16th Match: Peshawar Zalmi vs Multan Sultans

Sublime Sohaib Maqsood helps Sultans’ outplay Zalmi

Dubai March 6: Defending champions Peshawar Zalmi failed in the pursuit of a 184 run score in the latest HBL (Pakistan Super League) PSL clash played at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium as table toppers Multan Sultan consolidated their position with a 19 run win.

Set the stiffest target in the tournament to date the defending champions went down fighting as stand-in captain Mohammad Hafeez held one end together with a 48 ball 56 run innings that in the end proved an inadequate effort.

Zalmi found some life in their chase in the death overs when Liam Dawson took on Imran Tahir and Junaid Khan but the all-rounder’s departure in the penultimate over bowled by Sohail Tanvir sealed Zalmi’s fate

Tanvir who took a second consecutive three wicket haul bowled a splendid over accounting for Dawson and Hammad Azam conceding a mere two runs to put the game out of Zalmi’s reach.

Earlier, a smashing unbeaten 85 run innings off a mere 42 balls studded with seven sixes and four fours by Man-of-the-Match Sohaib Maqsood propelled Sultans to their 183 run total, the highest of the tournament so far.

Sohaib’s innings was also the highest individual score of the tournament so far surpassing Luke Ronchi’s 71 for Islamabad United against Karachi Kings last Sunday.

The big-hitting batsman was severe on the Zalmi fast bowlers and struck some lusty blows against the four pronged attack of Wahab Riaz, Sameen Gul, Hasan Ali and Umaid Asif.

Sohaib arrived at the crease after the fall of stalwart Kumar Sangakkara who was bowled for 28 by Liam Dawson after the left-hander had combined for a 51 run partnership with Ahmed Shehzad who was later dismissed through a run out for a run-a-ball 37.

Kieron Pollard joined Sohaib in the final stages of the innings and scored a quickfire unbeaten 16 in a 43 run partnership that took the Sultans past the 180 run mark.

16th Match: Peshawar Zalmi vs Multan Sultans | Multan Sultans won by 19 runs

Match Details

Toss	Peshawar Zalmi, who chose to field	Tournament	HBL Pakistan Super League 2018
Umpires	Aleem Dar (Pakistan) and Asif Yaqoob	Match Date	06 Mar 2018
Match Referee	Mohammad Anees (Pakistan)	Ground	Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
TV Umpire	Shozab Raza (Pakistan)
Player of Match	Sohaib Maqsood (Multan Sultans)

Multan Sultans Innings			R	M	B	4s	6s
1	Ahmed Shehzad	run out Umaid Asif	37	0	37	3	0
2	Kumar Sangakkara †	b Liam Dawson	28	0	24	3	2
3	Sohaib Maqsood	not out	85	0	42	4	7
4	Shoaib Malik *	c Hasan Ali b Umaid Asif	13	0	10	1	0
5	Kieron Pollard	not out	16	0	8	0	2
6	Junaid Khan	Did not bat
7	Saif Badar	Did not bat
8	Sohail Tanvir	Did not bat
9	Darren Bravo	Did not bat
10	Imran Tahir	Did not bat
11	Mohammad Irfan	Did not bat
Extra		lb 1, w 2, nb 1	4
Total		3 wickets; 20.0 overs; 0 mins	183	9.15 runs per over

Fall of wickets

1-51 ( Kumar Sangakkara, 7.3 ) ;

2-107 ( Ahmed Shehzad, 14.1 ) ;

3-140 ( Shoaib Malik, 17.0 ) ;

Bowling	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Wides	No balls
Sameen Gul	4.0	0	42	0	0	0
Umaid Asif	4.0	0	39	1	0	0
Hasan Ali	4.0	0	43	0	1	0
Wahab Riaz	4.0	0	41	0	1	1
Liam Dawson	4.0	1	17	1	0	0

Peshawar Zalmi Innings			R	M	B	4s	6s
1	Kamran Akmal †	c Shoaib Malik b Mohammad Irfan	9	0	12	1	0
2	Andre Fletcher	c Kumar Sangakkara b Sohail Tanvir	11	0	6	0	1
3	Dwayne Smith	c Darren Bravo b Kieron Pollard	18	0	20	3	0
4	Mohammad Hafeez *	c Kumar Sangakkara b Kieron Pollard	56	0	41	5	2
5	Riki Wessels	c Ahmed Shehzad b Mohammad Irfan	22	0	17	3	0
6	Liam Dawson	c Darren Bravo b Sohail Tanvir	32	0	17	0	3
7	Hammad Azam	c Kumar Sangakkara b Sohail Tanvir	0	0	1	0	0
8	Hasan Ali	c Ahmed Shehzad b Kieron Pollard	3	0	4	0	0
9	Wahab Riaz	not out	6	0	2	0	1
10	Umaid Asif	not out	0	0	0	0	0
11	Sameen Gul	Did not bat
Extra		b 1, lb 4, w 2	7
Total		8 wickets; 20.0 overs;	164	8.2 runs per over

Fall of wickets

1-19 ( Andre Fletcher, 2.1 ) ;

2-25 ( Kamran Akmal, 3.2 ) ;

3-53 ( Dwayne Smith, 8.1 ) ;

4-102 ( Riki Wessels, 13.4 ) ;

5-151 ( Liam Dawson, 18.1 ) ;

6-152 ( Hammad Azam, 18.3 ) ;

7-156 ( Hasan Ali, 19.2 ) ;

8-158 ( Mohammad Hafeez, 19.5 ) ;

Bowling	Overs	Runs	Wickets	Wides
Sohail Tanvir	4.0	14	3	0
Mohammad Irfan	4.0	32	2	0
Junaid Khan	4.0	45	0	0
Imran Tahir	4.0	31	0	0
Kieron Pollard	4.0	37	3	2

Match Notes

Multan Sultans Inning

Multan Sultans : 50 runs in 6.5 overs (41 balls), Extras 2
2nd Wicket : 50 runs in 28 balls

(Sohaib Maqsood 9
, Ahmed Shehzad 20

, Ex 0)
Multan Sultans : 100 runs in 13.3 overs (81 balls), Extras 2
Sohaib Maqsood : 50 off 29 balls
(
4 x 4 3 x 6 )
Multan Sultans : 150 runs in 17.4 overs (106 balls), Extras 3
4th Wicket : 100 runs in 19 balls

(Sohaib Maqsood 16
, Kieron Pollard 25

, Ex 2)
Innings Break : Multan Sultans – 183/3 in 20.0 overs

(Sohaib Maqsood 85
, Kieron Pollard 16)

Peshawar Zalmi Inning

Peshawar Zalmi : 50 runs in 7.3 overs (45 balls), Extras 4
4th Wicket : 50 runs in 27 balls

(Mohammad Hafeez 19
, Riki Wessels 20

, Ex 1)
Peshawar Zalmi : 100 runs in 13.2 overs (80 balls), Extras 5
Mohammad Hafeez : 50 off 36 balls
(
5 x 4 2 x 6 )
Peshawar Zalmi : 150 runs in 17.5 overs (107 balls), Extras 5