out of the park!

[McBoom]

Both your openers will be back in the pavillion in no time !

[iZeeshan]

Yea okkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk
cant wait for next update
should be 50 run lead

[FAM]

Match Update 2

Akhtar was the next bowler, and just like Lee, he hadn’t had a good last game too. Afridi had some trouble playing Akhtar deliveries. He got one on his legs, but got lucky as it had hit him high, the next delivery he got beaten, but on the third delivery Akhtar bowled a good inswinging yorker and knocked off his middle stump.

Shahid Afridi 3 (7b)
b. Akhtar
5/1(2)

[McBoom]

Jessssss !! Now send this Kiwi back aswell. :akhtar

[iZeeshan]

WOW, just the start I needed. Stupid Afridi.

[FAM]

Match Update 3

crazul was brought for the 3rd over, and on the third delivery, McCullum nicked a ball o the keeper, who dropped it. crazul looked disappointed. This could be costly.

Lee came back for the next over and bowled a short pitch delivery outside off, McCullum had a slash it, it took an outside edge, and Pietersen took an easy catch in the slips. Both KK openers were back in the pavilion!

Brendon McCullum 6 (12b)
c. Pietersen b. Lee
12/2(3.5)

[McBoom]

To iZee,

Told you so !

Regards,
Imran.

[FAM]

Match Update 4

Monsee, who had played like a tortoise in the last game, came to join his captain, and scored a boundary off Lee’s next ball, and smirked at him. Lee just smiled back, and clapped.

Akhtar came to bowl the next over, and Monsee hit him for a four too, and smirked. Well, he looked pretty confident today, unlike the last game.

crazul was brought back in the attack, and on the fourth delivery, he got the important wicket of KK captain iZeem who tried to pull the ball, but got an edge, and dblock took a comfortable catch at mid-on. KK under pressure as their captain walked back to the pavillion!

iZeeshan 10 (12b)
c. dblock b. crazul
34/3(6.4)

[iZeeshan]

Wow this is unbelievable! I thought it was a btting pitch!

[FAM]

Match Update 5

So KK had lost their 3 wickets cheaply on a batting paradise. PlanetPakistan was the next in, and it was his first match, so he was a bit under pressure. But on the other hand, Monsee looked like a totally different batsman from the last game. It could be because he had stayed on the same pitch for a lot of overs in the last match, so he must have known now how to play on this wicket.

He hit a boundary off Lee in the next over. PlanetPakistan also joined him and hit a 4 off crazul’s next over. And at the end of 10 overs, KK were 49/3

End of over 10 (1 runs)
KARACHI KHANJARS 49/3
(R/R: 4.90)
Augustus 1.0-0-0-0
PlanetPakistan 6(12b 1X4)
Monsee 23(17b 3X4)

[The Blazer]

:))) :))) :))) :))) :))) :)))

AMAZING!! Let's keep this going guys! Don't let the pressure fall!

[McBoom]

We need to get this run rate down, Monsee is looking dangerous !

[The Blazer]

Oh, and Zeeshan.

:127:

[The Blazer]

We need to get this run rate down, Monsee is looking dangerous !
Don't worry dude- The early damage is done!

Now watch the spinners come on and tangle them up.

[Easa]

I hope Lahore get broken

:127:

[FAM]

Match Update 6

They continued taking runs at a brisk pace, and the momentum seemed to be shifting toward KK. The ball had gotten old, and a little movement that LL bowlers had got in the beginning of the innings was gone, and KK batsmen were playing them with ease. Monsee was dropped twice, once by Augustus, and then by salmanbutt129, but he continued to play his shots. PlanetPakistan was also playing very aggressively and trying to match Monsee’s speed. They both seemed to be enjoying batting on the flat track.

End of over 18 (7 runs)
KARACHI KHANJARS 92/3
(R/R: 5.11)
Shoaib Akhtar 4.0-0-20-1
PlanetPakistan 22(26b 2X4)
Monsee 48(52b 6X4)

[iZeeshan]

Ah this is good. Keep it going boys! 150 run partnership I need!

[The Blazer]

Hmmmm.

[FAM]

Match Update 7

Monsee hit a 4 off crazul, and reached his fifty. He then hit another 4 off Augustus in the next over, and hit crazul for two more boundaries and stole 11 runs off the over.

The Blazer seemed a bit nervous as both KK batsmen were looking very dangerous. He brought back Akhtar, and PlanetPakistan stole 9 runs off the over with the help of a boundary. In the next over, Planet Pakistan hit a six off crazul, and then a four off Akhtar in the following over, as he reached his fifty in just 46 balls!

End of over 26 (9 runs)
KARACHI KHANJARS 152/3
(R/R: 5.85)
Shoaib Akhtar 6.0-0-38-1
Monsee 77(79b 12X4)
PlanetPakistan 52(48b 5X4 1X6)

[McBoom]

:O

[FAM]

Match Update 8

After PlanetPakistan’s fifty, they seriously started to take LL bowlers apart. The Blazer continued with his main bowlers, but it wasn’t helping at all as KK batsmen were taking no less than 6 runs off each of their overs. Monsee hit a 4 off Augustus in the 33rd over as he reached his century! It was also the first century of the PP League!

End of over 33 (9 runs)
KARACHI KHANJARS 205/3
(R/R: 6.21)
Augustus 9.0-0-52-0
Monsee 104(99b 17X4)
PlanetPakistan 78(70b 9X4 1X6)

[McBoom]

Run them out guys !

[Plasma]

Blazer whats going on? You had them down and you let them stand up again!

Don't be a malik. :P

[iZeeshan]

*squeal*

Who would have thunk this! Incredible batting from these two!

Monsee paa ji is a legend!

[Plasma]

Ouch 34 for 3 to 205 for 3.

[McBoom]

Monsee & PlanetPakistan are actually Dhoni & Yuvraj in disguise.

[Plasma]

Congratulations to Monsee, brilliant century in a pressure situation.

[FAM]

Match Update 9

Lee was back, and Monsee hit him a four. Akhtar came back for the next over, and PlanetPakistan hit him for a four. Salmanbutt129 was finally brought into the back, and PlanetPakistan welcomed him with 2 sixes, and then a four latter to reach his hundred. Is the decision of not going with another specialist bowler going to cost LL?

imranahmed_khan also came back in the attack, and went for 17 runs in his first over, including two 4’s and a 6.

PlanetPakistan hit salmanbutt129 for his fourth six in the 40th over, and at the end of the 40th over, KK were 283/3.

End of over 40 (11 runs)
KARACHI KHANJARS 283/3
(R/R: 7.07)
salmanbutt129 3.0-0-43-0
Monsee 139(120b 21X4 2X6)
PlanetPakistan 120(92b 13X4 4X6)

[Mohsin]

:O:O:O:O

[iZeeshan]

:O :O :O

Insane performances!

[FAM]

Match Update 10

Finally imran'khan brought the end to the amazing partnership between Monsee and PlanetPakistan. imran'khan hit PlanetPakistan on the pads, and the umpire raised his finger. It didn’t look convincing, but LL would take it.

PlanetPakistan 125 (96b 13X4 4X6)
lbw b. imran'khan

313/4 (42.4)

[Plasma]

:))) :))) this is just brutal!

[McBoom]

phew, finally Yuvraj is out. Dhoni should get out soon aswell.

[iZeeshan]

Noo! Wanted to get 400! W/e Raz will get us there.

[FAM]

Match Update 11

Raz was the next man in, and he had a point to prove. He had been demoted from the opener to the sixth position, even though he had scored 41 in the last match, so he was quite angry, and he decided to take his anger out on LL bowlers as he hit 6 boundaries off 6 balls!

The last over was done by salmanbutt129, because the main bowlers had finished off their quota trying to dismiss Monsee and PlanetPakistan, but failed. The over turned out be very costly as salmanbutt129 went for 22 runs, and it was clear that LL clearly missed another specialist bowler here.

End of innings (45.0 overs)
KARACHI KHANJARS 356/4 (RR: 7.93)
imranahmed_khan 4.0-0-65-1
Monsee 182(139b 26X4 5X6)
Raz 25(7b 6X4)

[iZeeshan]

:))) RAZ YOU LEGEND!

Double hundred for Monsee!
400 for me!

[Plasma]

Raz what a beast!! 350 strike rate!

Monsee 182!

the bowlers went for more then 10 an over!! :))) :))

[FAM]

KARACHI KHANJARS innings

Player Status Runs Blls 4s 6s S/R
Shahid Afridi b. Akhtar 3 7 0 0 42.9%
Brendon McCullum c. Pietersen b. Lee 6 12 0 0 50.0%
iZeeshan c. dblock b. crazul 10 12 0 0 83.3%
Monsee not out 182 139 26 5 130.9%
PlanetPakistan lbw b. imran'khan 125 96 13 4 130.2%
Raz not out 25 7 6 0 357.1%
SameerM
PakPassionate
Pak_Pace
Umar Gul
Muttiah Muralitharan

Total: 356/4 Overs: 45.0 Run Rate: 7.91 Extras: 5

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LAHORE LEOPARDS Bowling

Player Overs Mdns Runs Wkts E/R Wds NBs
Brett Lee 9.0 0 61 1 6.78 0 0
Shoaib Akhtar 9.0 0 56 1 6.22 1 0
crazul 9.0 0 52 1 5.78 0 0
Augustus 9.0 0 52 0 5.78 1 0
salmanbutt129 5.0 0 68 0 13.60 1 0
imranahmed_khan 4.0 0 65 1 16.25 0 0


EXTRAS Wides: 3 No Balls: 0 Leg Byes: 2 Byes: 0

Total: 356/4 Overs: 45.0 Run Rate: 7.91 Extras: 5
-X-


KARACHI KHANJARS Partnerships

Batsmen Runs (Balls)
S Afridi B McCullum þ 5 (12)
i iZeeshan B McCullum þ 7 (11)
i iZeeshan M Monsee þþ 22 (17)
Plane'stan M Monsee þþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþ 279 (216)
R Raz M Monsee þþþþþ 43 (14)


Fall of Wickets 5/1 12/2 34/3 313/4


Total: 356/4 Overs: 45.0 Run Rate: 7.91 Extras: 5

[McBoom]

I am off, but I expect that we reach the measly total within 30 overs

[iZeeshan]

Oh man! It was only a 45 over game!

I swear they would have scored 400! And Monsee would have gotten a double!

[The Blazer]

We need to have words...

[Mohsin]

lol:))):)))Imagine if it hadn't rained, 5 more overs.......................:))):)))

Excellent comeback from KK after their first match!

[FAM]

Match Update 12

Now LL had to bat really well to chase down the mountain of a score, and they had the batting to do that. A confident start was made by salmanbutt129, the man in form, who scored a boundary off Gul’s first over, but Gul came back strongly in the 3rd over, and only gave away 1 run. PakPassionate came to bowl the next over, and salmanbutt129, who was only able to get 1 run in the last over, tried to score some runs off PakPassionate’s over, but skied the ball in the air, and PakPassionate took a catch off his own bowling to dismiss him.

salmanbutt129 6 (13b 1X4)
c & b. PakPa'nate
8/1(3.1)

[Geordie Ahmed]

Oh my word :))) :))) :))) :)))

Awesome innings from Monsee and PlanetPakistan

[Geordie Ahmed]

A poor start - i hope they can atleast get close to the score

Dont want anyone bettering our run rate

[iZeeshan]

There MY players!

Sweet.

Go PakPassionate!

[Mohsin]

C'mon Lahore, get close to the score at least! Play out the new ball!

[FAM]

Match Update 13

Pietersen was the next man in, and he had a big responsibility on his shoulders. On the other hand, DM was really struggling, and was unable to rotate the strike, which was going to hurt LL a big time. He finally scored a boundary off PakPassionate’s bowling, and got some confidence. iZee brought Afridi for the 8th over, and Pietersen hit him for a four. And at the end of 10 overs, LL reached 38 for the loss of one wicket.

End of over 10 (7 runs)
LAHORE LEOPARDS 38/1
(R/R: 3.80 R/R Req: 9.11)
Shahid Afridi 2.0-0-13-0
Kevin Pietersen 15(16b 1X4)
DM 17(31b 1X4)

[The Blazer]

It ain't over till it's over.

[FAM]

Match Update 14

They really needed to accelerate now, which they did. DM hit Afridi for a four in the 11th over, and was now looking good. Pietersen also hit him for a 4 in the same over, and they stole 11 runs off the over.

PakPassionate came to bowl again, and they stole 11 runs off his over too including a four by Pietersen.

In the next over, DM hit Murali for 2 fours, and was now looking dangerous, but sadly in the next over, he tried to smash Afridi’s quicker one outta the park, and ended up getting an edge, and the ball went straight into SameerM’s hand at covers.

DM 39 (53b 4X4)
c. SameerM b. Afridi
76/2(15.1)

[iZeeshan]

Req RR is 9.2! :))) This game is won! Good work boys!

[Geordie Ahmed]

:afridi gets DM out :))) :))) :)))

[Geordie Ahmed]

C'mon LL sort yourselves out - try to atleast get 200

[Geordie Ahmed]

Req RR is 9.2! :))) This game is won! Good work boys!

This match will do wonders for your run rate

[Plasma]

Not too bad actually. If they keep this up they can at least get to the late 200s or even 300.

[The Blazer]

This match will do wonders for your run rate
You're talking as if the match is already decided.

[FAM]

Match Update 15

The Captain The Blazer was the next man in, and he had a big job to do. Pietersen scored three boundaries off Murali’s next over, and The Blazer scored a boundary off PakPassionate in the next over, and then another boundary in Murali’s next over. Both Pietersen and The Blazer seemed to be going well. Pietersen played a reverse sweep against Murali and reached his fifty. He tried to reverse sweep him again, but ended up dragging the ball to the wickets, and got bowled. Big wicket for KK!

Kevin Pietersen 56 (48b 7X4)
b. Mural'aran
118/3 (20.5)

[The Blazer]

It's not over.

[Plasma]

Stupid Pieterson! Blazer, get a double ton here!

[iZeeshan]

UGH YES! Petey is out!

[FAM]

Match Update 16

dblock was the next man in, and he was another man in form. The Blazer had now started to play a bit aggressively, while dblock just worked on saving his wicket and rotating the strike.

The Blazer hit Afridi for 2 4’s in the next over, and another 4 when he came back, and then another 4 when came back from the different end, but they needed more than two boundaries off an over as the runrate was piling up, so looking at this dblock, who had played too many deliveries by now, also decided to score some quick runs. Afridi bowled a way outside off stump delivery, and dblock tried to cut him, but unluckily got a thin edge, and McCullum held on to the catch.

dblock 17 (26b 1X4)
c. McCullum b. Afridi
162/4(28.5)

[iZeeshan]

Come on, we need to finish this quicker!

[Plasma]

Its over.

[The Blazer]

I need Oxy to stick around, and maybe imran can make up for his bowling with some lusty blows.

[iZeeshan]

So what is the schedule for updates? Every 5 minutes? Or..?

[FAM]

Match Update 17

imranahmed_khan was the next man in, but didn’t last long to support his captain, as his stumps were knocked off by Umar Gul in the next over.

imranahmed_khan 0 (3b)
b. Gul
167/5(30)

[Geordie Ahmed]

You're talking as if the match is already decided.

as good as

you need a Miracle - Oxy perhaps?

[Geordie Ahmed]

C'mon Lahore another 50 runs atleast please

[The Blazer]

as good as

you need a Miracle - Oxy perhaps?
I'll fight to the bitter end.

[FAM]

Match Update 18

Murali was getting pissed at The Blazer for not giving him any respect at all as The Blazer hit him for another 2 boundaries in the next over, but thankfully it was his last over.

Oxy was the next man in to join his captain, and there was no time for him to settle down, and he knew it, as he started to play aggressively, but The Blazer’s time finally ran out as he got struck in front of the wickets. It was plumb, and PakPassionate took another important wicket.

The Blazer 65 (48b 10X4)
lbw b. PakPa'nate
192/6(33.1)

[iZeeshan]

Yes! Blazer gone! Good good.

[The Blazer]

And hope fades away, across the meadows, over the hills, into the darkness.

[FAM]

Match Update 19

Augustus, the allrounder, was the next man in, and he and Oxy tried their very best to win the game for their team, but it was too late for them. At the end of 38th over, the runrate required was 22, and some tight overs from Pak_Pace at the death increased it more. Oxy hit three sixes in Raz’s over, and then a four in the next over to reach his fifty, but the winner of the match looked very clear.

Raz came to bowl the last over, and LL needed 94 to win. Oxy hit a boundary off his last ball, and then took off to the pavilion. He looked very disappointed.

End of innings (45.0 overs)
LAHORE LEOPARDS 273/6 (RR: 6.16)
Raz 5.0-0-49-0
Oxy 55(51b 3X4 4X6)
Augustus 30(32b 2X4)

That will be the match
KARACHI KHANJARS were in control most of the time and deserved this victory
Lahore Leopards didnt have a chance chasing this total
Thats all the cricket from Karachi


KARACHI KHANJARS 356/4 45.0 overs
LAHORE LEOPARDS 273/6 45.0 overs

KARACHI KHANJARS won by 83 runs

Man of the match: Monsee

[iZeeshan]

Its ok. Yoiu guys still batted really well!

But wow, Monsee and PP really were something!

[FAM]

Full scorecard: http://faraz.frihost.net/ppl/r1m4s.TXT
Full cricsim commentary: http://faraz.frihost.net/ppl/r1m4c.TXT

[Geordie Ahmed]

Convincing win

83 runs is not too bad for us in terms of run rate

[The Blazer]

Disappointing stuff.

Everyone better sleep with both eyes open.

[The Blazer]

Wrong thread. :P

[Geordie Ahmed]

Wrong thread. :P

I know - too much happening, i got confused

bloody germans

[FAM]

lol

[McBoom]

I am absolutely disappointed at my pathetic performance ! :(

[Raz]

Woah what a win for us!!!

[Savak]

Wow Monsee. You certainly do walk the talk, you smashed Shoaib and lee all over the park. Congrats and well done. Same to you PP.

[FAM]

Player averages and points table updated.

[Straight Bat]

FAM have you simulated tomorrows Lahore Vs Multan match yet ? If not, can you please wait untill later today as I'm waiting for bunty and hari to confirm the new XI I've proposed. Thanks!

[SameerM]

KiK a$$ match for the KK'ers

[FAM]

No, I simulate the matches on their days, so no worries. Today is KK vs RB.

[iZeeshan]

I don't think Monsee and PP even know of their brilliance yet!

[SameerM]

KK v's RB - what time? and who is RB, is it rawalpindi?

[FAM]

6pm gmt. RB=Rawalpindi Blasters.

[Monsee]

I don't think Monsee and PP even know of their brilliance yet!




Savak congratulated me for the 182 NO last week and it took me over a week to actually find out where the legend of 'The Monsee' started :imran

[iZeeshan]

:)) Ah Monsee, this was your finest hour. Or three :P

Brilliant batting man. You are my best batsman, and that too by far. Then its PP, then Raz.