Sherfane Rutherford played blinder of a thump to beat Lords on last ball
Thursday, February 29, 2024
Quetta Fighters Thursday gave Karachi Lords a 5-wicket rout during the continuous Pakistan Super Association (PSL) season nine at the Public Bank Arena in Karachi.
West Indies' hard-hitter Sherfane Rutherford played a blinder of a thump to beat Rulers on the last ball in the sixteenth round of the PSL.
Quetta were 89 for five when the Windies' pair of Rutherford and Akeal Hosein assumed responsibility for the pursuit and finished it.
The pair added 80 runs for the fourth wicket with Rutherford scoring 31-ball 58 which included six maximums and a four while Akeal upheld with an important 22 of 17 balls.
This is Quetta Fighters' fourth success of the opposition while Karachi Lords presently have three misfortunes in five games.
The pursuit was set up splendidly by Jason Roy and Saud Shakeel, setting up 57 for the principal wicket however Rilee Rossouw's side fell emphatically in the center by losing consecutive wickets.
Saud (24) was the primary man to excuse by Hasan Ali followed by Zahid Mehmood getting the better of Khawaja Nafay (2).
Wicketkeeper-player Sarfaraz Ahmed (3) needed to leave civility of a splendid catch by Tim Seifert behind the wickets.
Roy (52) and Rossouw (6) strolled back to the structure on successive balls, permitting Karachi to get back in the saddle.
Be that as it may, the 25-year-old Rutherford had various thoughts as he charged the Karachi bowlers to lead Quetta to triumph on the last ball as he crushed 15 off the last over bowled by Anwar Ali.
Put into bat first, the Lords had a terrible beginning as they lost their skipper Shan Masood (0) in the underlying over, kindness of Akeal Hosein's bowling.
Yet, their bad habit skipper James Vince shaped a powerful organization with Tim Seifert, starting a counterattack. The pair energetically added 59 runs and directed the Lords to 61/1 at the finish of the batting powerplay.
Nonetheless, Usman Tariq changed the direction of the game in his first over by excusing both very much set hitters. Seifert contributed 21 runs off 11 conveyances, highlighting two limits and a six, while Vince top-scored for the Lords with a 25-ball 37, including eight limits.
Following the successive excusals, Mohammad Nawaz joined the carefully prepared Shoaib Malik in the center, framing a critical organization. The pair added 39 runs for the fourth wicket until Abrar Ahmed eliminated Malik in the thirteenth over, with a score of 12 off 20 conveyances.
In the following over, Mohammad Nawaz, who ruled the fourth-wicket organization with a lively 28, fell. His 19-ball thump involved four limits. Nawaz's excusal set off a breakdown in the lower center request as the Lords lost three additional wickets — Kieron Pollard (13), Hasan Ali (2), and Muhammad Irfan Khan (15) — with hardly a pause in between, sliding to 138/8 in 17.2 overs.
Be that as it may, veteran all-rounder Anwar Ali gave late firecrackers an unbeaten appearance, helping Karachi Rulers' absolute to 165/8 in the apportioned overs. He crushed one four and two sixes during his 14-ball 25.
Abrar Ahmed initiated the bowling assault for Quetta Fighters with figures of 3/31, trailed by Akeal Hosein and Usman Tariq, who got two wickets each. Pacer Sohail Khan, then again, guaranteed one scalp.