Peshawar Zalmi (179/8) defeat Multan Sultans (174/10) by 5 runs to register their first win of PSL 9

[BouncerGuy]

Latest points table after match 8:

In today’s 9th match of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) 2024, the Multan Sultan team, riding high on a three-match winning streak, will face off against the 2017 champions, Peshawar Zalmi, at the Multan Cricket Stadium.

While the Zalmi are determined to open their points account, the Sultans currently lead the table with an impressive 100% win record.

The Sultans are undoubtedly the favorites in this clash, but the Zalmi, despite their recent setbacks, should not be underestimated. Babar Azam and his team will need to pull off something special to outclass the Sultans.

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Squads:

Multan Sultans Squad: Mohammad Rizwan(w/c), Dawid Malan, Reeza Hendricks, Yasir Khan, David Willey, Iftikhar Ahmed, Khushdil Shah, Usama Mir, Abbas Afridi, Mohammad Ali, Shahnawaz Dahani, Olly Stone, Mohammad Shahzad, Chris Jordan, Usman Khan, Faisal Akram, Tayyab Tahir, Aftab Ibrahim

Peshawar Zalmi Squad: Saim Ayub, Babar Azam(c), Mohammad Haris(w), Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Rovman Powell, Asif Ali, Aamer Jamal, Luke Wood, Mohammad Zeeshan, Salman Irshad, Waqar Salamkheil, Dan Mousley, Paul Walter, Arshad Iqbal, Khurram Shahzad, Mehran Mumtaz, Haseebullah Khan, Aimal Khan, Shamar Joseph, Arif Yaqoob, Umair Afridi

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[BouncerGuy]

My pick will be Zalmi for this game. They really need to win this game else it will become more difficult for them later on to qualify for the play-offs.

 

[MenInG]

Naveen Ul Haq has joined the PZ squad in Multan - wonder if he will play today?

 

[Rana]

3rd loss on the trot for Zalmi

 

[alihasnain861]

zalmi should win today and babar azam will be the key but they badly needs haris to perform

 

[FearlessRoar]

Mike Haysman, in pitch report, highlighted the swing challenge at this venue. Swing measured 0.8 degrees in Lahore and 1.3 in Multan. Additionally, expect variable bounce on the pitch. Notably, the leg-side boundary is 59 meters, while the other side is 73 meters. Keep an eye on patches with dead grass and those devoid of it.

 

[MenInG]

Multan Sultan v Peshawar Zalmi at Multan Stadium, Multan

Peshwar Zalmi have won the toss and are batting first

 

[Ahmed216]

C'mon yaar Saim score some runs and get back to form

 

[RKhan_Cricket]

I was scared for a minute
I thought rizwan will take now 10 mins to get back on his feet
I already have so much work.
Just wanted to watch few overs before getting back to work.

 

[Ahmed216]

0(6) from Saim. Really soft

 

[The Bald Eagle]

Whole sale changes for PZ. Can they win today?

 

[RehanG]

Dhani is so over needs to learn now and calm down with his celebrations.

 

[RidiculousMan]

Saim should be dropped like Jamal. Babar should open with Harris

 

[Wasim Ghulam]

Dhani is so over needs to learn now and calm down with his celebrations.

I was going to say that. There you go. Looks like a clown with this kind of celebration

 

[hitthestump]

Saim fell for an obvious trap.

His stock has fallen massively since the Australia tour.

I remember people were going mad saying we should have picked Saim for the World Cup based on what he did in CPL

 

[CerebralPatriot]

Poor from Saim but can't blame the kid

At this stage of his career he needs a captain who can properly groom him for international cricket. Babar unfortunately is the wrong guy for the job

 

[hitthestump]

Saim should be dropped like Jamal. Babar should open with Harris

I think Saim will get to play the whole of PSL, but definitely he is 2-3 seasons of FC away from being in the national side.

 

[CerebralPatriot]

Another day another review wasted by Pakistan greatest wicket keeper batsmen and so called best tactician

 

[Justcrazy]

Babar Azam is the key here

 

[Justcrazy]

Zalmi need 180 at least here.

 

[RKhan_Cricket]

Poor from Saim but can't blame the kid

At this stage of his career he needs a captain who can properly groom him for international cricket. Babar unfortunately is the wrong guy for the job

May be sarfaraz?
He might teach him how to be racist to black people.

 

[hafizexpress]

Out of all the review Rizwan has ever forcefully taken, this was by far the worst

 

[hitthestump]

Seriously bad review by Rizwan.

 

[Justcrazy]

Babar 24 from 17 balls , looking good , needs to bat till 15th over at least.

 

[Justcrazy]

46 . 1 after 6 overs

 

[RidiculousMan]

Haseebullah Stokes

 

[adi_62941]

It’s a shame that a batsmen like babar cannot play at higher strike rate in T20s.

 

[adi_62941]

Again i will say please put lights in the crowd place.

 

[Ali Active]

hasebullah nice

 

[Ahmed216]

Always rated haseebullah. Saim is a very nervous cricketer

 

[Justcrazy]

Hasebullah 30 of 13 balls
Babar 30 of 23 balls

 

[Champ_Pal]

Pakistan has so many pace bowling options. Zaman Khan, Ihsanullah, Abbas Afridi, Shah Brothers, Wasim Jr, Mohammad Ali, Amer Jamal.
These along with the regular international bowlers like Shaheen and Haris Rauf.

Too many bowlers to choose from. Any country will be happy to have a talent pool like this.

 

[Champ_Pal]

Always rated haseebullah. Saim is a very nervous cricketer

Too many risky shots. Live and die by the sword.

 

[hitthestump]

Pakistan has so many pace bowling options. Zaman Khan, Ihsanullah, Abbas Afridi, Shah Brothers, Wasim Jr, Mohammad Ali, Amer Jamal.
These along with the regular international bowlers like Shaheen and Haris Rauf.

Too many bowlers to choose from. Any country will be happy to have a talent pool like this.

On paper it seems good.

But the reality was that when we needed a replacement for Naseem Shah in the WC, we had to settle for Hasan Ali.

Pakistan have always seemed to have the next best fast bowler about to break through. But they all seem to falter at making it to the next level.

 

[Ilan Bluestone]

Poor innings by Babar today unfortunately.

 

[hitthestump]

Haseebullah looking very nice indeed. Keep going!

 

[hitthestump]

Poor innings by Babar today unfortunately.

Some nice boundaries but where was his strike rotation? It was a strange innings in the end.

 

[oatmeal]

Babar again gets a start but fails to capitalize. He needs to get a big score

 

[Justcrazy]

85 . 2

10 overs gone , need to target 100 in last 10

 

[Ilan Bluestone]

Some nice boundaries but where was his strike rotation? It was a strange innings in the end.

He has an obvious weakness in the consistent big hitting ability. It's not that he hasn't done it in his career at times, but consistency in the shortest format is lacking there. Just who he is at this point. He has a career 130 SR in T20s which is decent but you can see with the eye test he won't score in bunches and be 30 off 10 which is fine, just not his game.

 

[hafizexpress]

Usama Mir has improved his line and lengths

 

[Justcrazy]

94 . 3

54 balls to play.

 

[Geordie Ahmed]

Babar again gets a start but fails to capitalize. He needs to get a big score

He literally scored 72 and 68 in his previous 2 innings

 

[Justcrazy]

110 . 3

8 overs to go , They need to target big overs.

 

[Rana]

Looks like a good batting wicket for once in Multan

 

[The Bald Eagle]

Score Updates

PZ 110/3 after 12 overs.

 

[Justcrazy]

180 is a must here for Zalmi

 

[Justcrazy]

OUT

Four down , Zalmi suddenly struggling.

 

[Justcrazy]

Powell looking to hit out here.

 

[Rana]

That was such a lush effort by Muhammad Ali on the boundary

“He was on the ropes”

Pommie

 

[Nasty Naz]

It's hard to fathom how poor the fielding standards are and they are mostly our domestic players. They can't catch, they can't even simply stop a ball and there is lazy attempts to prevent 2's with even the throws to the wicketkeeper being wildly inaccurate.

 

[Ahmed216]

Usama Mir has improved his line and lengths

Rizwan handles him well

 

[FearlessRoar]

Looks like a good batting wicket for once in Multan

Multan Wicket favour bowlers

 

[Asif321]

Extremely disappointing stuff from Saim and harris . Not sure if they should head to WC

 

[Justcrazy]

128 . 5

Zalmi not scoring the way they would want

 

[hitthestump]

Extremely disappointing stuff from Saim and harris . Not sure if they should head to WC

Neither of them are close.

We risk sending them down the Haider Ali route if we pick them too soon.

 

[hitthestump]

Here comes Asif Ali the great captain who never was

 

[Asad T]

Good over from Dahani

 

[Asad T]

Here comes Asif Ali the great captain who never was

haha at least he captains Faislabad

 

[Asad T]

Extremely disappointing stuff from Saim and harris . Not sure if they should head to WC

haris is been poor for the last 5 innings, but before that, he seemed to be in decent form

 

[Justcrazy]

OUT

six down , Zalmi have 20 balls left

 

[Asif321]

Here comes Asif Ali the great captain who never was

He fooled everyone . Can’t believe he played 2019 WC

 

[The Bald Eagle]

Score Updates

PZ 151/6 AFTER 17 overs

 

[Asad T]

Rizwan injured again? loll

 

[CerebralPatriot]

Rizwan injured again? loll

Sometimes cramp sometimes acting

 

[FreakCricket]

Poor cricket by multan, PZ batting is seriously weak and they should have wrapped the innings.

 

[Rana]

He fooled everyone . Can’t believe he played 2019 WC

He won you two games and got you through to the semis

 

[Asad T]

Was hoping for vintage Asif Ali blitz, but alas Mohammad Ali strikes again

 

[Rana]

Asif Ali should be the captain of PZ, if not Aamer Jamal

 

[hitthestump]

Typical innings from Asif Ali.

I could never imagine rating him as a cricketer.

You’d have to have close to zero understanding of the game for that to happen.

 

[AAli98]

Asif would not even make a Sunday pub xi

 

[FreakCricket]

Haris Fraud should go learn from mohammad ali, those yorkers are beautiful to watch.

 

[7sins]

Both abrar and Mohammad ali deserves a call up in the t20 team and it's time to drop Haris Rauf for good even Shaheen place is doubtful.

 

[Asif321]

He won you two games and got you through to the semis

Which semis ? I’m talking about 2019 WC . The amount of chances he has got winning two games in Dubai is nothing .

 

[Justcrazy]

162

last over left , Zalmi needs a strong finish.

 

[hitthestump]

Was hoping for vintage Asif Ali blitz, but alas Mohammad Ali strikes again

He does it even less frequently than Afridi.

Afridi could at least bowl! And did it to international attacks.

Asif flails and flounders even in leagues.

We expect better from the rightful captain of Pakistan.

 

[Asif321]

Zalmi was Lit during Sammy , lala , Kami , Wahab and hassan .

 

[Asad T]

Highest chase in Multan is 167, so it may not be so easy for Multan.

 

[Asad T]

He does it even less frequently than Afridi.

Afridi could at least bowl! And did it to international attacks.

Asif flails and flounders even in leagues.

We expect better from the rightful captain of Pakistan.

Yup, looks like Salman Agha could be our middle order hitter from now on instad, maybe he will be our rightful captain someday too haha

 

[Justcrazy]

179

17 of last over