PSZ beat QTG: Hussain alat’s half-century and stand-in captain Shoaib Malik’s unbeaten 48 ensured that Peshawar Zalmi began their campaign with a thrilling five-wicket win over the Quetta Gladiators on Friday. Chasing 191 to win, Talat and Malik put on a fine partnership before the latter finished the job, hitting James Faulkner for 22 runs in the penultimate over to swing the case. Earlier in the day, Will Smeed had scored a fine 97 to guide Quetta to 190, in a 155-run stand with Ahsan Ali, who made 75. Follow PSL 2022 Live Updates on InsideSport.IN.
PSZ beat QTG: Shoaib Malik, Hussain Talat star as Peshawar Zalmi overpower Quetta Gladiators despite Smeed 97
PSZ beat QTG: Hussain’s 52 at a blistering strike rate of just under 180 set the platform for Zalmi to overhaul the daunting target of 191 with two balls spare. The left-hander struck five fours and two sixes, before Shoaib, who made unbeaten 48 off 32, finished the job in the last over. The experienced all-rounder struck four sixes and a four. He set the match for his side by smashing James Faulkner for two sixes and a four in the last three balls of the penultimate over
“𝙈𝙮 𝙜𝙤𝙖𝙡 𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙨𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙟𝙤𝙗 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙄’𝙢 𝙜𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙙𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩”@realshoaibmalik stands true to his words. @PeshawarZalmi emerge victorious. #HBLPSL7 l #LevelHai l #QGvPZ pic.twitter.com/ZoiiePYen1
— PakistanSuperLeague (@thePSLt20) January 28, 2022
PSZ beat QTG: Shoaib Malik, Hussain Talat star as Peshawar Zalmi overpower Quetta Gladiators despite Smeed 97
Peshawar Zalmi innings – 191/5 (19.4 ov)
| Batsmen | R | B | 4S | 6S | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Kohler-Cadmore | 22 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 137.50 | |
| Yasir Khan | 30 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 250.00 | |
| Haider Ali (WK) | 19 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 90.48 | |
| Shoaib Malik (C) | 48 | 32 | 1 | 4 | 150.00 | |
| Hussain Talat | 52 | 29 | 5 | 2 | 179.31 | |
| Sherfane Rutherford | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 122.22 | |
| Ben Cutting | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Extra | 9 (b 0, w 3, nb 1, lb 5) | |||||
| Total | 191/5 (19.4) | |||||
| Yet To Bat | Sohail Khan, Sameen Gul, Usman Qadir, Patrick Brown | |||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sohail Tanvir | 2 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 9.00 |
| Mohammad Hasnain | 2 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 12.00 |
| Mohammad Nawaz | 4 | 0 | 44 | 3 | 11.00 |
| James Faulkner | 4 | 0 | 41 | 1 | 10.25 |
| Naseem Shah | 3.4 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 5.18 |
| Ashir Qureshi | 3 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 10.00 |
| Iftikhar Ahmed | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10.00 |
| Fall Of Wickets | FOW | Over |
|---|---|---|
| Yasir Khan | 1-43 | 3.3 |
| T Kohler-Cadmore | 2-62 | 5.6 |
| Haider Ali | 3-77 | 8.2 |
| Hussain Talat | 4-158 | 16.5 |
| Sherfane Rutherford | 5-187 | 19.1 |
| Batsmen | R | B | 4S | 6S | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ahsan Ali | 73 | 46 | 8 | 3 | 158.70 | |
| Will Smeed | 97 | 62 | 11 | 4 | 156.45 | |
| Ben Duckett | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Iftikhar Ahmed | 8 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 100.00 | |
| Mohammad Nawaz | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 250.00 | |
| Extra | 7 (b 0, w 3, nb 1, lb 3) | |||||
| Total | 190/4 (20) | |||||
| Yet To Bat | S Ahmed, JP Faulkner, Sohail Tanvir, M Hasnain, Naseem Shah, Ashir Qureshi | |||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sameen Gul | 4 | 0 | 41 | 2 | 10.25 |
| Sohail Khan | 4 | 0 | 51 | 0 | 12.75 |
| Patrick Brown | 4 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 8.50 |
| Usman Qadir | 4 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 5.00 |
| Ben Cutting | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 12.00 |
| Shoaib Malik | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8.00 |
| Hussain Talat | 2 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 10.50 |
| Fall Of Wickets | FOW | Over |
|---|---|---|
| Ahsan Ali | 1-155 | 15.3 |
| BM Duckett | 2-156 | 15.6 |
| Iftikhar Ahmed | 3-180 | 19.1 |
| Will Smeed | 4-190 | 19.6 |
PSZ beat QTG: Usman Qadir was outstanding with the ball, delivering 14 dots in his four overs. After getting smashed for 14 in his first over, Usman’s last three overs added only six runs to Gladiators’ total. He broke Gladiators’ dangerous opening stand in the 16th over as he accounted for Ahsan Ali and Ben Duckett in the same over.
PSZ beat QTG: Shoaib Malik, Hussain Talat star as Peshawar Zalmi overpower Quetta Gladiators despite Smeed 97
This was Zalmi’s 10th win over Gladiators in the 19 matches these two sides have played in the tournament.
Scores in brief:
Quetta Gladiators 190-4, 20 overs (Will Smeed 97, Ahsan Ali 73; Usman Qadir 2-20, Sameen Gul 2-41)
Peshawar Zalmi 191-5, 19.4 overs (Hussain Talat 52, Shoaib Malik 48 not out, Yasir Khan 30; Mohammad 3-44)
PSZ beat QTG: Shoaib Malik, Hussain Talat star as Peshawar Zalmi overpower Quetta Gladiators despite Smeed 97
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