A direct hit would have sent Akhlaq packing. As they say, he was not even in the frame.
0.6 K Shahzad to M Faiq
1 Full delivery at the off stump. Faiq makes room and hits it along the turf to Asif Ali at mid-off. Asif attempts a direct hit at the bowler's end but he misses. Faiq gets to the crease but a direct hit would've been curtains for him.
0.5 K Shahzad to M Faiq
0 A fine yorker at the off stump. Faiq digs it out to Shahzad.
0.4 K Shahzad to M Faiq
0 A full delivery angling down leg. Faiq moves inside the line to flick but misses as it goes down leg. The keeper dives to his left and stops it.
0.3 K Shahzad to M Akhlaq
1 Fuller than good length angling in at the pads. Akhlaq misses the flick and it hits his front pad. Appeal for LBW but that would've missed the leg stump. Umpire deems it as an inside edge and signals it as a run.
0.2 K Shahzad to M Faiq
1 First run off the bat. Shahzad bowls a length ball outside off. Faiq punches to the left of mid-on and takes the single.
0.1 K Shahzad to M Akhlaq
1lb Shahzad from over the wicket. Hard length at the leg stump. Akhlaq misses the tuck and it ricochets to point off his thigh pads. A leg-bye single has been taken.
1:04 AM IST, 12:34 AM local time: All set for the second innings to commence. Lahore Whites' revised target is 107. The powerplay will be of 3 overs. Khurram Shehzad to bowl the first over.Mohammad Akhlaqand Mohammad Faiq are the openers.