Zalmi: 6-0 (1 Over)
Zalmi: (Wide) 4-0 (0.5 Over)
Zalmi: 3-0 (0.5 Over)
Peshawar Zalmi batting: Muhammad Hafeez and Kamran Akmal up as openers. Anwar Ali with ball for first over.
Target: 134
All Gladiators gone for 133.
A hat-trick by Wahab Riaz. Another gone. ANwar gone on Wahab’s ball.
Another gone by Wahab. A run out. 133-9 (19.2 Overs)
Shan Tait caught the hit by Elliot on the first ball of the over. 133-8 (19.1 Overs)
Last over by Wahab Riaz
Over is up. 133-7 (19 Overs)
A four hit by Anwar. 133-7 (18.4 Overs)
Gladiators: 128-7 (18.1 Overs)
A wide delivery by Tait.
Tait on ball again.
Another gone. Mc Cullum’s hit gone by Hafeez on the ball of Wahab. 126-7 (18 Overs)
Mc Cullum on bat.
Gladiators: 126-6 (17.4 Overs)
Bouncer by Wahab Riaz.
Gladiators: 125-6 (17.2 Overs)
Wahab on Ball.
Nawaz hit a high but caught by Wahab. Gone on 20 runs off 18 balls. 122-6 (16.5 overs)
Nawaz on bat. against the tough deliveries of Tait
Double run. 122-5 (16.3 Overs)
Gladiators: 120-5 (16.2 Overs)
Tait on ball.
Gladiators: 119-5 (16 overs)
Gladiators: 118-5 (15.5 Overs)
Mighty six by Nawaz on Hassan’s ball. 117-5 (15.4 Overs)
Hassan on ball again.
Gladiators: 111-5 (15 Overs)
Catch missed by Hassan.
A careful 4 by Nawaz. 110-5 (14.2 Overs)
Another gone. Peterson gone on 53 (38 balls) on the delivery by Tait and catch by Hassan
A mighty six by Nawaz taking score to 106. 106-4 (14 Overs)
100-4 (13.5 Overs)
Amazing fielding by Dawid stopping the 4
Gladiators: 97-4 (13.3 Overs)
Wahab Riaz on for ball. 96-4 (13.1 Overs)
Nawaz on pitch. 96-4 (13 Overs)
Another wicket taken easily by Afridi. Sarfraz gone on zero.
Petersen’s 50 on 54 balls
Gladiators: Great hit by Sarfraz for a four – 95-3 (12.2 Overs) Afridi’s Over
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Magnificent fielding, Sangakara’s shot caught by Zalmi warrior (Sangakara 38 on 29 balls)
90-2 (11.5 Overs)
Another mighty sixer 87-2 (11.3 over)
Catch a crore: A man catches the six from the audience 81-2 (11.2 Overs)
Gladiators: 75-2 (11.1 Overs) Sammy’s over
Straight drive by Petersen and a single. 73-2 (11 Overs)
Two wonderful 4s by Sangakara taking score to 71-2 (10.3 Overs)
Afridi’s Over is up again
Over’s up. 10 Over: 63-2
Gladiators: 63-2 (9.4 Overs)
Partnership of 50 on 38 deliveries
Sammy again for bolwing 59-2 (9.1 Overs)
Gladiators: 58-2 (9 Overs)
LBW appeal by Afridi rejected by the umpire 58-2 (8.5 Overs)
Afridi’s Over again
Another 4 by Sangakara 53-2 (8 Overs)
Gladiators: 49-2 (7.4 Overs) Sammy’s Over
Gladiators: 45-2 (7 overs)
Another 4 by Kumar Sangakara. 41-2 (6.3 Overs) Afridi’s over
Three boundaries by Kumar Sangakara in the 5th over taking score to 35. 35-2 (6 Overs)
Gladiators: 31-2 (5.4 Overs)
DUBAI – Quetta Gladiators and Peshawar Zalmi, the two teams who remained number one and two teams in first round of PSL, will today (Friday) fight each other in the first playoff of Pakistan Super League at Dubai International Cricket Stadium, to qualify for the final match.
The winner will directly reach finals while the losing side will get a chance to play against the winner of second playoff, which will be played between Islamabad and Karachi on Saturday.
In case of victory the team will avoid elimination at the T20 league and face off the winner of first playoff in the finals.
Peshawar Zalmi have won the toss and have opted to field
On the other hand, the Gladiators will be looking up to their seasoned campaigners – Kevin Pietersen, Kumar Sangakkara, Sarfraz Ahmed and Grant Elliott, to try and weave their magic on the field today. They also have some very experienced Pakistani players in the form of Umar Gul, Aizaz Cheema and Zulfiqar Babar. Should be a cracker of a game. The toss and the teams are not far away. Stay tuned…
Both teams won six out of their eight league matches, with both teams winning one and losing one in their head-to-head contests. Peshawar will be without their star batsman, Tamim Iqbal, who has left to prepare for the Asia Cup in his home country. However, Shahid Afridi’s men have found a suitable replacement in the form of Brad Hodge, who smashed an unbeaten 45-ball 85 in Peshawar’s last league game. There were a lot of big names missing from their final league game. Riaz, Tait and Junaid, all are expected to be back for this match.
We have reached the business end of the tournament and first up, it’s the big clash between Peshawar Zalmi and Quetta Gladiators in the first qualifier of the Pakistan Super League. Shahid Afridi vs Sarfraz Ahmed, a battle between two superstars of Pakistan cricket. The winner will take their place in the final, while the team that loses today, will have another opportunity to make it to the championship clash. Hello and welcome to one and all for this big match between the two best sides from the league stages.
Earlier Lahore Qalandars were eliminated after they remained the number five team in the first round, which was extended to 20 games.
The final match of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) is scheduled on February 23 at Dubai International Cricket Stadium.
Peshawar Zalmi Squad:
Shahid Afridi (c), Wahab Riaz, Darren Sammy, Kamran Akmal, Muhammad Hafeez, Chris Jordan, Tamim Iqbal, Junaid Khan, James Allenby, Aamir Yamin, Dawid Malan, Imran Khan Junior, Shahid Yousaf, Abdur Rehman, Mohammad Asghar, Brad Hodge, Israrullah, Taj Wali, Musadiq Ahamd, Hassan Ali
Quetta Gladiators Squad:
Kevin Pietersen, Sarfraz Ahmed (c), Ahmed Shehzad, Anwar Ali, Jason Holder, Luke Wright, Zulfiqar Babar, Umar Gul, Elton Chigumbura, Bilal Asif, Asad Shafiq, Mohammad Nawaz, Saad Nasim, Mohammad Nabi, Akbar-ur-Rehman, Bismillah Khan Kumar Sangakkara, Aizaz Cheema, Ramiz Raja Jr.