Summary Afridi-led Peshawar Zalmi beat Misbah's Islamabad United by 24 runs.
DUBAI: (Dunya News) - Peshawar Zalmi chose to bat in the third match of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) T20 as skipper Shahid Afridi won the toss, reported Dunya News.
According to the details, the third match of PSL T20 was played in Dubai International Cricket Stadium between Peshawar Zalmi and Islamabad United. Peshawar Zalmi had won the toss and chose to bat.
Peshawar Zalmi made a confident start, but were losing wickets which hurt their pace. Tamim Iqbal played the part of the anchor and kept his cool while other batsmen kept losing their wickets in regular intervals. He made 51 runs off 51 balls. In the end, Zalmi finished with a competitive total of 145 runs with a loss of 7 wickets.
Islambad United repeated their performance of previous match by losing quick wickets in short intervals. Excellent bowling by Zalmi pacers never let them breathe easily. Wahab took 3 wickets while Tait took 2. In the end, Zalmi clinched an easy victory by 24 runs.
A 150-member delegation of the children of Army Public School were also present in the stadium supporting their team Peshawar Zalmi.
Highlights
Islamabad United Innings
Overs 20: Islamabad United disappointing run ends at last at 121 for the loss of 9 wickets.
Overs 18.1: Akmal under arms the throw at the wicket as Khalid tries to steal a bye. Umer Khalid run out. United at 110/9.
Overs 16.3: Wahab on hat-trick. Billings also went for a big hit but instead gave a catch at the boundry. United at 103/8.
Overs 16.2: Wahab Riaz takes it again. Russel went for a big hit but instead got caught at the boundry. United at 103/7.
Overs 16: Billings and Russel start the rescue mission. A sixer and a four in last over to Junaid Khan takes United to 103/6.
Overs 12.3: Ashar Zaidi fails to give support to the tumbling United batting, catch behind off Shaun Tait s bowling. United at 70/6.
Overs 10.5: MISBAH goes!!! Muhammad Asghar takes away another gem from Islamabad United. United at 66/5.
Overs 8.4: Wahab takes Watson. Watson who was not looking confident before Wahab finally hits one straight into Hafeez s hands who makes no mistake at the Point. United at 55/4.
Overs 5.4: United lost another one, Umer Amin loses wicket to Muhammad Asghar. United following in footsteps of the last match. United at 37/3
Overs 3.3: Babar Azam finally caught after wasting 8 balls with no run. United 30/2
Overs 3: Initial wicket forces United on the back foot. Watson putting runs to the innings with confident batting. United at 27/1.
Overs 0.5: Shaun Tait clean bowled Sharjeel Khan. United bears first loss of the innings in first over. United at 9/1
Peshawar Zalmi Innings
Overs 20: United bowlers reduced Zlami to a decent total. Zalmi finishes at 145/7.
Overs 18.2: Tamim Iqbal caught by Watson, Russel on hat-trick. Zalmi at 125/6
Overs 18.1: Afridi falls for it, goes for a six but could not connect well, caught and bowled by Russel. Zalmi 125/5.
Overs 17: Shahid Afridi paces the innings for Peshawar Zalmi, Zalmi moving towards making a decent total. Zalmi at 119/4.
Overs 14.1: Peshawar Zalmi lost its fourth wicket as Shahid Yousuf gave his wicket away off Russel s bowling. Afridi comes in. Zalmi at 88/4.
Overs 10: Peshawar Zalmi steadily moving towards making a big total. Zalmi at 58/3.
Overs 7.5: Kamran Akmal initially looked confident against Ajmal but Ajmal got the better of him finally. Zalmi at 43/3.
Overs 5.2: Dawid Malan gave a soft catch to Watson off Ruman Raees s ball, Zalmi that started in pace looks careful now. Zalmi at 22/2.
Overs 1.5: Hafeez started the innings with confidence but soon lost his wicket by giving away a catch behind the wicket off Sam Billings bowling, Zalmi at 18/1.
Team Squads
PESHAWAR ZALMI Head coach – Mohammad Akram
- Shahid Afridi (Pakistan, Platinum)
- Wahab Riaz (Pakistan, Platinum)
- Darren Sammy (West Indies, Platinum)
- Kamran Akmal (Pakistan, Diamond)
- Mohammad Hafeez (Pakistan, Diamond)
- Chris Jordan (England, Diamond)
- Tamim Iqbal (Bangladesh, Gold)
- Junaid Khan (Pakistan, Gold)
- James Allenby (Australia, Gold)
- Aamir Yamin (Pakistan, Silver)
- Dawid Malan (England, Silver)
- Imran Khan Jr. (Pakistan, Silver)
- Shahid Yousuf (Pakistan, Silver)
- Abdur Rehman (Pakistan, Silver)
- Musaddiq Ahmed Ali (Pakistan, Emerging)
- Hasan Ali (Pakistan, Emerging)
- Mohammad Asghar (Pakistan, Supplementary)
- Brad Hodge (Australia, Supplementary)
- Israrullah (Pakistan, Supplementary)
- Taj Wali (Pakistan, Supplementary)
ISLAMABAD UNITEDHead coach - Dean Jones
- Misbah-ul-Haq (Pakistan, Platinum)
- Andre Russell (West Indies, Platinum)
- Shane Watson (Australia, Platinum)
- Samuel Badree (West Indies, Diamond)
- Mohammad Irfan (Pakistan, Diamond)
- Brad Haddin (Australia, Diamond)
- Sharjeel Khan (Pakistan, Gold)
- Mohammad Sami (Pakistan, Gold)
- Khalid Latif (Pakistan, Gold)
- Babar Azam (Pakistan, Silver)
- Imran Khalid (Pakistan, Silver)
- Kamran Ghulam (Pakistan, Silver)
- Umar Amin (Pakistan, Silver)
- Sam Billings (England, Silver)
- Ruman Raees (Pakistan, Emerging)
- Amad Butt (Pakistan, Emerging)
- Ashar Zaidi (England, Supplementary)
- Saeed Ajmal (Pakistan, Supplementary)
- Hussain Talat (Pakistan, Supplementary)
- Umar Siddiq (Pakistan, Supplementary)
