Amir, Babar help Karachi trounce Peshawar.

RAWALPINDI -- Karachi Kings defeated Peshawar Zalmi comfortably by six wickets in their HBL PSL match at Pindi Stadium here on Monday due largely to brilliant bowling by Muhammad Amir and an equally exceptional display of skills in batting by Babar Azam. Amir's 4 for 25-two wickets in the first over- and Babar's 70 off 59 balls ensured Peshawar never really had a chance of winning the game despite the efforts of Shoaib Malik, who amassed 68 off 55 balls, and Yasir Shah, who got two for 28 in his four overs. Asked to bat first, Peshawar had the worst of possible starts to their innings, losing three wickets just for 10 runs on the board, including their two men in red-hot form- Kamran Akmal and Haider Ali. LS Livingstone and L Gregory lent Shoaib Malik a helping hand but even with their 25 runs each, Peshawar managed only a below par 151 for eight. Sharjeel Khan fell cheaply once again, but Babar and Alex Hales (49 off 27) scored 101 for the second wicket to take the game away from Peshawar. Peshawar were on the backfoot from the first ball. Tom Banton was slow with his footwork to an Amir inswinger from over the wicket.

The ball thudded into his pads, and a review found it would hit the stumps. Amir removed Haider two balls later, while Aamer Yamin got rid of Kamran. Malik held the innings together, but the power...

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