Highlights: Lahore Lions Lose to Perth Scorchers, Chennai Super Kings in Semis

Mitchell Marsh is named the Man of the Match for his match-winning knock along with the two wickets he had picked up in the first innings. The next game is a dead rubber between Barbados Tridents and Northern Knights. Switch over to the coverage of that game in a bit.

Just when you thought that Lions would pack the Scorchers up inside 79, skipper Marsh and Hogg got together and played some watchful cricket. They then started hitting the spinners as well as Riaz and finished the game off with six balls to spare. Hogg showed his experience while Marsh showed his talent once again.

It was a complete swan-song, this innings. Lahore Lions needed to restrict Lions under 79 runs to qualify for the semis. They looked en route for that as they picked up early wickets at regular intervals. The spinners applied the brakes on the scoring and the Scorchers top order were left clueless against the turning ball.

SIX! That's a maximum to finish the game, clean as a whistle! Pitched up outside off, Marsh sends this packing over long off with another straight bat six. Second time in the tournament that he has finished a game off victoriously with two back to back sixes.

SIX! That is a mighty! Fullish on middle, Marsh gets under this one with a straight bat and effortlessly lofts the ball deep over long on. The scores are level.

Fullish outsie off stump, driven away hard through cover for a single.

SIX! Hogg has laid into this one! Short but slow on off, Hogg rocks back and pulls the ball disdainfully over the mid-wicket fence, his second six.

Pitched up around off stump, driven away straight to extra cover.

WIDE! A slow bouncer, outside off and quite high too. Hogg calmly allows the ball through. It's a wide for sure.

Yorker outside off, driven down to long off for a single.

Fifth T20 fifty for Mitchell Marsh.

Tossed up on middle, Marsh blasts the ball straight back and Nasim takes a stinger on his hand. The ball goes down the ground and a single is taken. Marsh has got to a well-deserved half century.

Slightly short outside off, Hogg attempts a cut but mistimes the ball down to long off for a run.

Flat outside off, punched sweetly to deep cover for a single.

Tossed up well outside off, Marsh mistimes his drive to cover.

WIDE! Fired down the leg side, Marsh misses the sweep and Akmal fumbles. Hogg thought there was a run there and was half way down. He turns around and dives full stretch. Is in easily in the end!

1000 T20 runs for Mitchell Marsh.

SIX! That's a destructive blow! A long hop on middle and off, Marsh positions himself beautifully and clatters the ball handsomely over the mid-wicket fence for a flat six.

FOUR! Hammered! Shortish on off, Marsh rocks back and clobbers the ball with a pull to the mid-wicket fence.

Nasim back on.

Tight length delivery on middle, knocked away to mid-wicket.

Good length delivery on middle, punched away to long on for a single.

FOUR! Sliced in the air but it's put down! Fullish outside off, Marsh drives the ball by opening the face of his bat. The ball goes aerially to deep cover where the fielder runs in to take the catch but fumbles. The ball goes to the fence.

Marsh gets a bottom edge! The keeper gathers it on the bounce.

Fullish outside off, driven down to long on for a single.

Shortish outside off, Hogg looks to cut but is beaten.

Shortish off spinner on midde, defended off the back foot.

Flighted on middle, turned away to mid-wicket.

Hogg dances out, stands still and cuts this short one through point for a single.

On the pads, tucked away to square leg for a single.

FOUR! Crashed! Floated up outside off stump, driven clinically through cover for a boundary.

Hogg steps down the track and knocks the ball down to mid-wicket for a single.

Tight length delivery on off, defended off the inside edge from within the crease.

Pitched up on middle, driven down to long on for a single.

Fullish outside off, Hogg looks to drive but is beaten.

Back of a length on the hips, worked away to the mid-wicket region for a single.

Back of a length on off stump, dropped away to the off side.

Fullish on middle, worked away to mid-wicket.

Wahab Riaz to bowl his first over!

SIX! Hogg has knocked Lahore Lions out of the tournament! Chennai make it through to the semis! Flighted on middle, Hogg advances and lofts the ball handsomely over long on for a maximum.

FOUR! That's very smart! Shortish outside off, Hogg waits on the back foot, lets the ball pass him and then plays a lovely late cut past backward point for a boundary. The hopes are fading now for the Lions.

Full and quick on the pads, worked away through square leg for a single.

Marsh dances out and defends the ball to mid-wicket.

Shortish outside off stump, Hogg rocks back and cuts to deep point for a single.

FOUR! Brad Hogg, you beauty! Floated outside off, Hogg charges out, makes some room and goes with the spin, inside out over cover for four. Important runs there!

Rasool back on to bowl.

Flat leg spinner on middle, nudged away past short leg for a single.

Very good work by the short leg fielder! Hogg turns this to short leg and Siddiq flicks the ball back quickly towards the stumps. The ball hits the stumps directly but Hogg had come in by then.

Flighted outside off, Hogg goes for the cut but misses.

Defended straight to point.

Flighted on off stump, driven down to long on for a single.

Brad Hogg walks in to bat.

OUT! There is a run out just as this partnership was building! Flighted outside off, pushed to the right of Cheema at backward point. Marsh hurries across for the single but Arafat was skeptical. He runs late and the throw comes in to Nasim who gathers the ball and takes the bails off. This is an important wicket against the run of play.

FOUR! On the other side of the field now! Full toss on the pads, flicked right off the meat through mid-wicket for a boundary.

FOUR! Crunching timing! Flighted outside off, Marsh gets his bat down nicely and times his drive with perfection through extra cover for a boundary.

Tossed up just outside off, Arafat drives neatly down to long off for a single.

Floated delivery around off, Arafat leans forward and blocks.

Floated up on middle and leg, driven hard down the ground for a single.

Tossed up outside off, Marsh gets forward and drives wide of long off for a couple.

Iqbal called back on to bowl.

Flighted outside off, driven very hard to deep cover for a single.

Thrown up around off, driven just past the bowler for a single to long off. He should have stopped that.

Flighted outside off, Arafat rocks back to cut but mistimes it to backward point.

Floated up outside off, driven off the outside half of the bat through point for a single.

FOUR! Smacked! A long hop that turns away and doesn't get up much. However, Marsh has enough time to rock back and see the ball. He pulls past mid on and finds the mid-wicket fence.

Tossed up on middle, spins a mile and goes past the outside edge of Marsh's bat.

Flighted on off, Arafat gets forward and turns the ball slightly uppishly, just short of deepish short leg. Hafeez isn't happy, feels that the fielder should have been closer to the pitch.

This one skids through and Arafat punches late. The ball hits the toe-end and goes on to hit his pads.

Flat and quick around off, spins in and Arafat plays pack riskily. He pushes the ball to cover.

Flat and spinning in towards the pads, hits them as Arafat fails to flick.

Tossed up outside off, Arafat bends forward and blocks to point.

Flighted on middle and leg, clipped away to deep mid-wicket for a single.

Flighted on off, Arafat gets well forward and drives straight back to Nasim.

Floated up around off, Marsh drives down to long off for a single.

Tossed up outside off, driven with some power through cover. There was a chance to get two but they settle for one.

Tossed up around off, Arafat leans forward and defends to cover.

Yasir Arafat, a Pakistani himself comes out to bat.

OUT! Smart bowling by Nasim, he has got Cartwright stumped! The batsman charges out to a teasing flighted one on middle. The ball lands and spins away sharply to go well past the bat. Akmal does no mistake with his gloves, waits like a hawk, collects the ball and whips the bails off in a flash.

Flat leggie on middle, worked away through mid-wicket for a single.

More spin, Saad Nasim brought into the attack.

Marsh stays back and punches through mid-wicket for a single.

Floated up on middle, turned away to mid-wicket.

Flighted slider on off stump, Marsh gets forward to defend but plays down the wrong line, for the spin. The ball hits the back leg and Hafeez appeals strongly. This impact was just outside the line of off stump.

Quick off spinner on middle, Marsh flicks but late and the ball goes on the bounce to leg slip.

FOUR! Marsh is off the mark with a boundary! Flat off spinner on middle and leg, Marsh rocks back and clips the ball with supreme timing through square leg for four.

Scorchers skipper, Mitchell Marsh comes out to bat.

OUT! The procession of wickets continues! Agar has been done in here! Hafeez flights the ball slowly and Agar backs away to cut the ball, one of his favourite shots against spinners. The ball skids through and goes under the bat to part the stumps. Hafeez leaps with joy, half of Scorchers batting line up has been mopped by the Lions.

A bit short outside off, cut away through point for a single.

Floated delivery on off stump, defended to silly point.

FOUR! Crunched! Flighted outside off stump, Agar gets forward with huge back lift and slaps the ball through cover for a boundary. Will that ease the pressure? Not sure, they still can't play spin well.

Flighted around off, defended slightly uppishly past silly point's dive to the covers. Cartwright is way down the track from the non-striker's end. The throw comes in but doesn't find the stumps.

Tossed up on middle, driven down to long on for a single.

Flighted on middle, Cartwright uses his feet to flick but the ball spins in and hits his pads.

Adnan Rasool into the attack. More test against spin for the Scorchers.

Shortish on off, Agar rocks back and punches hard but not in the gap, straight to cover. Just one off this over!

Flat slider on middle and leg, Agar backs away to cut but ends up mistiming the ball to cover.

Cartwright is very lucky here! Floated up on off, Cartwright looks to use his feet and then flick. He gets an inside edge on to his pads. The ball dies down on the crease. Akmal comes forward, takes the ball and back flicks it past the stumps. A single is taken thereafter.

Flat and spinning in towards the pads, Cartwright misses the flick yet again. They just can't play spin.

Tossed up on middle and leg, Cartwright misses his attempt to flick. He is hit on the pads once again.

Flighted on middle, Cartwright hands back to clip the ball but it spins in and hits his pads.

Hafeez brings himself back on.

Tossed up on off, driven back to Iqbal who makes a half stop and hurries Cartwright back inside the line at the non-striker's end.

Out comes Ashton Agar to bat.

OUT! Right through the gates, Iqbal has his second win! Flighted on off, Bancroft looks to flick the ball through the leg side, expecting the ball to spin away. The ball goes on with the arm, through bat and pad and finds the stumps. Perth Scorchers are messing up the chase and giving lots of hopes to the Lions who need to bowl them out before 79 runs.

Flighted just outside off, Bancroft charges out but defends softly to the off side.

Floated up on off, worked away through mid-wicket for another couple of runs.

Tossed up outside off, Bancroft looks to drive but gets the ball off the outside edge past short third man for a couple.

Hilton Cartwright is the new batsman at the crease.

OUT! One more bites the dust, bad intentions from Turner! Iqbal flights the ball outside off stump, Turner looks to hoick the ball over the leg side and gets it high up in the air off the outside half of his bat. The ball goes up towards cover, Riaz runs to his left and takes a very good catch, he is pumped up. Lions claw further into the middle order.

Fullish off cutter on off, Bancroft sits back and defends straight back to Cheema.

FOUR! Well, if you bowl short to Western Australians, they will crack the ball! Banged in short on middle and leg, pulled away to the long leg fence. These batsmen are mostly brought up at the WACA, in Perth.

WIDE! Shortish and down the leg side, it's a wide.

FOUR! Just over the umpire's head! Bancroft blasts a full delivery straight back to the fence, down the ground. The bat turned in his hand on impact but the direction was good.

Length delivery on middle and leg, worked away through mid-wicket for a single.

Sweetly punched! Back of a length outside off, Bancroft stays back and punches through cover-point. The ball is pulled back just inside the ropes and three runs are taken.

Fullish outside off stump, Bancroft tries to drive without any footwork but misses.

Slightly short outside off, punched away to backward point.

Flat and quick on off stump, Bancroft looks to punch but gets beaten.

Tossed up on middle and leg, flicked away wide of mid on for a single.

Flat on middle, punched away wide of mid on for a single.

Flighted slowly around off, pushed away to cover.

Tossed up on off stump, driven down to long off for a single.

Mustafa Iqbal has been handed the ball, Hafeez takes himself off.

FOUR! Well placed! Shortish outside off, Bancroft sticks back and punches off the bottom part of his bat through cover for a boundary.

Length delivery outside off, punched away from the crease to point.

Ashton Turner walks to the centre.

OUT! In the air and Whiteman is gone, much to the happiness of the Lions players! Back of a length on middle and leg, Whiteman looks to clip the ball through mid-wicket but gets a nasty leading edge that lobs away to Raza at mid on. Perth Scorchers are in some early trouble. A small ray of hope arises among the Lions boys and Chennai will be biting their nails too.

Pitched up outside off, Bancroft goes for a drive but edges the ball past second slip to third man for a single.

Back of a length outside off, Bancroft looks to run the ball down to third man but is beaten.

Back of a length around off stump, dabbed down to cover-point.

Aizaz Cheema to share the new ball.

Hafeez has a word with the umpire, he is seemingly unhappy. The first dismissal was off the pad which was given out but the second one was off the bat. Two mistakes by the umpire in this over.

Flat and quick on middle, Whiteman charges out to flick but is hit on his pads.

Flat outside off, cut away to cover-point.

This is strange! NOT OUT! Hafeez slants a flat delivery on middle, Whiteman seems to have got an inside edge away to short leg where Siddiq takes another catch. The Lions fielders go up immediately and very confidently. The umpire goes to the Billy Bowden, the square leg umpire which is strange in itself. Bowden isn't sure either, Rod Tucker the main umpire says that he hasn't seen it clearly. No referral to the third umpire. Replays show that this was clearly off the bat. This is very rough on the Lions. Seems like Hafeez came right in front of the umpire's eyeline on his follow-through.

An appeal straightaway for a catch, the Lions go up and the umpire goes to the square leg umpire to have a word, this is strange, why is he doing this?

In walks Sam Whiteman to bat at number three. Now, there is a silly point as well.

OUT! Hafeez strikes, Simmons goes for a golden duck! Flighted on middle, Simmons looks to work this into the leg side and gets an inside edge on to his pads. The ball then goes to a deepish short leg who is placed in this attacking field set by Hafeez. The catch is easily taken by Siddiq and Lions strikes early. Simmons doesn't look happy with the decision.

Flat on middle, nudged away through square leg for a single.

Flat around off, Bancroft goes to pull but toe-ends the ball to the off side.

Back for the chase! Perth need a meager 125 runs to win and they should do easily. Cameron Bancroft and Craig Simmons are out in the middle. It will be Mohammad Hafeez with the new ball.