IU 115/1 in 14.2 Overs | Live Cricket Score, Pakistan Super League (PSL) 2016, Islamabad United vs Karachi Kings, 2nd Qualifying Final at Dubai: Islamabad United win by 9 wickets

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Good Evening! Hello and Welcome to Cricket Country’s live coverage of 2nd Qualifying Final of the 2016 Pakistan Super League (PSL) between  Islamabad United and Karachi Kings at Dubai on Saturday. This is the second knock-out game of the tournament as the winner of this game will advance to the third qualifying final of the tournament. This is a crucial game for both the teams as they have toiled really hard in the league stages to sculpt a spot in qualifying finals coming in at No.3 and No.4. Both teams have faced each other twice in the league stages, only to see Islamabad United have 2-0 led over Karachi Kings. LIVE CRICKET SCORECARD: Islamabad United vs Karachi Kings, 2nd Qualifier at Dubai

Live cricket score Islamabad United 115/1 | Overs 14.2 | Target: 112| Batting: Dwayne Smith 50(48), Brad Haddin 52(29): FOUR! and that it Islamabad United wins the match comfortably by 9 wickets. Dwayne Smith also completes his fifty while hitting the winning run. But it was Brad Haddin who boosted their innings by smashing 52 off just 29 balls, including 3 huge sixes and 4 boundaries. With this Islamabad United qualifies to play in the 3rd Qualifying final.

Live cricket score Islamabad United 99/1 | Overs 12 | Target: 112| Batting: Dwayne Smith 42(38), Brad Haddin 45(22) :Ravi Bopara into his second over, gives away just 5 runs as compared to 14 in his last. Another huge over back to back as Usama Mir goes for 13 runs, with Brad Haddin nearing a fifty of 22 balls.

Live cricket score Islamabad United 81/1 | Overs 10 | Target: 112| Batting: Dwayne Smith 37(33), Brad Haddin 34(14) :Ravi Bopara into the attack and gets cracked for 3 boundaries in the over as Dwayne Smith and Brad Haddin looking to finish the match in a few overs.  18 runs coming form the ninth over. Another SIX! big over for Islamabad United, lovely hitting from Haddin. SIX! Brad Haddin gets his first six of the innings, coming down the track and hitting Imad Wasim cleanly.

Live cricket score Islamabad United 49/1 | Overs 8 | Target: 112| Batting: Dwayne Smith 26(28), Brad Haddin 13(10) : FOUR! Haddin smacks a boundary in the 5th ball. Usama Mir to bowl his first over, another spinner into the attack. Good over for Kings, gives just 4 runs.Imad Wasim to bowl his second over.  FOUR! final ball of the over destroys an impressive 6th over, 7 coming from it. Mohammad Aamer to continue his third over, surely the captain is looking for wickets. Smith has looked in agressive form so far stirking cleanly to all parts fo the ground. Imad Wasim come to bowl and gets treated with a massive six by Dwayne Smith.

Live cricket score Islamabad United 18/1 | Overs 3.3 | Target: 112| Batting: Dwayne Smith 9(11), Brad Haddin: OUT!! Sharjeel goes trying to hit Sohail off the pads, on to give a catch at mid-wicket. Sharjeel looking good after settling down, hitting Sohail Khan for a four first ball of the 4th over. Good third over for Kings giving just 5 runs. Aamer is bowling really quick, clocking speed upto 143kmph. FOUR! Mohammad Aamer gets punished for giving room as Sharjeel Khan gets to his first boundary.

Live cricket score Islamabad United 9/0 | Overs 2 | Target: 112| Batting: Dwayne Smith 9(11), Sharjeel Khan (1): Excellent over  for Islamabad United  yielding 8 runs as Smith gets two  boundaries. Smith continues with his hit and miss play. Sohail Khan to open the bowling from the other end. Mohammad Aamer bowled a superb first over giving away just 1 run. Dwayne Smith could only manage to play and miss most of the deliveries as did Sharjeel Khan. Islamabad United will want to take it slow and build partnerships to win the match.

Live cricket score Karachi Kings 111/9 | Overs 20| Batting: Mohammad Aamer 5 (5): Mohammad Sami was on fire today as he finishes with figures of 5 for 8 in his four overs. Bopara and ten Doeschate did put up some fight, but it was short-lived as United manage to restrict the Kings to a low score. United will back themselves to chase this down.

Live cricket score Karachi Kings 87/4 | Overs 16| Batting: Ravi Bopara 37 (35), Ryan ten Doeschate 15 (20):  Kings have recovered a bit but they will look to accelerate in the remaining overs. If they manage to reach a score close to 120, their bowlers will have something to bowl to.

Live cricket score Karachi Kings 51/4 | Overs 12| Batting: Ravi Bopara 18 (21), Ryan ten Doeschate 3 (10): Kings are further in trouble as they have lost the wicket of Ahmed as well. It is now up to the new skipper Bopara to get his side to a decent score. United will be happy with the way things have gone so far. OUT! Iftikhar Ahmed c Russell b Badree 8 (14)

Live cricket score Karachi Kings 35/3 | Overs 7| Batting:Ravi Bopara 5 (6), Iftikhar Ahmed 6 (9): The Kings are losing their way  a bit as they have lost three crucial wickets inside the powerplay overs. United will be extremely happy with the start and will also look to either bowl the Kings out soon or restrict them to a low score. OUT! Riki Wessels b Sami 1 (5), Lendl Simmons c & b Russell 19 (18), Shoaib Malik c Haddin b Irfan 0 (4)

Live cricket score Karachi Kings 2/0 | Overs 2| Batting: Lendl Simmons 0 (9), Rikki Wessels 1 (3): United make an excellent start as they start things off with a maiden and the second over from Mohammad Irfan is a good one as well. Simmons and Wessels playing with caution early on in the innings.

TOSS: Islamabad United have won the toss and have elected to bowl first

Both Islamabad United and Karachi Kings go into this match having mixed emotion on confidence, United won their last match whereas Kings lost their match by similar margin of 5 wickets. Islamabad defeated Lahore Qalandars chasing down 150 in 19 overs, after a 19 ball 38 from skipper Misbah-ul_haq. Karachi on the other hand failed to defend 152 runs against Peshawar Zalmi, where Brad Hodge scored a remarkable 45 ball 85. Karachi Kings will see Ravi Bopara take over as skipper as Shoaib Malik having had resigned from his position. Islamabad United on the hand will the services of Shane Watson who is ruled out due to an injury.  The winner of this match will take on the losing team from the Qualifier No.1 in an final attempt to book a place in the finals. Seeing how qualifier 1 panned out it will be another cracking of a qualifier indeed.