Top 3 fastest fifties of PSL 2018 belong to Luke Ronchi

Luke Ronchi, Man of the Match says: You want to win games of cricket and that's why you play the game; at the moment we're doing a wonderful job at that. As soon as I try slogging it over mid-wicket, I lose my shape and get into pre-meditating. I am getting a bit older and hence slower with the keeping (chuckles). Every now and then we have slip-ups but as a team are going well.

It's not a great PSL so far for Ahmed Shehzad

4.2 overs Faheem Ashraf to Shehzad, out Caught by Amad Butt!! Worrying signs. After eating up 10 balls in the powerplay, Shehzad can't capitalize on 'getting his eye in'. He throws his bat out at the width, gets more of a toe-end and it is right down to third man. One of the perils of going too hard - you just can't keep things down. Multan in tatters. Shehzad c Amad Butt b Faheem Ashraf 3(10)

Pollard heroics in vain as United regain HBL PSL top spot

Misbah, winning skipper: The effort is to try achieving the smaller targets in all departments and that's exactly what the entire team is doing. It is a game of momentum and it is important that we go all out in all the remaining games of the final stage with all our energies, because once we lose the momentum it would be difficult to gain it back. The reason why I wasn't batting a lot in the early stages of the tournament was a hamstring injury and now it is because the rest of them are batting brilliantly.

Islamabad United qualify for the playoffs

Islamabad turn table-toppers. And in the process now have ensured that Quetta too have made their way to the play-offs along with them. Pollard with his blitz did make it interesting in the middle, keeping the interest lit, but in a tournament that's filled with low scorers, 185 was always going to be a long shot. Surely when Multan stumbled in the powerplay, surely when nobody could stick around for long, surely when the bowling attack as potent as United's. Multan now bank on luck, they've exhausted their quota of games, and with only nine points now need to hope for Peshawar to lose (at least) a game, Lahore to stage upsets or for Karachi to stumble, and stumble badly. 

Pollard single-handedly keeping sultans in the hunt

17.4 overs Sami to Pollard, out Caught by Hales!! And that's the game. Surely. The show's over guys. Sami continues playing around with Pollard's ego, giving it to him on the pads and packing up the leg-side boundary. He flicks, can't get it up, can't keep it down and picks out deep mid-wicket. Take nothing away from what's perhaps been the knock of this PSL. Pollard c Hales b Sami 73(47) [4s-5 6s-6]

Ronchi, Hales and Hussain Talat power Islamabad United to 185

A good batting performance from Islamabad after being put into bat. Once again, it was Ronchi who set the tone early in the innings. The in-form New Zealander played his shots and notched up his third fifty of the competition in four matches. Hales, who is playing his first match of the tournament teed off with ease. He missed his half-ton by four runs. The troika of Hussain Talat, Asif Ali and Ashraf played their part towards the end taking Islamabad to an above-par score. Can Multan Sultans chase down this total and conform a place in the playoffs? Join us in a while to find out.

Luke Ronchi three fifties from four matches

10.5 overs Tahir to Ronchi, out Bowled!! Knocked him over and there's the customary celebratory run from Imran Tahir. The googly does the trick. Spun in from just outside off and Ronchi completely missed it trying to broom it away. Beats the inside edge and makes a mess of the stumps. This is a big wicket. Much-needed for Multan. Ronchi b Tahir 58(36) [4s-6 6s-3]

Alex Hales has joined the Islamabad United squad

Islamabad United (Playing XI): Jean-Paul Duminy, Luke Ronchi(w), Alex Hales, Amad Butt, Misbah-ul-Haq(c), Samit Patel, Hussain Talat, Asif Ali, Shadab Khan, Faheem Ashraf, Mohammad Sami

Multan Sultans (Playing XI): Ahmed Shehzad, Kumar Sangakkara(w), Sohaib Maqsood, Shoaib Malik(c), Kieron Pollard, Ross Whiteley, Saif Badar, Sohail Tanvir, Imran Tahir, Mohammad Irfan, Umar Gul

Multan Sultans have won the toss and have opted to field