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29 March 2024

Champions League T20: Lahore out, CSK qualify to semifinals

Pakistan batsman Umar Akmal plays a shot during the final match of the Asia Cup one-day cricket tournament at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Dhaka on March 8, 2014. (AFP)

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Kolkata Knights Riders will meet Hobart Hurricanes in the first semifinal on Thursday while Kings XI Punjab face Chennai Super Kings in the second match.

Chennai Super Kings have qualified to the semifinals as the second team from Group A after Lahore failed to restrict Perth to 78 or less.

Perth Scorchers beat Lahore Lions by three wickets.

Riaz goes for 19 with Hogg (one) and Marsh smashing two consecutive sixes as Perth won with an over to spare.

After restricting Lahore to 124-6, Perth were struggling at 62-7 before Marsh and Hogg staged a fine rearguard.

The match was over as a contest once Perth made 79 with Lahore needing to bowl them out for 78 or less to have any hopes of qualifying to the seminals.

Marsh remained unbeaten on a 38-ball 63 which was laced with seven boundaries and three sixes while Hogg was on 28 off 19 smashing a couple of boundaries and sixes.

Hogg smashes a couple of boundaries and six off Rasool to virtually knock out Lahore Lions from the competition. PS 80-7 in 14 overs.

Lahore are fighting tooth and nail. PS 62-7 in 12.1 overs.

Yasir Arafat run out 3 (13b 0x4 0x6)

Hafeez completes his spell with excellent figures of 4-0-8-2. PS 43-6 in 10 overs.

Nasim gets into the act having Cartwright stumped. PS 40-6 in 8.2 overs.

H Cartwright st Umar Akmal b Saad Nasim 2 (7b 0x4 0x6)

It's all happening for Lahore as Hafeez knocks the middle stump of Agar. PS 34-5 in 7.1 overs.

Ashton Agar b Mohammad Hafeez 5 (8b 1x4 0x6)

Double strike by Iqbal castling Bancroft with an arm ball. PS 27-3 in 4.5 overs.

Cameron Bancroft b Mustafa Iqbal 22 (18b 3x4 0x6)

Lions have struck again with Turner gone. PS 23-3 in 4.1 overs.

Adam Turner c Wahab Riaz b Mustafa Iqbal 4 (6b 0x4 0x6)

For Lions to qualify to semifinals they need to restrict Scorchers to 78 or less.

Whiteman perishes spooning a simple catch to midon off a leading edge. PS 2-2 in 1.4 overs.

Sam Whiteman c Asif Raza b Aizaz Cheema 0 (4b 0x4 0x6)

Hafeez has struck with his third delivery as Simmons is caught at short leg. PS 1-1 in 0.3 overs.

Craig Simmons c Umar Siddiq b Mohammad Hafeez 0 (1b 0x4 0x6)

LAHORE LIONS INNINGS

Paris claims his third wicket castling Saeed. LL 102-6 in 17.5 overs.

Mohammad Saeed b Paris 20 (26b 1x4 1x6)

Lions last hopes of making a decent total Umar Akmal is gone. LL 54-5 in 9.5 overs.

Umar Akmal c sub b Hogg 26 (19b 4x4 0x6)

Akmal gets goind by slamming two consecutive boundaries off Arafat. LL 24-4 in 5 overs.

The Pakistani Lions are collapsing in a heap. LL 11-4 in 3.4 overs.

Wahab Riaz c Agar b Marsh 0 (4b 0x4 0x6)

Hafeez commits hara kiri dragging Marsh onto his stumps. LL 2-3 in 1.4 overs.

Mohammad Hafeez b Marsh 0 (4b 0x4 0x6)

Paris has struck another blow after resumption following the rain break. LL 2-2 in 1 over.

Umar Siddiq b Paris 1 (4b 0x4 0x6)

Paris has struck in the first over with Jamshed holing out to Hogg even as the rain came down. LL 2-1 in 0.3 overs.

Nasir Jamshed c Hogg b Paris 1 (2b 0x4 0x6)

Perth Scorchers have won the toss and opted to bowl first against Lahore Lions.

Adam Voges and Nathan Coulter-Nile are out for Perth.

Ahmed Shehzad is out for Lahore.

PLAYING XI

Lahore Lions - Umar Siddiq, Nasir Jamshed, Mohammad Hafeez, Saad Nasim, Umar Akmal, Mohammad Saeed, Asif Raza, Wahab Riaz, Mustafa Iqbal, Adnan Rasool, Aizaz Cheema

Perth Scorchers - CJ Simmons, CT Bancroft, SM Whiteman, MR Marsh, AJ Turner, HWR Cartwright, AC Agar, Yasir Arafat, JS Paris, MA Beer, GB Hogg

PREVIEW

Lahore Lions will aim for the knockout blow when they face Perth Scorchers in a crunch Champions League T20 match at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru on Tuesday.

Kolkata Knight Riders have topped Group A with an unbeaten record while Chennai Super Kings are favourites to go through as runners-up having 10 points. 

However, the Lions still have a realistic chance of sealing a berth in the semifinals and displace former champions CSK.

For the Lions to qualify for the semis, they need to beat the Scorchers convincingly so their net run rate is better than CSK.

The Lions, who have won one, lost one and split points with CSK in a rained off match, have six points heading into this match.

Net run-rate will decide the second team that will go through to the semifinals from this group.

CSK have a net run rate of 0.945, will await the result of the match between the Lahore Lions and Scorchers to know their fate.

Prior to their final group match, the Lahore Lions have a net run rate of 0.255.