Shah bowls sensational 3-run last over to lift PSL debutant Hyderabad into the final

LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — Fast bowler Hunain Shah’s sensational last over against three-time champion Islamabad United earned Hyderabad Kingsmen a thrilling two-run win and a place in the Pakistan Super League final on Friday.

Islamabad needed a run a ball in the final over of the playoff, but Shah kept his nerve by executing yorkers and conceded only three runs to strand Islamabad at 184-7.

Usman Khan’s 61 not out, his third successive half-century, lifted Hyderabad to 186-5 with support from Kusal Perera's quickfire 37 off 21 balls.

Islamabad’s Chris Green (21) and Faheem Ashraf (19) brought down the target to six when the pair smashed pace bowler Mohammad Ali for 22 runs in the penultimate over.

But Shah conceded just one run from his first three deliveries. Ashraf then holed out to mid-off and Shan bowled two more yorkers to Imad Wasim and Green to deny Islamabad a victory.

“I don’t have words to describe what we’ve done today,” Hyderabad captain Marnus Labuschagne said. “It looked like we were going to win relatively comfortably and then all of a sudden it looked like it’s over (but) Hunain Shah stepped in and goes for, what, three in the last over to win the game … I’ve got goosebumps just talking about it.”

Hyderabad lost four games in a row at the beginning of its debut season, but in a remarkable turnaround the new franchise won seven of its last eight games, including two must-win playoffs against Multan Sultans and Islamabad.

Hyderabad will take on the Babar Azam-led Peshawar Zalmi in the final on Sunday.

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Hyderabad Kingsmen Kusal Perera plays a shot during the Pakistan Super League second eliminator cricket match between Hyderabad Kingsmen and Islamabad United, in Lahore, Pakistan, Friday, May 1, 2026. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)

Hyderabad Kingsmen Hunain Shah, left, celebrates after taken the wicket of Islamabad United Faheem Ashraf, right, during the Pakistan Super League second eliminator cricket match between Hyderabad Kingsmen and Islamabad United, in Lahore, Pakistan, Friday, May 1, 2026. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)

Hyderabad Kingsmen Hunain Shah, top center, celebrates with teammates after their team won the Pakistan Super League second eliminator cricket match against Islamabad United, in Lahore, Pakistan, Friday, May 1, 2026. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)

Hyderabad Kingsmen Hunain Shah celebrates after his team win the Pakistan Super League second eliminator cricket match against Islamabad United, in Lahore, Pakistan, Friday, May 1, 2026. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)

OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma is set to dissolve and be replaced with a new company operating in the public interest under the settlement of thousands of lawsuits that goes into effect Friday.

It's among the largest in a series of settlements over the toll of opioids over the past several years. It's particularly prominent because some people pin the nation's opioid epidemic to the sales efforts behind OxyContin, a powerful prescription painkiller that became available in 1996.

Here's a look at the epidemic and settlement by the numbers.

More than this many deaths in the U.S. have been connected to opioid overdose since 1999, according to federal data. The epidemic's death toll was first driven by prescription opioids, then heroin, and most recently — and most deadly — fentanyl.

The minimum money provided by the Purdue settlement. Most of it — at least $6.5 billion — is to come from members of the Sackler family who owned the company. They’ve also given up any interest in the drugmaker, which family members stopped controlling before it filed for bankruptcy in 2019. As part of the settlement, Purdue is being replaced by Knoa Pharma, with a board appointed by states and a mission to fight the opioid epidemic.

Members of the board of trustees for foundation that owns Knoa, announced Friday. They are Rahul Gupta, who directed the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy under President Joe Biden; Paul Rothman, the former CEO of Johns Hopkins School of Medicine; and David Saltzman, a co-founder of an anti-poverty philanthropy, The Robin Hood Foundation.

The estimated value of all opioid lawsuit settlements since 2019, according to analysis by Opioid Settlement Tracker. The companies that have settled suits with state and local governments and other groups include drugmakers, wholesalers, pharmacy chains and at least one consulting firm. Most of the money in the agreements is required to be used to deal with the epidemic.

How many years the Purdue settlement money will be provided over. The biggest amounts will come early in that period.

The number of individuals charged with crimes as part of the U.S. Department of Justice probe into Purdue that resulted in a guilty plea by the company.

Number of U.S. Supreme Court justices, out of nine, who ruled in 2024 to reject an earlier version of Purdue's settlement. They found that members of the Sackler family would have improperly received personal protection from lawsuits through the corporate bankruptcy process. Under the final deal, groups that reject payments can still sue members of the family.

The amount members of the Sackler family received in payouts from Purdue from 2008 to 2018, according to a 2019 audit. They have not received distributions since then. Nearly half that money went to taxes the Sacklers paid on behalf of the company. A congressional committee report in 2021 estimated that the family members had a total net worth of $11 billion at the time.

The number of company documents to be made public as part of the Purdue settlement. Like other opioid industry documents, they're to be maintained by the University of California San Francisco and Johns Hopkins University.

The approximate expected maximum payout to individuals — or their survivors — who can show they were harmed by Purdue opioids that were prescribed to them. The other major industry settlements don't include any individual payments to victims.

FILE - Pills spill in an arrangement photo of prescription Oxycodone in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

People hold a sign with the names of victims of the opioid crisis while rallying outside of a courthouse in Newark, N.J., Tuesday, April 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Tanny Austin cries while looking at tombstones with the names of victims of the opioid crisis, including her son Sean Austin, during a rally outside of a courthouse in Newark, N.J., Tuesday, April 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)