While De Villiers brought Lahore within nine runs of victory in the final over, it was the lanky Wiese who smashed Dan Christian over long-off on the final delivery for a six – with four needed – to seal the victory.
Lahore, chasing a daunting 201-run target, needed 70 off the last five overs as De Villiers, fired up by vociferous chants of “AB, AB”, took charge.
De Villiers and Wiese hit a six each off West Indian Andre Russell in the penultimate over to bring down the target to just nine off six balls but Christian conceded just six off the first five balls as tension mounted. But Wiese kept his nerves to hit the winning sixer off the final ball. De Villiers finished with 29-ball 52 not out with three sixes and as many boundaries, while Wiese scored a more aggressive undefeated 20-ball 45 with five sixes. The duo added 98 runs for the unbroken fifth wicket stand.
On Thursday, former champions Peshawar Zalmi upstaged a sloppy Karachi Kings by 44 runs, riding on a maiden PSL half-century from opener Imam-ul-Haq and Hasan Ali’s four wickets in Sharjah.
Imam-ul-Haq top-scored for Peshawar in their 153-8 after 20 overs with a 43-ball 56 with five boundaries and a six while Liam Dawson made a 33-ball 43 with a six and four boundaries after they were sent into bat by Karachi Kings captain Imad Wasim.
Hasan’s 4-15 in four overs, including three wickets in the 19th over, wrecked Karachi to 109-9 in 20 overs.
Peshawar’s spearhead Hasan once again got a wicket off the very first ball, like he did against Islamabad United with Luke Ronchi’s scalp, as he dismissed Liam Livingstone, trapping him leg before with a sharp incoming delivery.
Brief Scores:
Multan Sultans 200-6 (J. Vince 84, Umar Siddiq 53; S. Lamichanne 3-46)
Lahore Qalandars204-4 (Fakhar Zaman 63, AB de Villiers 52 no out, D. Wiese 45 not out; Junaid Khan 3-39)
RESULT: Lahore Qalandars beat Multan Sultans by six wickets
Peshawar Zalmi 153-8 in 20 overs (Imam-ul-Haq 56, L. Dawson 43)
Karachi Kings 109-9 (Mohamed Rizwan 32 not out; Hasan Ali 4-15)
RESULT: Peshawar Zalmi beat Karachi Kings by 44 runs
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