Islamabad United Vs Peshawar Zalmi 13th Match 26 February 2024

13th T20 • Gaddafi Stadium • Lahore

Peshawar Zalmi

201/5 (20)

Islamabad United

193/9 (20)

PZ won by 8 runs

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Stats

Playing XI

Player of the Match Babar Azam

111(63)

Player of the Series Shadab Khan

Info

Peshawar Zalmi

201/5 (20)

Batters

Saim Ayub

180.95

b Salman

Babar Azam

(C)

111

176.19

Not out

Mohammad Haris

66.67

c & b Khan

Haseebullah Khan

0.00

lbw b Khan

Paul Walter

146.15

runout (Khan)

Rovman Powell

100.00

c Khan b Shah

Asif Ali

188.89

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 4, NB: 0, W: 2)

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 10.05)

201/5

Did not Bat

Luke Wood, Naveen ul Haq, Arif Yaqoob, Salman Irshad

Bowlers

EXT

8.00

6.25

17.00

15.00

7.00

12.00

14.50

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Saim Ayub

b Salman

1-77

7.3

Mohammad Haris

c & b Khan

2-80

8.1

Haseebullah Khan

lbw b Khan

3-80

8.4

Paul Walter

runout (Khan)

4-114

13.1

Rovman Powell

c Khan b Shah

5-124

14.5

Islamabad United

193/9 (20)

Batters

Jordan Cox

130.00

b Wood

Colin Munro

133.96

st Khan b Yaqoob

Shadab Khan

(C)

75.00

c Ayub b Yaqoob

Agha Salman

175.00

c Haris b Ayub

Azam Khan

250.00

c Azam b Haq

Haider Ali

0.00

c Haris b Yaqoob

Faheem Ashraf

50.00

c (sub Mousley) b Yaqoob

Imad Wasim

33.33

c Azam b Irshad

Hunain Shah

0.00

c Powell b Yaqoob

Naseem Shah

266.67

Not out

Tymal Mills

100.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 3, NB: 0, W: 0)

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 9.65)

193/9

Bowlers

EXT

Saim Ayub

8.00

Luke Wood

9.25

Naveen ul Haq

10.25

Arif Yaqoob

6.75

Paul Walter

9.00

Salman Irshad

13.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Jordan Cox

b Wood

1-32

4.2

Shadab Khan

c Ayub b Yaqoob

2-50

6.6

Agha Salman

c Haris b Ayub

3-73

9.3

Azam Khan

c Azam b Haq

4-181

17.6

Colin Munro

st Khan b Yaqoob

5-181

18.1

Haider Ali

c Haris b Yaqoob

6-182

18.3

Faheem Ashraf

c (sub Mousley) b Yaqoob

7-183

18.5

Hunain Shah

c Powell b Yaqoob

8-183

18.6

Imad Wasim

c Azam b Irshad

9-191

19.4

Match Info

Date & Time

26 Feb, 07:30 PM IST

Venue

Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore

Match

13th T20,

Pakistan Super League

Umpires

Richard Illingworth (England), Shozab Raza (Pakistan), Ahsan Raza (Pakistan, TV)

Referee

Muhammad Javed (Pakistan)

Toss

Islamabad United elected to bowl

1 6 1 1 4 1

Over 17

Runs: 14

1 0 0 1 6 W

Over 18

Runs: 8

W 1 1W 1 1W W

Over 19

Runs: 4

1 6 1 W 1 1

Over 20

Runs: 10

All Overs

Player of the Match Babar Azam

111(63)

Player of the Series Shadab Khan

Commentary

We now come to the end of our coverage of the 2024 Pakistan Super League for the day. We'll be back with more of the same tomorrow as Lahore Qalandars take on the Multan Sultans on home soil - the defending champions will be desperate for a turnaround having lost 5 out of 5! Join us for our coverage in the evening, and keep an eye on our tabs as we bring you cricketing action from both India and Pakistan tomorrow! This is Rajarshi Das, signing off on behalf of Arya Sekhar Chakraborty. Good night!

Babar Azam is the Player Of The Match! Here's what he has to say: She came for the first time. She's very happy. She enjoyed it, she always watches it at home, but good luck for me today, I scored a hundred when she came here. This is my best innings. We started well the first six overs, we saw the wicket was good. I was looking for 200 but 3 wickets fell, so there was a change in plan after that. Later on, when Asif and I were playing, I focused on just one bowler for a big over. I was looking for that one big over once Naseem finished his spell. Couple of boundaries, and then I tried to go big. One of the best innings I've played in front of this crowd. Paul was off the field because of a hamstring problem. I thought let's drag the match back, once Azam got out I thought of taking a chance. Good luck for us. All credit to Arif, he didn't panic, and believed in his bowling. Good for the Zalmi. Experience always helps when you're under pressure. In the field, we are always talking to young boys. We have confidence now, first two matches we weren't up to the mark, but these wins give you confidence, and momentum.

Shadab Khan (Islamabad United captain): I feel if we had played smart cricket, the result would have been different. If we had batted sensibly in the penultimate over, the equation would have been very different. The way Azam and Munro batted, it looked our's game but this is the beauty of the game. When you lose, there are many things to point out. We are leaking too many runs in the powerplay. I think momentum is of utmost important in T20 cricket. When the tournament started and the drafts were given, the roles were already defined. Haider was always our finisher. The entry point where we can succeed more, I tried to utilise on that. Bowling is going well, I have been in a good rhythm.

Arif Yaqoob (Player of the Match): Babar bhai gave me confidence at that situation. I was a bit nervous and felt I might not be given the ball. I was only thinking to keep the ball away from the batters as I knew they would be going after me. National T20 helped me a lot. This totally different but by god's grace and my parent's belief, I have managed to get success. Asad Shafiq is my favourite cricket. As a bowler Shane Warne and Danish Kaneria were my favorite bowlers. Flipper is my favourite ball.

Match summary:

Peshawar Zalmi win by 8 runs

Babar Azam 111*(63) | Arif Yaqoob 5/27 (4)
Azam Khan 75(30) | Shadab Khan 2/28 (4)

They were in it, well and truly in it, but Islamabad United, in spite of having ample depth in batting, failed to cross the line. 0,1,1,0,8,1 are the digits after Azam Khan's 75 in the batting card - tells you a story in itself. The United wicket-keeper thrilled one and all viewing the game with a thoroughly entertaining display of power-hitting, and was brilliantly supported by a well-set Colin Munro. But a mis-timed hit from Azam Khan opened up a can of worms for the outfit in red and blue.

Saim Ayub and Luke Wood kept the runs under check early on in the powerplay against openers Jordan Cox and Colin Munro. Ayub kept a tight line, varying his speed and the openers had to be content with the odd boundary and rotating strike. Wood accounted for Jordan Cox with the slower one as he tried to hit out and missed. The odd boundary each over, though, helped Islamabad United post 45 at the end of the powerplay.

Arif Yaqoob, who had a whole lot of things to come, went on to strike for the first time, getting Shadab Khan to hole out to mid wicket. He and Walter had hold on proceedings for a while, before Agha Salman tried breaking the shackles, smashing 10 off the first two balls of Ayub's third over. The offie responded by firing a wide yorker, got Salman to slice one down the throat of the man at cover, and the match tilted further towards Zalmi.

Azam Khan, though, came in and got into the act right away. He lined Yaqoob up having had a couple of sighters, slogging him over the ropes on a couple of occasions. The onslaught then began from the wicket-keeper batter as he dug right into the Zalmi bowlers, tonking anything and everything in his area. Munro joined in on the act, and with three overs to go, Islamabad United had all the momentum they needed with 29 left to get.

The wicket of Azam Khan, right after he hooked one out the ground off Naveen, set out the alarm bells for United. What followed next was beyond reasoning - Yaqoob kept tossing the ball up repeatedly, and all four of Munro, Haider Ali, Faheem Ashraf, and Hunain Shah departed trying to smash the leggie out the ground in the span of those six deliveries in the penultimate over. Naseem Shah kept things interesting in the final over, but Salman held his nerve and closed the game out in favour of Peshawar Zalmi.

What a match, what a comeback this has been from the Zalmi! They were hit with a storm in the form of Azam Khan's onslaught, but what transpired in the last three overs is apt for a comic thriller all right! Islamabad United throw it away having been on top of proceedings going into the death overs!

overs

193 /9 score

runs

Naseem Shah *

8 (3)

Tymal Mills

1 (1)

Salman Irshad

1 /52

19.6 Salman Irshad to Naseem Shah, game done. Peshawar Zalmi wins by 8 runs. Yorker-length a shade outside off, squeezed away towards the square leg region for a single.

19.5 Salman Irshad to Tymal Mills, Mills makes some space and drills this fuller one a shade outside off, down towards the long-off region for a single.

Tymal Mills, RHB, comes to the crease

19.4 Salman Irshad to Imad Wasim, WICKET! That could well be the final nail in the coffin for Islamabad United. On a fullish-length a tad outside off, Imad makes some room and tries to go downtown, shows the full face of the bat but ends up clofting it from the cue end of the bat, a simple catch for the mid-off fielder at the edge of the circle.

Imad Wasim c Babar Azam b Salman Irshad 1 (3b, 0x4, 0x6)

19.3 Salman Irshad to Naseem Shah, digs out the fuller-length delivery around off, down towards the long-off region. Was an aerial chip which falls short of long-off, a single taken.

Yet another twist in the tale! Can't count out a heist from Naseem Shah - he's been here before - just ask the Afghans!

19.2 Salman Irshad to Naseem Shah, SIX! The Islamabad United still in the game. Naseem Shah has the habit of stealing games from nowhere. A short of a length delivery a tad outside off, a powerful pull shot from Naseem as he just about manages to clear the deep square leg fence. 12 required off 3 deliveries

19.1 Salman Irshad to Imad Wasim, slices away the full-length delivery a shade outside off, down towards the deep third man region and takes a single.

Salman Irshad (3-0-42-0) is back into the attack

Naseem Shah, RHB, comes to the crease

What. Just. Happened?! Arif Yaqoob kept laying the bait - tossing the ball up for the batters to have a slog at him - none of them were either able to connect or mistimed it down the fielders' throat! Yaqoob finishes the night with a five-wicket-haul!

overs

183 /8 score

1lb

runs

Hunain Shah *

0 (1)

Imad Wasim

0 (1)

Arif Yaqoob

5 /27

18.6 Arif Yaqoob to Hunain Shah, WICKET! What a way to end the over as Arif Yaqoob picks his 4th wicket of the over. Hunain Shah trying to take on Arif Yaqoob on that occasion. Gets down on one knee and tries to hit this straight as an arrow. Ends up as a more of a slice which has been safely pouched by the long-on fielder. This is the first fifer in PSL 2024.

Hunain Shah c Rovman Powell b Arif Yaqoob 0 (1b, 0x4, 0x6)