Amir takes hat-trick as Karachi Kings easily overcome Lahore Qalandars
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DUBAI: Mohammad Amir became the first bowler to claim a hat-trick in the Pakistan Super League (PSL) as Karachi Kings handed Lahore Qalandars an eight-wicket drubbing on Friday.
Kings captain Shoaib Malik won the toss and decided to put his bowlers to test against a fiery Lahore Qalandars batting line-up at Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Friday.
But there were no fireworks from the Qalandars who were restricted for a paltry 125/8 in their 20 overs, a total which was surpassed by the Kings in just 15.5 overs courtesy Lendl Simmons (62) and Shakib Al Hasan (52).
Earlier, the Qalandars suffered a shock after hard-hitting opening batsman Chris Gayle was dismissed in the first over by Malik. Captain Azhar Ali attempted to resurrect the innings but like the first day, the batsmen found it difficult to find any fluency on a pitch ideal for spin bowling.
Only Mohammad Rizwan, with 37, showed some resistance.
And hopes of a late flourish were undone by Amir in the 19th over of the innings as the 23-year-old dismissed Dwayne Bravo, Zohaib Khan and Kevon Cooper with consecutive deliveries.
Amir's hat-trick ball
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Feb 05, 2016 06:47pm
It would be quite hard for Rameez Raja to interview Amir if he got the Man of the Match .
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Feb 05, 2016 06:47pm
Well done amir. Hatrick says it all how serious you are about your bowling
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Feb 05, 2016 06:49pm
Best bowler in Pakistan... Muhammad Amir!! Pakistan's only hope!!
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Feb 05, 2016 07:01pm
By performing, Amir is silencing his detractors.
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Feb 05, 2016 07:02pm
@Irfan_Sydney Ramiz was a mediocre player. He should be honored to interview a great in making.
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Feb 05, 2016 07:10pm
Nice work. Way to go.
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Feb 05, 2016 07:20pm
Good work Karachi Kings. Keep this spirit for future matches as well.
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Feb 05, 2016 07:22pm
@Dean Could we stop this mantra "Pakistan's only hope".? We are all hope for this country. Weather in politics, sports or anywhere kindly stop this anthem of one and only hope.
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Feb 05, 2016 07:33pm
@Irfan_Sydney that's tells us what Rameez says about cricket should have zero value
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Feb 05, 2016 07:35pm
@Dean Best pace bowler in world.I don't think anyone is even close to him.Other learn how to deliver bowl,he is nature's gifted prodigy of fast bowling.
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Feb 05, 2016 07:41pm
Amir you are great. I always had great confidence on you. Just stay away from bad guys and troubles and concentrate on your game. You will be No.1 bowler of the world.
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Feb 05, 2016 07:49pm
Azhar Ali needs to learn from either Sarfraz or Malik how to lead the side. He is horrible captian and not a T20 or ODI player!
Why is he leading Pakitan in ODI!
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Feb 05, 2016 07:50pm
@Sarah. Where was he in NZ when Pakistan got hammered? No doubt he is a good bowler but certainly not the best at the moment. Stop creating hype about him and let him do his job.
Love from Lucknow.
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Feb 05, 2016 07:53pm
@Malik well looking at the situation realistically amir is the only hope for pak cricket and raheel sharif is the only hope for pak.
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Feb 05, 2016 08:02pm
He is the only bowler today who can bowl a hat-rick. Give him some time and he will do it again in all forms of international cricket as well :)
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Feb 05, 2016 08:05pm
Weldone. Whoever win and whoever performs but i am feeling proud that they are Pakistanis. We are one nation stand united.
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Feb 05, 2016 08:13pm
amir is the only world class cricketer in the pak team. at a very slow pitch which didn't offer any support for the fast bowlers amir did a hat trick. yesterday irfan was smashed and same is expected out of wahab on this track which is made for the spinners.the other thing to be noted that so far 18 sixes have been scored on 2 matches and most of them have been hit by foreign players. pak batsmen have hit only 5 sixes so far. this shows why pak is lagging behind other teams in shorter formats. afridi is yet to play but most likely he will be disappointing in batting.
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Feb 05, 2016 08:18pm
Actions speak louder than words.
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Feb 05, 2016 08:21pm
Poor batting so far! I don't think, people are going to the stadium to watch ODI-style batting...
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Feb 05, 2016 08:26pm
Congratulations to him & his wellwishers, Amir is the best progressive bowler in the world today. His critics should shut up now.
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Feb 05, 2016 08:27pm
Oh.... man, my team lost... Lahore Qalandars forever!
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Feb 05, 2016 08:28pm
At least he is not a mediocre bowler!
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Feb 05, 2016 08:30pm
Bad news for my Indian fans I can see Aamir deatroying Indian top order like Shoaib akhtar use to do this kid is back it shows you Pakistan has the best bowling talent unlike India where You cant tell difference between their fast bowlers and spinners :)
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Feb 05, 2016 08:40pm
@Rizwan haider! Amir dismissed Bravo, Zohaib and Kevon! But, when he bowls to Rohit, Dhawan and Kohli, the game will be totally different!
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Feb 05, 2016 08:45pm
@Rizwan haider we had batsman who can destroy any attack
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Feb 05, 2016 08:46pm
@Rizwan haider you should also compare Pakistans batting with Indian batting.
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Feb 05, 2016 08:46pm
@Rizwan haider we had batsman who can destroy any attack
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Feb 05, 2016 09:03pm
@Vish1 So thats the problem because of which you are not playing us out of India.Just come out of your dreams and play with us out of your home than we will tell you are only ghar k shair
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Feb 05, 2016 09:05pm
@Anil Sharma when will these indians grew up and stop their fairy tales
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Feb 05, 2016 09:25pm
My favorite teams are quetta and peshawar!!!
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Feb 05, 2016 09:28pm
@fahd yeah make everything political. I have to admire your imagination of bringing the General even in T20 cricket. Well done! You must be proud of yourself
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Feb 05, 2016 09:40pm
.Why we aren't getting PSL live telecast here in India..
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Feb 05, 2016 09:41pm
Shakib Al Hasan, the player of today's match, should have been highlighted in the news. Even the news that Shakib has become the man of the match has not been mentioned in the news. He played a tremendous innings with Simmons in a crisis moment while his team lost two wickets at the beginning of innings.
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Feb 05, 2016 09:41pm
@Rizwan haider let me remind that we just sent ausies to cleaners in Australia..next kohli and sharma will send amir to the dry cleaning..
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Feb 05, 2016 10:02pm
Only time will tell!
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Feb 05, 2016 11:05pm
international viewers can watch the pal on cricket gateway.com
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Feb 05, 2016 11:13pm
@ali it doesn't matter what they write, not only are they not getting their messages across, they're still writing it on foreign sites...weird.
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Feb 05, 2016 11:39pm
So it would seem Amir uses international matches as a warm up for his real games, t20 franchises where he boosts his earning potential. Overhyped bowler, alot of cricket to play, a lot to prove considering his track record and some peoples obsession with the word "prodigy" frankly I find hilarious.
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Feb 06, 2016 12:07am
@Where are we? I agree! Ramiz was a good player not a great player! However, Aamir is a very talented player but to become a great player he will need to play like this consistently over 10 years or more! Maintain performance, fitness and discipline. Make sure he avoids big and small controversies and focus purely on the game. So talent yes but greatness will take matches! Pity Azhar Ali didn't give him the last over to bowl against Kiwis in the final ODI.
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Feb 06, 2016 12:11am
Aamir needs an equally good bowler opening the innings with him in test, ODI and T20 cricket. Remember fast bowlers hunt in pairs e.g. combo of Wasim and Waqar then latter Aamir and Asif. Aamir will be only be deadly if his partner is the same. Wahab, rahat ali and anwar ali are not worthy of opening the bowling attack with Aamir. Muhammad Irfan yes but his fitness is always a question mark and I am not sure how long his career will last.
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Feb 06, 2016 12:23am
Ultimate talent...
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Feb 06, 2016 12:39am
@Sarah, you forgot to mention Shakib was the man of match.
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Feb 06, 2016 01:00am
Anir is getting back to his groove, sorry for Misbah.
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Feb 06, 2016 01:07am
@Mamun বাংলাদেশ Mamun, you are right. Bangladesh under 19 won today and they are placed in Semi final.
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Feb 06, 2016 01:33am
Amir will sure have his day under the sun. But its not going to be all sunny and nice. International batsman will soon figure him out and he will have to devise was to keep out thinking them.
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Feb 06, 2016 01:59am
@Rizwan haider Son, 1999, 2003 World Cups Shoaib was destroyed so bad that they refused to play him in 2011 WC against India. Grow up now, will u?
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Feb 06, 2016 03:06am
Not sure why no one from Karachi is in Karachi King? At least we should have some player form that city until and unless no one is from that city. This is only possible in Pakistan the way teams are made. When Azhar can play form Lahore why not Safaraz from Karachi. The problem is they are making sure Sarfarz should not represent Karachi.
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Feb 06, 2016 04:02am
Karachi Kings Bravo ! You are the winner of this PSL !
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Feb 06, 2016 04:12am
Not a single player from Karachi is playing from karachi kings
Four Karachi base players in Islamabad team but they are not in playing eleven
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Feb 06, 2016 04:19am
The type of wicket prepared for these matches and low quality of Pakistani batsmen has withing first two days killed a lot of interest in PSL
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Feb 06, 2016 04:55am
@ak England could not figure out after playing whole series where he was Man of Series where rest of guys were having hard time.England can smash India anyday they wish whether India or England or UAE .They are handful for dead team India of 11 mummies.
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Feb 06, 2016 05:44am
Not a single karachi born player is representing Karachi kings. Karachi star player Sarfraz Ahmed is a capatain of Quettta, rest of the stars are either in dressing room or out of tournament
Dressing room players are Khalid Latif, Same, Asad Shafiq from Islamabad
Fawad Alam from Karachi kings
khurrum Manzoor out of tournament
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Feb 06, 2016 06:48am
after corrution and looting awam at least gd news and inspiring that hat-trick is made by our young cricketer. and sixez by sr. cricketors. cheerup boys pakistani needs
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Feb 06, 2016 08:40am
Good job Aamir. Your good days are waiting for you and for Pakistan cricket team.
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Feb 06, 2016 10:26am
@Mamta Santh Hattrick is now and not in time ahead.Indian future looks bleak.Even Ajmal is back.
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Feb 06, 2016 10:49am
Aamir hatrick and coming in form very good for Pakistan.
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Feb 06, 2016 11:40am
Taking a hat trick in a league match is no big deal. In IPL 13 people have taken hat tricks and 10 of them are Indians. One of them is Rohit Sharma. Rohit Sharma!!!!!!! If he can take a hat trick in a league match then anyone can. By the way a month ago people from Pakistan were arguing about banning Aamir forever and never letting him play.
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Feb 06, 2016 12:38pm
I dont think that his bowling was that great...but for sure batting of the other team was terrible...and this is the reason why Pakistan gets hammered in international games.
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Feb 06, 2016 01:49pm
good work, but don't forget, 19th over of T20 match, batters are taking too much of risk!
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Feb 06, 2016 02:09pm
Its look like a bowlers dominating league Wowwww.
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Feb 06, 2016 02:14pm
@Vish1 our bowlers also took of hatrick of dravid Azharuddin and Tendulker so what are these Dhawan and rohit but Kohli is good.
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