Peshawar Zalmi (133/3) defeat Lahore Qalandars (129) by 7 wickets in a one-sided encounter in PSL X

[Rana]

LQ players just shaking hands with Babar during a match

Wth is this???

 

[Rana]

Why don’t they ask for a selfie with Babar? What is this jobber mentality?

 

[Rana]

What’s the point of taking a single with this uncle??

 

[Ahmed216]

Is it bad batting or pitch?

Combination of both I think. Surface is bit sticky

 

[The Bald Eagle]

Babar will love statpadding today

 

[Rana]

Babar will love statpadding today

He’s been getting out trying to statpad

 

[Rana]

6 massive balls

If Raza can get 20 here…

 

[Ahmed216]

Poor captaincy from Bobby

 

[Rana]

Come on Raza, make this count!

 

[Rana]

Nooooooo

But I guess well batted

 

[Rana]

Why didn’t that idiot Asif Afridi run?!??

 

[ahmed16]

Total blackout of PSL in India

why is this relevant? let the termites be.

 

[sweep_shot]

From 45/6 to 128-all out.

Not bad.

They are probably 12 runs short but bowlers now have something to defend.

 

[Rana]

If I were the captain I would go and give Rauf a channd under his kaan

Why did he throw the brand new ball right on the floor their trying to celebrate???

 

[Rana]

Great start LQ!

 

[Darkrai]

This just got good

 

[Ahmed216]

Playing square will work in Aus and SA bit on these pitches Saim will need to play straight a lot more

 

[Rana]

One more before 20 and wow

 

[Rana]

What if it were ball hitting pad first?? They were so close!

 

[Rana]

Bowl stumps man

Getting natural inswing

 

[Darkrai]

Haris took a wicket but taken off

 

[Rana]

Useless over

 

[Rana]

140kmh left arm seamer though

 

[Hellion]

Who was hyping this guy as a 145 kph bowler?

 

[Rana]

What a shot

 

[Darkrai]

Not a bad innings by Haris.

 

[Hellion]

Babar is a weak player of high pace.

 

[Ahmed216]

Glorious strokeplay mashallah...nazar na lage haters ki

 

[Ahmed216]

Magnificent simply magnificent...cover drive

 

[Hellion]

Glorious strokeplay mashallah...nazar na lage haters ki

That too against such a high quality bowler.

 

[Rana]

That too against such a high quality bowler.

It’s like 6 runs an over needed

This innings is nothing to go by

His captaincy was good though

 

[Ahmed216]

That too against such a high quality bowler.

There are no high quality bowlers in Pak. Likes of Sandeep saxena, mohit Chauhan are better

 

[Ahmed216]

Vintage Bobsy. Wish his old form comes back soon

 

[Justcrazy]

Zalmi need 63 runs in 70 balls.

Zalmi need to play out 20 overs , they should win this , instead of going for glory , Babar needs to bat through here , he getting into runs will be crucial for Zalmi .

 

[Rana]

They have to get Kusal Perera in

Drop Mitchell if you must

Or drop Rishad and get in Momin as the emerging

 

[Hellion]

There are no high quality bowlers in Pak. Likes of Sandeep saxena, mohit Chauhan are better

Find that hard to believe when every random Irfan and Abdul is clocking 145+ in PAK villages

 

[gazza619]

This feels like judgement day when the truth comes out:

 

[Justcrazy]

Babar playing well so far , a controlled innings , this kind of target suits him.

 

[Rana]

40 off 21

Now 48 off 36

 

[Ahmed216]

Shaheen is in decent form

 

[Rana]

Babar playing well so far , a controlled innings , this kind of target suits him.

Like 130?

 

[Justcrazy]

Zalmi need 32 runs in 42 balls.

Lahore can smell game slipping from their hands , they need a couple of wickets to spice up things.

 

[Ahmed216]

This feels like judgement day when the truth comes out:

Just 1 game. Asif needs to be backed

 

[gazza619]

Just 1 game. Asif needs to be backed

Cant argue with that. Every player needs a proper run when given a chance

 

[Justcrazy]

Like 130?

Targets up to 170 , if its more than that he does not have the power game to blast through 20 - 22 run over somewhere in the middle . he can hit couple of beautiful drives for boundaries , but cannot smash three sixes.

His role is defined , but the others cannot play same role , others need to take more calculated risks.

 

[Barragan]

That second six by Haris against Shaheen was Butler-esque

 

[Justcrazy]

50 from Babar , his 91 st in 20 20

 

[Rana]

Same old rubbish

 

[Darkrai]

Easy win in the end

 

[Darkrai]

Should look to improve NRR

 

[Justcrazy]

Only Gayle , Kohli and Warner ahead of Babar as far as 20 20 fifties is concerned .

 

[Muhammad Saad]

Azab is a good bowler , was down on confidence today but some of his deliveries were swinging sharply in late 130s , he can crank it up to 142/143k when on song plus he get big swing. 140k+ big swing deliveries are harder to face at any level.

 

[Rana]

Lovely batting Hussain Talat

 

[Justcrazy]

Congratulations to Zalmi fans , they win the game in a very strong manner with 7 wickets in hand.

 

[Kianig89]

Clinical performance by PZ, important win

 

[Cricket Warrior]

 

[Usman Chadda]

Hussain Talat and Yasir Khan have been done dirty by the selectors, since they don’t have that hype around them.

Seasoned cricketers who actually look like proper batsmen rather than tullay like Hasan Nawaz or even Irfan Niazi.

 

[DeadlyVenom]

Good innings from Babar negotiating a tricky chase.

 

[The Bald Eagle]

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[sweep_shot]

Congratulations to PZ.

They were clinical today.

 

[The Bald Eagle]

Peshawar Zalmi successfully chased down the target of 130 runs in 16.4 overs, winning by seven wickets against Lahore Qalandars at the Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore on Thursday night, marking their second victory in the tournament

Captain Babar Azam and Hussain Talat both scored unbeaten half-centuries to secure the win. Earlier, Peshawar Zalmi’s pacers dominated by taking eight wickets for 83 runs, restricting Lahore Qalandars.

During the chase, Lahore Qalandars initially put pressure by dismissing Saim Ayub and Tom Kohler-Cadmore early, but Mohammad Haris countered with a quick 20 off 16 balls. Babar Azam (56*) and Hussain Talat (51*) then formed an unbroken 83-run partnership to guide Zalmi home with 20 balls remaining, both reaching their fifties off 37 balls.

Peshawar Zalmi’s bowlers had reduced Lahore Qalandars to 35-5 in the Powerplay, with Alzarri Joseph taking three key wickets. Sikandar Raza’s resilient 52 runs helped Qalandars reach 129 all out in 19.2 overs. Joseph finished with figures of 3-15, supported by Talat and Luke Wood, who took two wickets each.

Both teams now have four points from five matches, sitting third and fourth on the points table respectively.

 

[Cricket Warrior]

 

[AZulfi]

Useless 'tape ball specialist] Haris Rauf is getting hammered even in PSL

Going for 9-10 runs per over in almost every game.

It's about time Pak look beyond this overhyped bowler who possesse raw pace but lacks the ability to move or swing the ball. Hence gets thrashed by most half-decent batsmen. Has cost us too many games.

PZ's 17-year-old Ali Raza is still young and learning his craft, but he could be that bowler