Dinner in Birmingham on Saturday to PSL hero in Lahore on Sunday

Lahore, Pakistan Super League

Quetta Gladiators 201-9 (20 overs): Hasan 76 (43), Shaheen 3-24

Lahore Qalandars 204-4 (19.5 overs): K Perera 62* (31), Raza 22* (7)

By six wickets, Lahore Qalandars won.

After losing their Test match against England at Trent Bridge, Sikandar Raza scored the winning runs to help Lahore Qalandars win the Pakistan Super League title.

With one ball to spare, the all-rounder scored six and four on consecutive deliveries to defeat Quetta Gladiators.

“I drove to Abu Dhabi for lunch after eating breakfast in Dubai and Birmingham for dinner.” In Pakistan, I boarded a plane and had dinner. A professional cricket player’s life follows this one. Raza, 39, said, “I’m truly humbled and blessed to have the life.”

With 20 balls left, Raza and Kusal Perera met at the crease and worked together to put together the highest chase in a PSL final. They needed 202 to win.

Hasan Nawaz struck a 43-ball 76 in the toss, and Shaheen Shah Afridi, a star Lahore seamer, took 3-24. Quetta came out on top with a score of 201-9.

With the game ending a day early, Raza had time to return to Pakistan and arrive at Gaddafi Stadium just before the toss.

After dismissing Rilee Rossouw in the opening innings, he finished with figures of 1-43, and Lahore needed 57 from 3.2 overs, having only managed to score 48 runs at halftime.

After Perera hit three sixes and two fours from the next 12 balls, Lahore was forced to need 13 from Faheem Ashraf’s final over to put his side back on track. He then immediately hit Mohammad Amir for a four and six.

Saud Shakeel (4) and Finn Allen (2) were quickly defeated in the opener, but Quetta came into the match on the back of an eight-game winless run.

Hasan, along with Avishka Fernando and Dinesh Chandimal, increased to number four with partnerships of 67 and 46.

Shaheen, who removed both batters in the 18th over with four deliveries, dramatically ended the second pairing.

After Amir and Abrar Ahmed failed to score in four consecutive Haris Rauf balls, Quetta had lost four wickets for two runs.

Faheem Ashraf (28 from 8 balls) hammering three sixes and a four from Salman Mirza’s final over before being taken off the final ball kept their innings from a whimper.

Fakhar Zaman was stowed by Abrar for 11 in the fourth over, which Lahore had the advantage of having all of their play-off games played at their home stadium.

By the time Bhanuka Rajapaksa was beaten off Amir in the 17th over, Mohammad Naeem (46) and Abdullah Shafique (41), Lahore was in a strong position.

Most of the time, runs

1. 449 runs for Sahibzada Farhan (Islamabad United).

2. Lahore Qalandars’ Fakhar Zaman (439)

3. Hasan Nawaz (Quetta Gladiators) – 399

4. 378 James Vince (Karachi Kings)

5. Abdullah Shafique (Lahore Qalandars) – 376

Most wickets

1. 19-year-old Shaheen Shah Afridi (Lahore Qalandars)