1st Match: Islamabad United v Quetta Gladiators at Dubai

Pakistan Super League, DSC), Feb 4, 2016

86 - 6 after 17

Russel 11 * Misbah 29*

Dre Russ for the BBL fans !

Quetta Gladiators choose to bowl in the PSL opener !


17.5  Umar Gul to Russell, FOUR

17.4  Umar Gul to Russell, SIX, Misbah slaps Russell's chest! Dug in too short, he skips back and belts a pull over midwicket. Sailed over the boundary

17.3  Umar Gul to Russell, FOUR, overpitched and just a shade outside off, Russell clears his front leg and smashes it past KP at the covers. The ball thuds into the boundary

17.2  Umar Gul to Russell, FOUR, slower short ball on off, Russell parcels it up and dispatches

it to the long-on fence with a big swing

17.1  Umar Gul to Russell, 2 runs,

121 - 7 after 19

Badree to face the Final !

128 after 20

19.6  Umar Gul to Russell, FOUR

35 after 3 overs

doubles Badre giving up Dre Russ runs  ;D

1.6  Badree to Ahmed Shehzad, FOUR, four more for Shehzad.

1.5  Badree to Ahmed Shehzad, FOUR

1.3  Badree to Wright, FOUR,

Dre Russ giving up Dre Russ runs

53 after 4 overs

3.5  Russell to Wright, FOUR, low full toss, tripe ball on the leg stump. Easily whipped away past midwicket

3.4  Russell to Wright, FOUR, back of a length and outside, sliced behind square on the off side now

3.2  Russell to Wright, FOUR, short again, this is wide outside off. Wright flays a cut square on the off side

3.1  Russell to Wright, FOUR,

95 - 2 after 11 overs

Cool hand Luke 64*

15.6  Dre Russ to Cool Hand Luke FOUR ,

Quetta Gladiators win the first match of the PSL .

                                     

Luke Wright continues to score runs in T20 tournaments all over the world. I think he has every right to be disappointed not to be included in the current England T20 setup, especially considering Jason Roy's tough start to his T20I career. It's pretty incredible to think that two of England's most accomplished T20 players (Wright and KP) will not be playing in the upcoming World Cup.