QUE vs KAR Ball by Ball Commentary

FOUR! EDGY! This is full and outside off, Ali looks to drive it away but inside edges it past the stumps and to fine leg but it won't matter much as Quetta Gladiators win by 5 runs.

FOUR! Shorter and outside off. Ali looks to pull it away but top edges it to third man for a boundary.

Two legal deliveries required! A length ball, outside off. Ali smashes it to the left of long off who picks up on a bounce. Two.

Excellent delivery! A yorker, outside off, close to the tramline but inside the line. Ali looks to jam it out but misses.

Very full and on middle, Ali looks to flick it away but toe ends his shot to short fine leg.

Shorter and outside off. Hamza swings across but top edges it to long on. The fielder runs in and slides but it falls just short of him. Needed something special.

Well bowled! A slower length ball, angling around off. Ali looks to work it away but misses.

Wide! Too short from Amir, this is on off, Ali looks to pull but misses. Wided. Hasan Ali needs to take a single.

SIX! Karachi Kings breathe! A low gentle full toss on middle, Ali stays thank you and thumps it down to long off for a biggie.

Shapes in a yorker on middle and leg, Hamza digs it out to deep square leg for a single.

Mohammad Amir bangs it short and outside off, Hamza looks to pull it away but misses.

Very full and on middle, Ali drills it to long on for a single.

Short in length and outside off, close to the tramline. Ali looks to pull it away but misses.

Length ball on middle and leg. Ali plays it down to long on for a single.

Fuller delivery on middle, Hamza nudges it to mid-wicket for a single.

This is full and outside off, well wide. Hamza swings his bat wildly and misses it.

OUT! LBW! THREE REDS! Everything they touch turns to gold! Yousuf goes and that could be it for the Kings! This is full and around off, bit of reverse swing. Yousuf shuffles across to flick but misses and gegts hit on the pads. Saud Shakeel wasn't quite sure with the review but trusted his instincts as he went in the last second. NO bat involved. Ball Tracking shows THREE REDS.

Leg bye! Shapes in a full ball on the pads. Ali misses his flick and it rolls off the pads to point for a leg bye.

FOUR! He can bat! Ali needs to bat today for the Kings! On a length and outside off. Ali smashes it over mid off for a boundary.

TWO! A slower length ball on middle, Yousuf turns it with soft hands to mid-wicket and collects a brace.

Khurram Shahzad follows Yousuf on the leg side with a length delivery. Yousuf fails to flick and gets in a tangle as he tries to work it away.

Length ball, outside off. Ali punches it through covers for a single.

OUT! LBW! THREE REDS! Everything is going Quetta Gladiators' way! Another one bites the dust! A good length ball on middle and leg, skiddy. Afridi swings across the line but misses and gets hit on the pads. An appeal for LBW but turned down. Quetta Gladiators were confident that this one would stay low enough to hit the stumps and get the same result off Ball Tracking.

Shapes in a length ball on middle, Yousuf clips it to deep square leg for a single.

FOUR! Welcome boundary! Yousuf has to do the job now! Short in length and outside off. Yousuf makes room and upper cuts it over point for a boundary.

A good length ball on middle, Afridi blocks it to short cover. A single and a wicket off it.

Short again from Amir, this is on middle, Afridi ducks under it.

Mohammad Amir is pumped up! Bangs it short and outside off. Afridi swings and misses.

This is full and around off, Afridi pushes it to cover.

OUT! TAKEN! You don't see Nabi playing these kinds of shots often! Bangs it short and on middle, Nabi pulls it flat and aerially behind square leg where Khurram Shahzad runs to his left and holds onto it. Good catch. Karachi Kings is serious trouble now.

Short in length and on off, Yousuf dabs it to third man for a single.

Flighted full and outside off, Nabi drives it square on the off side for a couple.

Fuller delivery, spinning in on middle, Nabi flicks it through mid-wicket for a couple of runs.

Tossed up on middle, Nabi blocks it out.

Ohh, matter of small margins! Full and outside off. Nabi drives on the up and to the left of cover. Mohammad Wasim inside the ring, dives to his left, takes it one-handedly and appeals. The umpires want to check it. They take it upstairs. The replay shows Wasim did everything right, just his hand twisted in the last moment and the ball kissed the ground. Not out it is.

OUT! EDGED AND TAKEN! Shah goes now! Karachi Kings in trouble! Flat and quicker, around off, spins away. Shah looks to punch it away but edges it to first slip where Saud Shakeel takes it. Superb from the skipper to create pressure by keeping a slip at this time.

Abrar Ahmed bowls it flat and outside off, Yousuf slaps it to cover where Rilee Rossouw dives to his left and stops it. A quick singe.

The one that nips back in sharply, length and on leg. Shah gets pinged high on the pads as he looks to defend.

This is full and around off, Shah pushes it straight to mid off. Excellent phase of bowling from Quetta Gladiators.

On a length and shaping on middle, Shah nudges it to mid-wicket.

OUT! EDGED AND GONE! What a catch by Mendis! Superb! Something special from Mendis to keep them into the game. Short of a length and outside off, Masood looks to dab it away but edges it to the left of Mendis who flies across, collects one-handedly and glues into his mitts.

Length and just outside off. Yousuf guides it to third man for a single.

Khurram Shahzad bowls it on a length and on middle, Yousuf tucks it to mid-wicket.

Quetta Gladiators are all over Karachi Kings at the moment! Outside off, Shan Masood cuts it to point.

Full and on middle, Yousuf clips it to square leg for a single.

Another dot! Was that a chance? Floated full on off, Yousuf punches on the up and back to Ahmed who dives to his left but it doesn't carry.

Full and slows it up on off, Yousuf pushes it to the bowler.

QUICK SINGLE! Too full and on middle, Masood reverse hits it to short third man for one more.

Flighted full on middle, it turns in. Masood makes room and punches it to cover.

On a driving length, outside off. Omair Yousuf looks to drive but misses it.

OUT! GONE! Seifert tries to find the fence but he holes out! Short of a length and on middle. Seifert looks to pull but the bat turns in his hands. It goes up and to long on where Rilee Rossouw takes a well judged catch near the ropes.

Boundaries are hard to come by! Short in length and on middle, this is pulled to square leg for one.

A good length ball on top of middle. Seifert punches it hard and to deep point for a single.

Leg bye! Too straight on the pads. Masood misses is flick and it rolls off the pads to the leg side for a leg bye.

This is full and shaping on middle, Seifert flicks it to deep square leg for a single.

Bowls it short and way outside off, quicker delivery. Masood goes back to cut but misses.

Flat and around off, Seifert plays it to long off for a single.

A gentle full toss, around off, Masood makes room and plays it through covers for a single. Should have done a bit more.

LBW review taken but seems to miss the stumps. Flat and around off, Masood tries to reverse hit but misses and gets hit on the pads. The impact looks outside the line. Saud Shakeel takes a review in the hope. Ball Tracking shows impact is outside the line.

FOUR! Picks it well! Tossed up full and on middle, spins in. Masood slog-sweeps it to mid-wicket, plays it aerially and into the fence.

Floats it full and on off, Seifert hits it straight down the ground for a single.

On a length and on middle, Masood blocks it on the leg side. Good over from Wasim.

CLOSE! Fuller and on off, Masood drives it straight to covers. Seifert was shuffling out of his crease but got back in time.

TWO LEG BYES! Bowls it on the pads. Masood fails to clip and gets hit on the pads. An appeal for LBW but it was pitching outside the line. Two runs.

Mohammad Wasim serves it straight on the pads. Masood fails to flick it away and keeps it out on the leg side.

This is very full and on middle, Seifert eases it to mid on for a single. Quick single.

Wasim bowls it full and on the pads. Masood flicks it to square leg for a single.

Floats it full and on middle, Masood flicks it to mid-wicket for a single.

Flighted full and outside off. Masood leans and pushes it to cover.

OUT! TAKEN! Rilee Rossouw holds onto it this time! Flatter delivery, outside off, Vince makes room and tries to play wide of cover but hits it straight to Rilee Rossouw who holds onto it this time. Can Karachi Kings build on this?

Fuller and outside off, Seifert drops it to covers for a single.

DROPPED! That came in quickly! Tossed up, outside off, Vince goes back and smashes it to covers. Rilee Rossouw tries to take it near his head, but it came quickly, and he palms it over to covers for a single.

Tossed up on middle, Vince softly blocks it on the leg side.

SIX! Off the toe end but all the way! Sheer power from Seifert! Bangs it short and outside off, Seifert anticipated the line as he stays back and tonks it over long off for a six.

This is full and outside off, Vince drives it to sweeper cover for a single.

Length and outside off, Seifert cuts it through cover-point for a single.

FOUR! What a beautiful shot! Touch fuller and around off. Seifert gets inside the line and lofts it over extra cover and it bounces just in front of the ropes.

Well bowled! Very full and on off, Vince drives it to covers for a single.

Faheem Ashraf pushes it full and on middle, Seifert drills it to long on for a single. Hang on, a no ball is called as Faheem Ashraf has overstepped. Free-hit loading...

FOUR! Greets Faheem Ashraf with a boundary! Shorter and outside off, Seifert stands tall and thumps it through covers and it races to the fence.

Another single to end the over as Seifert plays it down to long off.

Shapes it on the pads. Vince helps it to fine leg for one more run.

Slower through the air, full on middle, this is tucked to mid-wicket.

A lot of turn on this one, it lands outside off and spins in. Seifert plays it to long off for one.

The googly, full and around off, Vince pushes it to covers for one more.

Tossed up well outside off. Seifert paddles it to deep square leg for a single.

Mohammad Wasim bowls it close to the off pole, probably the slower ball. Vince looks to defend but misses.

FOUR! Crunched away! 50 up for Kings! A good length delivery, outside off, Vince strokes it through point, no chance for the fielder in the deep.

FOUR! FINDS THE GAP! Vince has once again started well! Shorter and around off. Vince rocks back and pulls it to the right of mid on, wide of mid-wicket for a boundary.

On a nagging length and on middle, Vince looks to defend it off the inner half onto the pads.

On a length and outside off. Vince cuts it to deep point. The man from third man runs across and cuts it off.

Mohammad Wasim starts with a length ball on top of off. Vince punches it to point.

Another single to end the over as Vince plays it down to long on. Just three runs off it.

Seifert makes room and Ahmed follows him with a fuller delivery, it is played to long on for a single.

Tossed up on middle, Vince turns it to square leg for a single.

Ahmed bowls it slower in the air, full on middle, Vince looks to flick but gets a leading edge to point. Played it softly.

Flatter and skiddy off the surface on middle, Vince nudges it to mid-wicket.

That looks like missing the leg pole! James Vince takes it upstairs. Tossed up angling on middle, it lands and turns down. Vince goes back to flick but misses and gets hit on the pads. An appeal and up goes the finger. UltraEdge shows no bat. Ball Tracking shows it goes onto miss the stumps. Smart review.

FOUR! Hat trick of boundaries! Poor from Khurram Shahzad as he serves a gentle full toss on off. Seifert makes room and carves it through backward point for a boundary. 14 runs off the over.

FOUR! Two in a row! Plays in the gap! Length ball, outside off. Seifert punches on the up and wide of mid off. The fielder gives a chase but gives up as the ball wins the race.

FOUR! Helped away! An in-angler, short ball from Khurram Shahzad on middle, Seifert pulls it to square leg and it races to the fence.

Excellent stop! Pitched up, outside off. Vince firmly drives it to the left of cover. Faheem Ashraf dives and stops. Saves a certain boundary.

A skiddy length delivery on middle and off. Vince defends with a straight bat.

Khurram Shahzad serves a low full toss on middle, Seifert chips it over the bowler and wide of mid off for one.

SIX! Once again a couple of deliveries ruin the over! 10 runs off it! Short in length and on middle, Vince looks to pull but top edges it behind the keeper and it goes all the way.

FOUR! Mohammad Amir tries something different and gives width this time, well outside off, Vince strokes it to extra cover for a boundary.

Make it four dots! This is a good start by Amir! Good length delivery around off. Vince blocks it on the deck.

Very full, straight on the pads. Vince nudges it to mid-wicket. Another dot. Three in a row.

Amir bowls it short and on middle and leg. Vince keeps it out on the leg side.

Mohammad Amir bowls it touch fuller and around off, swings away. Vince knocks it to cover.

Hard length delivery, around off. Seifert hops and blocks it to cover.

SIX! CLEAN FROM Seifert! Khurram Shahzad keeps bowling short, around off. Seifert pulls it over mid-wicket for a biggie.

Serves it short and on middle, Seifert pulls it through mid-wicket for a couple. Seifert is underway.

Three dots to start the attack! Short in length and outside off, Seifert punches it to cover.

Short of a length and around off, Seifert punches it back to the bowler.

Khurram Shahzad steams in and bowls it full and slanting on middle, Seifert prods and blocks.

Solid from Amir! Tight on the stumps, length and on middle, Vince gets his head down and defends it out.

Bowls it on a length and on the pads. Vince clips it down to fine leg for a couple of runs. Nice and fine to get underway.

OUT! TAKEN! Warner goes cheaply! The one that tails in, on a good length and on middle, Warner makes room and swings across the line, tries to take on mid-wicket but mistimes it completely and Rilee Rossouw takes a dolly there.

At 134 clicks! Shapes in a length ball on middle and off. Warner drops it to short cover.

Pitched up, around off, Warner leans and blocks it out.

FOUR! Warner and Karachi Kings are off the mark in style! A good length ball, around off, shapes in. Warner uses his feet and smashes it over mid off for a boundary. Not off the middle but just clears the infield.