Karachi Kings vs Quetta Gladiators - Match 4

Author: Shreyas
29 Jan 2022 07:23:39
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Karachi Kings vs Quetta Gladiators - 4th Match of the Pakistan Super League'2022, at National Stadium, Karachi 

Weather Forecast
Clear - 21°C

1. VENUE AND PITCH INFO 

Venue - National Stadium, Karachi

(i) Total Matches - T20s

Overall - 170 (43 matches post 2014)

Avg 1st Innings - 167
Avg 2nd Innings - 146

Highest total - 238/3 (Islamabad United vs Lahore Qalandars - 9th March'2019)

(ii) Performance of both teams on this ground 

KAR - 16 - 9w/7l
QUE - 13 - 6w/7l

(iii) Top Performers on this venue from the current squads - T20s

KAR

Babar Azam - Highest run scorer (1264), Avg (63.20) - 29M/29I
Sharjeel Khan - 12th highest run scorer (536), Avg (23.30) - 25M/25I
Imad Wasim - 42nd highest run scorer (253), Avg (25.30) - 23M/16I
Mohammad Nabi - 50th highest run scorer (228), Avg (45.60) - 8M/8I

Mohammad Amir - 28th highest wicket taker (15), Avg (32.80), SR (26.20) - 17M/17I
Imad Wasim - 35th highest wicket taker (14), Avg (37.71), SR (30.86) - 23M/22I
Umaid Asif - 59th highest wicket taker (9), Avg (23.56), SR (19) - 8M/8I


QUE

Sarfaraz Ahmed - 15th highest run scorer (459), Avg (27) - 35M/20I
Iftikhar Ahmed - 26th highest run scorer (378), Avg (25.20) - 20M/16I
Umar Akmal - 56th highest run scorer (214), Avg (42.80) - 9M/7I
Ahsan Ali - 70th highest run scorer (181), Avg (30.17) - 7M/6I
Mohammad Nawaz - 82nd highest run scorer (157), Avg (22.4) - 19M/13I

Shahid Afridi - 2nd highest wicket taker (27), Avg (20), SR (18.22) - 22M/22I
Mohammad Hasnain - 6th highest wicket taker (21), Avg (19.95), sR (14.52) - 13M/13I
Sohail Tanvir - 28th highest wicket taker (15), Avg (39.73), SR (27.60) - 20M/19I
Mohammad Nawaz - 37th highest wicket taker (13), Avg (34), SR (27.23) - 19M/18I
Khurram Shahzad - 59th highest wicket taker (9), Avg (22.89), SR (22.67) - 19M/12I


(iv) Recent Matches on this venue 

1) Quetta Gladiators vs Peshawar Zalmi - 28th January'2022
190/4 vs 191/5 (PES won by 5 wkts)

Pacers - 2w+2w=4w
Spinners - 2w+3w=5w

2) Karachi Kings vs Multan Sultans - 27th January'2022 
124/5 vs 126/3 (MUL won by 7 wkts)

Pacers - 1w+1w=2w
Spinners - 4w+3w=7w

3) West Indies vs Pakistan - 16th December'2021
207/3 vs 208/3 (PAK won by 7 wkts)

Pacers - 3w+3w=6w
Spinners - 0w+0w=0w

4) Pakistan vs West Indies - 14th December'2021
172/8 vs 163/10 (PAK won by 9 runs)

Pacers - 4w+7w=11w
Spinners - 2w+2w=4w

5) Pakistan vs West Indies - 13th December'2021 
200/6 vs 137/10 (PAK won by 63 runs)

Pacers - 5w+6w=11w
Spinners - 1w+4w=5w

6) Quetta Gladiators vs Multan Sultans - 3rd March'2021 
176/7 vs 154/10 (QUE won by 22 runs)

Pacers - 5w+3w=8w
Spinners - 2w+6w=8w

7) Peshawar Zalmi vs Karachi Kings - 3rd March'2021
188/5 vs 191/4 (KAR won by 6 wkts)

Pacers - 5w+4w=9w
Spinners - 0w+0w=0w

8) Quetta Gladiators vs Islamabad United - 1st March'2021 
156/7 vs 157/4 (ISL won by 6 wkts)

Pacers - 5w+2w=7w
Spinners - 1w+2w=3w

9) Karachi Kings vs Lahore Qalandars - 28th February'2021 
186/9 vs 189/4 (LAH won by 6 wkts)

Pacers - 6w+3w=9w
Spinners - 1w+0w=1w

10) Islamabad United vs Peshawar Zalmi - 27th February'2021
118/10 vs 122/4 (PES won by 6 wkts)

Pacers - 8w+3w=11w
Spinners - 1w+1w=2w


SUMMARY 

Pacers 
1st Innings - 44w
2nd Innings - 34w

Spinners 
1st Innings - 14w
2nd Innings - 21w

Overall
78w:35w (Pacers:Spinners)


(v) Toss Based Analysis on this venue

Karachi Kings (KAR)

1. Babar Azam
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 17(13), 97(58)*, 56(46), 42(32), 78(56), 26(23), 32(34), 62(54), 5(6), 0(2), 7(7), 23(29)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 51(40), 13(9), 69(46)*, 19(20), 65(53), 63(49)*, 24(20), 90(60)*, 77(47)*, 79(53)

2. Sharjeel Khan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 19(11), 6(12), 0(2), 105(59), 64(39), 43(31)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 74(59)*, 37(14), 4(7), 13(12), 4(4), 27(14), 0(1)

3. Ian Cockbain
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

4. Sahibzada Farhan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 44(33)

5. Imad Wasim
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 4(2)*&0w, 13(15)*&0w, 50(30)&0w, 8(10)&1w, 1w, 0(1)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 30(25)&0w, 0w, 26(34)&1w, 27(16)*&1w, 10(7)*&1w, 1w, 1w, 0w

6. Mohammad Nabi
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 7(5)&1w, 57(35)&0w, 10(17)&2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 30(14)*, 13(8)*&0w, 67(35)&0w

7. Aamer Yamin
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w, 2w, 0w, 1(3)*&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w

8. Lewis Gregory 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 14(16)*&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

9. Qasim Akram
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

10. Jordan Thompson
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

11. Mohammad Taha
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

12. Tom Lammonby
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1(2)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

13. Joe Clarke
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 4(6), 26(24)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 46(23), 54(26), 17(14)

14. Rohail Nazir
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 14(14)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 34(28)

15. Mohammad Amir
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2w, 3w, 1w, 1w, 0w, 1w, 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 3w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 1w, 1w, 0w

16. Mohammad Ilyas
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w, 0w, 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 1w, 2w

17. Umaid Asif
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w, 2w, 0w, 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w, 13(6)*&1w, 2w

18. Talha Ahsan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

19. Mohammad Imran
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 


Quetta Gladiators (QUE)

1. James Vince
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 16(17), 84(55), 45(29)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 25(14), 5(6), 24(21)

2. Jason Roy
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 73(57)*
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0(2), 17(20)

3. Umar Akmal
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 22(15)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 27(20)

4. Abdul Bangalzai
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

5. Will Smeed
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 97(62)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

6. Ahsan Ali
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 46(32)&1w, 73(46)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 25(18)

7. Shimron Hetmyer
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

8. Ali Imran
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

9. Daniel Lawrence
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

10. Mohammad Nawaz
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2w, 1w, 1w, 0w, 0w, 33(20)*&0w, 0w, 31(29)*&0w, 20(10)&1w, 30(10)*&1w, 1(3)&2w, 5(2)*&3w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 1w, 1w, 23(13)&1w, 1w, 8(4)*&0w, 0w

11. Iftikhar Ahmed
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 44(18)*, 1(2)&0w, 16(3)*, 25(18), 21(17), 7(12), 7(5), 32(19), 8(8)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 4(7), 1(4)&1w, 13(12)&0w, 4(6)&0w, 1(4), 49(37)*&0w, 0w, 1(1)*&0w

12. Shahid Afridi
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 19(13)&0w, 12(12)&1w, 0(1)&2w, 0w, 3(5)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 3(5)*&2w, 0(1)&2w, 0w

13. James Faulkner
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

14. Luke Wood
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

15. Sarfaraz Ahmed
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 38(22), 12(11), 41(25), 7(8), 40(33), 81(40), 54(41), 3(4)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0(1), 21(18), 37(28)*, 2(5)

16. Ben Duckett
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0(3)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

17. Naseem Shah
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w, 0w, 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 2w

18. Mohammad Hasnain
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2w, 0w, 2w, 0w, 1w, 1w, 2w, 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w, 3w, 4w, 3w, 1w, 0w

19. Sohail Tanvir
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w, 3w, 25(13)*&3w, 0w, 0w, 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 0w, 1w

20. Khurram Shahzad
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

21. Ashir Qureshi
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

22. Noor Ahmad
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

23. Ghulam Mudassar
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 


2. HEAD TO HEAD 

(i) Overall
11 - 7w/5l (In favour of QUE)

(ii) Last 5 Matches 
5 - 3w/2l (In favour of KAR)

(iii) On this Venue 
4 - 2w/2l (Tied)

(iv) Recent head to head matches 

1) Karachi Kings vs Quetta Gladiators - 19th June'2021 
176/7 vs 162/6 (KAR won by 14 runs)

Sharjeel Khan - 45(34)
Babar Azam - 23(25)
Mohammad Ilyas - 3w
Sarfaraz Ahmed - 51(33)*
Khurram Shahzad - 1w

2) Quetta Gladiators vs Karachi Kings - 21st February'2021 
121/10 vs 126/3 (KAR won by 7 wkts)

Mohammad Hasnain - 2w
Babar Azam - 24(20)
Aamer Yamin - 1w
Mohammad Amir - 1w
Imad Wasim - 1w

3) Karachi Kings vs Quetta Gladiators - 16th March'2020 
150/5 vs 154/5 (QUE won by 5 wkts)

Babar Azam - 32(34)
Naseem Shah - 2w
Mohammad Hasnain - 1w

4) Karachi Kings vs Quetta Gladiators - 23rd February'2020 
156/9 vs 157/5 (QUE won by 5 wkts)

Babar Azam - 26(23)
Imad Wasim - 1w
Sarfaraz Ahmed - 46(30)
Mohammad Hasnain - 3w
Mohammad Nawaz - 1w

5) Karachi Kings vs Quetta Gladiators - 11th March'2019 
190/5 vs 189/7 (KAR won by 1 run)

Babar Azam - 56(46)
Mohammad Hasnain - 2w
Mohammad Nawaz - 1w

6) Quetta Gladiators vs Karachi Kings - 25th February'2019
186/5 vs 188/4 (KAR won by 6 wkts)

Anwar Ali - 27(6)*
Mohammad Nawaz - 1w
Aamer Yamin - 3w
Mohammad Amir - 1w


ON THIS VENUE 

1) Quetta Gladiators vs Karachi Kings - 21st February'2021 
121/10 vs 126/3 (KAR won by 7 wkts)

Mohammad Hasnain - 2w
Babar Azam - 24(20)
Aamer Yamin - 1w
Mohammad Amir - 1w
Imad Wasim - 1w

2) Karachi Kings vs Quetta Gladiators - 16th March'2020 
150/5 vs 154/5 (QUE won by 5 wkts)

Babar Azam - 32(34)
Naseem Shah - 2w
Mohammad Hasnain - 1w

3) Karachi Kings vs Quetta Gladiators - 23rd February'2020 
156/9 vs 157/5 (QUE won by 5 wkts)

Babar Azam - 26(23)
Imad Wasim - 1w
Sarfaraz Ahmed - 46(30)
Mohammad Hasnain - 3w
Mohammad Nawaz - 1w

4) Karachi Kings vs Quetta Gladiators - 11th March'2019 
190/5 vs 189/7 (KAR won by 1 run)

Babar Azam - 56(46)
Mohammad Hasnain - 2w
Mohammad Nawaz - 1w


(v) Top Performers when these two sides meet 

QUE

Sarfaraz Ahmed - 5th highest run scorer (210), Avg (52.50) - 12M/10I

Mohammad Hasnain - 2nd highest wicket taker (8), Avg (15), SR (12) - 4M/4I
Mohammad Nawaz - 5th highest wicket taker (6), Avg (40.83), SR (32) - 12M/11I


KAR

Babar Azam - Highest run scorer (289), Avg (28.90) - 10M/10I

Imad Wasim - 5th highest wicket taker (6), Avg (41), SR (38) - 11M/11I
Aamer Yamin - 9th highest wicket taker (4), Avg (28.50), SR (15) - 3M/3I
Mohammad Amir - 9th highest wicket taker (4), Avg (56.75), SR (52.50) - 9M/9I


(vi) Toss Based Analysis (H2H)

Karachi Kings (KAR)

1. Babar Azam
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 50(42), 36(37), 10(12), 56(46), 26(23), 32(34), 23(25)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 32(32), 0(1), 24(20)

2. Sharjeel Khan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 6(12), 0(2), 45(34)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 4(4)

3. Ian Cockbain
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

4. Sahibzada Farhan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

5. Imad Wasim
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w, 1w, 6(3)*&0w, 6(1)*&0w, 2w, 4(2)*&0w, 8(10)&1w, 3(4)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 35(31)&0w, 0w, 1w

6. Mohammad Nabi
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w, 1w, 30(14)*

7. Aamer Yamin
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 3w, 1w

8. Lewis Gregory 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

9. Qasim Akram
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

10. Jordan Thompson
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

11. Mohammad Taha
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

12. Tom Lammonby
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

13. Joe Clarke
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 46(23)

14. Rohail Nazir
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

15. Mohammad Amir
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w, 0w, 0w, 1w, 0w, 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 1w, 1w

16. Mohammad Ilyas
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 3w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

17. Umaid Asif
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

18. Talha Ahsan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

19. Mohammad Imran
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 


Quetta Gladiators (QUE)

1. James Vince
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 30(33), 23(17)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

2. Jason Roy
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 17(20)

3. Umar Akmal
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

4. Abdul Bangalzai
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

5. Will Smeed
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

6. Ahsan Ali
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

7. Shimron Hetmyer
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

8. Ali Imran
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

9. Daniel Lawrence
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

10. Mohammad Nawaz
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w, 1w, 3(8)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 6(7)&0w, 1w, 0w, 30(20)&0w, 1w, 1(3)&1w, 0w

11. Iftikhar Ahmed
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w, 44(18)*, 25(18), 21(17)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

12. Shahid Afridi
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 4(8)&1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1(6)&1w

13. James Faulkner
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

14. Luke Wood
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

15. Sarfaraz Ahmed
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 7(8)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2(2)*, 29(33)*, 56(42)*, 19(17)*, 7(6), 0(1), 37(28)*, 2(5), 51(33)*

16. Ben Duckett
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

17. Naseem Shah
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 2w, 0w

18. Mohammad Hasnain
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w, 3w, 1w

19. Sohail Tanvir
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w, 8(7)&0w, 2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w

20. Khurram Shahzad
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w

21. Ashir Qureshi
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

22. Noor Ahmad
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

23. Ghulam Mudassar
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 


3. SQUAD INFO WITH DETAILING 

A) KARACHI KINGS (KAR) SQUAD: 

OUT - Tom Abell, Faisal Akram, Chris Jordan, Romario Shepherd
UNAVAILABLE - Qasim Akram

IN - Ian Cockbain, Tom Lammonby, Mohammad Taha

Probable XI

1) Babar Azam - RHB, Offbreak 
Last 10 - 23, 79, 7, 0, 76r 1w, 10, 13*, 19, 1, 7, 39

2) Sharjeel Khan - LHB, Legbreak 
Last 10 - 43, 0, 13, 4, 0, 13, 32, 0, 26, 101, 0

3) Ian Cockbain - RHB, RM
Last 10 - 65, 3, 71*, 17, 35*, 27, 20, 18, 13*, 38, 1, 26, 32

4) Joe Clarke - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 26, 35, 62, 9, 10, 17, 83, 52, 85, 52

5) Lewis Gregory - RHB, RMF
Last 10 - 14r 0w, 68, 31, 6, 18, 11, 25, 28*, 22*, 3

6) Tom Lammonby - LHB, LFM
Last 10 - 1, 0w, 59r 1w, 11r 0w, 9, 0, 6, 100r 0w, 8r 0w, 0, 10r 1w, 34, 47r 1w

7) Mohammad Nabi - RHB, Offbreak 
Last 10 - 10r 2w, 2w, 0r 0w, 2r 0w, 7, 0r 0w, 3r 1w, 12r 0w, 12r 0w, 14r 0w

8) Mohammad Taha - LHB, LAO
Last 10 - 0w, 0, 7, 20, 12r 1w, 6r 1w, 91r 1w, 65r 1w, 19*, 47r 0w

9) Umaid Asif - RHB, RF
Last 10 - 0w, 0w, 15r 1w, 17r 2w, 20r 0w, 17r 0w, 3w, 1w, 2w, 32r 0w, 0w

10) Aamer Yamin - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 0w, 3w, 0w, 43r 2w, 3, 9, 32r 5w, 2w, 1w, 7r 2w, 1w, 24r 1w, 27r 1w, 2w

11) Mohammad Ilyas - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 1w, 1w, 15r 1w, 28r 2w, 18r 4w, 2w, 11r 1w, 0w, 16r 2w, 0w, 2w, 2w, 0w, 18r 2w, 1w
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Mohammad Imran/Mohammad Amir


BENCH 

12) Mohammad Imran - RHB, LMF
Last 10 - 0w, 0w, 2w, 2w, 1w, 0w, 3w, 1w, 1w, 0w, 0w

13) Mohammad Amir - LHB, LFM
Last 10 - 1w, 1w, 1w, 1w, 1w, 1w, 1w, 0w, 0w, 2w

14) Rohail Nazir - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 4, 7, 1, 12, 19, 2*, 41, 0*, 0, 0, 54, 54, 4

15) Imad Wasim - LHB, LAO
Last 10 - 0w, 0w, 1w, 2w, 11r 1w, 0w, 2w, 1w, 40r 1w, 13r 0w

16) Sahibzada Farhan - RHB
Last 10 - 0, 11, 0, 45, 15, 4, 60, 112*, 4, 39, 11, 28, 24, 35, 75, 59, 163, 100

17) Talha Ahsan - RHB, Legbreak 
Last 10 - 

18) Jordan Thompson - LHB, RMF
Last 10 - 3r 0w, 11r 1w, 9r 0w, 2r 3w, 15*, 7r 1w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 3w

Safe C/VC choices
Babar Azam, Joe Clarke


B) QUETTA GLADIATORS (QUE) SQUAD: 

UNAVAILABLE - James Vince, Jason Roy, Noor Ahmad 
OUT - Naveen Ul Haq

IN - Luke Wood, Ali Imran, Shimron Hetmyer, Will Smeed

Probable XI

1) Ahsan Ali - RHB, Legbreak 
Last 10 - 19, 11, 3, 4, 10, 44, 18, 2, 194, 70, 303*, 101, 80, 12, 137, 17

2) Will Smeed - RHB, Offbreak 
Last 10 - 25*, 1, 43, 15, 16, 44, 2, 0, 18

3) Ben Duckett - LHB, Offbreak, WK
Last 10 - 3, 6, 51, 24, 5, 21, 54, 78, 2, 11

4) Iftikhar Ahmed - RHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 102, 25r 2w, 53r 2w, 61*, 1r 0w, 32, 7, 40r 0w, 44r 1w, 6r 0w, 0r 0w, 3r 0w, 82r 0w, 51r 0w

5) Sarfaraz Ahmed - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 34*, 23, 6, 13, 54*, 7, 26, 0, 41*

6) Mohammad Nawaz - LHB, LAO
Last 10 - 20r 2w, 4w, 0w, 2w, 30r 1w, 0w, 1w, 18r 1w, 38r 2w

7) James Faulkner - RHB, LFM
Last 10 - 0w, 1w, 0w, 2w, 2w, 1w, 1w, 1w, 19r 2w, 1w

8) Naseem Shah - RHB, RF
Last 10 - 4w, 18r 1w, 2w, 2w, 31r 4w, 0w, 5w, 0w, 2w, 1w, 1w

9) Sohail Tanvir - LHB, LFM
Last 10 - 19r 1w, 10r 1w, 1w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 1w, 1w, 21r 0w

10) Mohammad Hasnain - RHB, RF
Last 10 - 0w, 1w, 0w, 3w, 3w, 0w, 1w, 2w, 1w, 0w, 1w, 2w, 0w

11) Ashir Qureshi - RHB, Legbreak 
Last 10 - 8r 3w, 0w, 19r 2w, 17, 60r 0w, 24, 0r 0w


BENCH 

12) Shimron Hetmyer - LHB
Last 10 - 27, 81*, 9, 1, 9, 2, 28, 17, 37, 29

13) Umar Akmal - RHB, Offbreak 
Last 10 - 0, 0, 10, 13, 27, 17, 29, 16, 7, 14, 0, 218

14) Ghulam Mudassar - RHB, LFM
Last 10 - 0w, 1w, 0w, 1w, 0w, 0w, 2w, 1w, 1w, 0w, 3w, 0w, 1w, 1w, 2w, 1w, 0w

15) Khurram Shahzad - RHB, RMF
Last 10 - 2w, 2w, 0w, 0w, 36r 0w, 0w, 17r 1w, 23r 0w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 18r 0w, 3w, 0w, 13r 0w, 2w

16) Luke Wood - LHB, LF
Last 10 - 0w, 1w, 1w, 1w, 1w, 0w, 1w, 1w, 1w, 9r 0w

17) Ali Imran - RHB, RM
Last 10 - 20, 25, 0, 92, 41, 41, 50, 1, 0, 24, 19, 64, 55, 19

18) Daniel Lawrence - RHB, Offbreak 
Last 10 - 33, 78, 34, 0, 25, 6, 29r 0w, 60r 0w, 55r 1w

19) Shahid Afridi - RHB, Legbreak 
Last 10 - 9w, 2w, 19r 1w, 11r 1w, 1w, 6r 1w, 16r 2w, 3r 0w, 0w, 0w

20) Abdul Bangalzai - RHB
Last 10 - 1, 28, 0, 9, 8, 54, 2, 32*, 203*, 1, 63, 3

Safe C/VC choices
Will Smeed, Mohammad Nawaz


Differential GL C/VC choices 

KAR - Ian Cockbain, Sharjeel Khan, Mohammad Amir/Umaid Asif, Lewis Gregoey
Risky - Mohammad Nabi, Mohammad Taha

QUE - Ahsan Ali, Ben Duckett, James Faulkner, Sarfaraz Ahmed
Risky - Mohammad Hasnain, Naseem Shah

 

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