Pollard powers Sultans to PSL 8 final.

A sensational half-century by Kieron Pollard powered Multan Sultans to HBL PSL 8 final after they registered a thumping 84-run victory over Lahore Qalandars in the Qualifier here at the jam-packed Gaddafi Stadium on Wednesday night.

Multan Sultans have the honour of making it to the PSL final for the third consecutive year. Despite having all-out support of the home crowd, Lahore Qalandars couldn't start their run-chase well and kept on losing wickets on regular intervals, thus were bundled out for a meager 76 runs in 14.3 overs. Mirza Baig (8) and Abdullah Shafiq (0) lost their wicket quickly at a total of 15 runs. Opener Fakhar Zaman (7) also failed to deliver for Qalandars and was bowled by Anwar Ali at 19-3 in 3.5 overs.

At this crucial stage, Captain Shaheen Afridi came to steady the ship of Qalandars but he too was sent packing by Cottrell in the fifth over of the match. Hussain Talat (4) also couldn't contribute some big runs in the team's total and was run out by Usman Khan. When the Qalandars fans were expecting a big knock from Sikandar Raza, he also disappointed them by scoring just 1 run and at that time, Qalandars were reeling at 43-6 in the 10th over.

After that, only David Wiese and Haris Rauf entertained the home crowd with some beautiful shots but they also failed to help their side cross the triple figures and the entire team was bowled out for paltry 76 runs in 14.3 overs. Wiese struck 12 runs and Harif Rauf 15. For Multan Sultans, Sheldon Cottrell was the main wrecker-in-chief of...