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BBC News
18-05-2025
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Lahore secure PSL play-off spot with Peshawar win
Lahore Qalanders secured a place in the Pakistan Super League play-offs at the expense of opponents Peshawar Zalmi with a 26-run win in were the only side that could supplant Lahore in the four-team knock-out stage but failed to chase down 150, finishing on 123-8 in a match that was shortened to 13 overs a side because of Fakhar Zaman anchored the Lahore innings, hitting 60 from 36 balls before he was bowled by Daniel Sams in the penultimate Naeem (22), Kusal Perera (17) and Asif Ali (18) all added swift runs as Lahore closed on had chosen to chase at the toss, but failed to get going in their reply, with Sams and Mohammad Ali's unbroken ninth-wicket partnership of 32 their largest of the Sams top-scored with 26, but five batters were dismissed for single figures, with left-arm seamer Salman Mirza taking move up one place to third, while Peshawar finish their season in is one remaining match in the season's first phase, with the already qualified Karachi Kings and Islamabad United facing off on PSL fixtures & results, table
BBC News
04-05-2025
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Niazi closes out Karachi win against Lahore
Lahore Qalanders missed a chance to go top of the Pakistan Super League as Irfan Khan Niazi hit an unbeaten 48 from 21 balls to seal a four wicket win for Karachi Kings in a rain-affected a revised target of 168, Niazi struck five sixes in the final three overs of the Karachi innings, including one to finish the match with three balls to been put into bat, Lahore's openers raced to 90 before the dismissal of Mohammad Naeem (65) in the eighth over, after which the players were forced play resumed Fakhar Zaman pushed on to 51, but Lahore lost a flurry of wickets as they hurried to set a score in a reduced 15 overs a side Afridi took 4-27 while five Lahore batters were out for single figures as the home side finished on openers David Warner and Tim Seifert both made 24 in the reply, while James Vince was caught at long-off off Rishad Hossain for Khushdil Shah was the fifth wicket to fall, caught by Naeem off Haris Rauf for nine, Karachi needed 52 from 22 deliveries. Niazi and Mohammad Nabi (15) responded with a 45-run partnership, and while Nabi was caught tamely from the first ball of Daryl Mitchell's final over, his batting partner hit the remaining seven runs required to close out the move above their opponents into third, level on points with second-place Islamabad United, while Lahore remain two points off leaders Quetta Gladiators but with a superior net PSL fixtures & results, table
