Quetta Gladiators 206 for 5 (Roy 75, Shakeel 74, Irshad 3-38) beat Peshawar Zalmi 190 for 6 (Babar 68, Ayub 42, Abrar 2-29) by 16 runs Opening batters Jason Roy and Saud Shakeel shared a beefy 157-run stand as a reshuffled Quetta Gladiators made a triumphant start in the Pakistan Super League with a 16-run…
Karachi Kings 157 for 3 (Pollard 49*, Vince 38, Wood 2-20) beat Peshawar Zalmi 154 (Babar 72, Hamza 3-28, Hasan 3-30) by seven wickets Power hitter Kieron Pollard upstaged Babar Azam‘s landmark outing in Lahore, as Karachi Kings cruised to an emphatic seven-wicket win over Peshawar Zalmi on Wednesday. Chasing 155, Pollard bludgeoned an unbeaten…
It was the first century in this PSL edition, which van der Dussen reached by pulling Luke Wood for a six over midwicket in the penultimate over. He attacked Zalmi’s quick bowlers, with Naveen-ul-Haq (2 for 50) and Wood (1 for 46) returning expensive figures.
Earlier, after being put in to bat, Zalmi was tied down in the middle overs by spinners Shadab Khan (2 for 28) and Agha Salman (1 for 25) until Babar plundered the faster bowlers. Babar reached his half-century off 39 balls and completed his fastest T20 hundred in the next 20 balls. He smashed fast…
Peshawar Zalmi 204 for 5 (Babar 64, Ayub 46, Mir 3-32) beat Multan Sultans 200 for 5 (Iftikhar 64, Rizwan 32, Jamal 2-36) by four runs Iftikhar Ahmed‘s blistering 60 off 27 balls went in vain as Peshawar Zalmi snatched a four-run victory over table-toppers Multan Sultans in the Pakistan Super League on Tuesday. Zalmi…
Peshawar Zalmi 196 for 8 (Babar 53, Hosein 4-23) beat Quetta Gladiators 120 (Shakeel 24, Shahzad 2-15, Ayub 2-20) by 76 runs Babar Azam and Saim Ayub upstaged Akeal Hosein‘s hat-trick as Peshawar Zalmi thumped Quetta Gladiators by 76 runs and booked a playoff spot in the Pakistan Super League on Friday. Gladiators’ batters fumbled…
Peshawar Zalmi 147 for 6 (Babar 51, Powell 30, Minhas 1-11) beat Karachi Kings 145 for 5 (Seifert 41, Naveen 2-22) by two runs Peshawar Zalmi successfully defended 147 to beat Karachi Kings by two runs in a nail-biter on Monday. On the last ball, Irfan Khan needed a four and fast bowler Aamer Jamal…
Islamabad United 189 for 5 (Imad 59*, Haider 52*, Ayub 2-34) beat Peshawar Zalmi 185 for 5 (Ayub 73, Haris 40, Naseem 3-30) by five wickets Imad Wasim and Haider Ali sent batting powerhouse Islamabad United to their first PSL final since 2018 with a five-wicket win over Peshawar Zalmi in the second eliminator on…
Shaheen Shah Afridi‘s one-series stint as Pakistan T20I captain is set to come to an end, with Babar Azam offered the white-ball captaincy once more. The PCB chairman Mohsin Naqvi met Babar earlier this week to make the offer. Babar, for his part, has not yet accepted the offer. The decision to strip him of…
Babar Azam has been appointed captain of the Pakistan side in white-ball cricket, the PCB announced on Sunday. As reported by ESPNcricinfo a few days ago, the announcement means Shaheen Shah Afridi‘s one-series stint as T20I captain comes to an end. “Following unanimous recommendation from the PCB’s selection committee, Chairman PCB Mohsin Naqvi has appointed…
