Peshawar Zalmi beat Lahore Qalandars by 16 runs in shortened 12-over match in PSL 5

[Abdullah719]

Another day, another loss for LQ. 7th in a row.

 

[Lonewarrior]

sorry to say but, how many more loss they need to gt out from PSL 5 ?

 

[Shams123]

I really feel bad for Sohail Akhtar. He is a very decent player but getting a lot of hate just because of stupid decison of the LQ management.

 

[Belawal2014]

LQ and LQ fans be like:

 

[Bigboii]

LQ and LQ fans be like:

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damn man its like putting salt in someones wounds!! Please don't we are grieving

 

[The Viper]

Karachi, 28 February 2020:

Peshawar Zalmi scored an emphatic 16-run win in a rain shortened match of the HBL Pakistan Super League against Lahore Qalandars at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium on Friday. This was Zalmi’s second win in four games; Qalandars on the other hand remain pointless with their third straight loss in the HBL PSL 2020 edition.

Persistent rain and a wet outfield caused a delayed start, that the shortened game was even staged was also due to untiring efforts of the Rawalpindi ground staff. The match was reduced to 12 over aside.

Qalandars set a 133-run target were restricted by Zalmi to 116 for six. Samit Patel with 34 not out off 15 balls was the top-scorer for Qalandars in their failed chasing effort. Chris Lynn contributed 30 off 15 balls while Fakhar Zaman scored 22.

Lewis Gregory with four for 25 off three overs was the pick of the Zalmi bowlers.

Batting first, Zalmi posted 132 for seven in their 12 overs courtesy man-of-the-match Haider Ali and Tom Banton’s 34-run each cameos. Banton who opened the innings hit two sixes and four fours off the 15 balls he faced before falling to David Wiese. The teenaged Haider struck four sixes and one four off the 12 balls he faced before becoming one of fast bowler Dilbar Hussain’s four victims.

The right-armer Dilbar bowled with sustained pace and guile to curtail the Zalmi batting onslaught in a three over spell which yielded him four wickets for 24 runs. Wiese took two wickets for 12 runs off his two overs.

Scores in brief

Peshawar Zalmi 132 for 7, 12 overs (Haider Ali 34, Tom Banton 34; Dilbar Hussain 4-24)

Lahore Qalandars 116 for 6, 12 overs (Samit Patel 34, Chris Lynn 30; Lewis Gregory 4-25)

Result: Multan Sultans win by 52 runs

 

[Hasan123]

Lahore are a truly awful side. Rotten from top to bottom. They need to hire a specialist coach , players who have done well in T20 leagues. It will take years to recover from these embarrassments if I'm honest.

 

[Artaxerxes]

LQ's confidence level must be very low.The chase was tough but it was within their reach.Had one top order batsman made a big score LQ could have won.

 

[watson367]

Jo Jeeta Wo Sikandar, Jo Hara Wo Lahore Qalandar. Rana should just sell the team

 

[DHONI183]

I think that there was a reading at one stage where Lahore required 100 runs off a touch under 10 overs with eight wickets in hand, and it should´ve been chased down at any cost from thereon. But of course, it´s the Lahore Qalandars after all and what should´ve been or what should´ve happened ceases to matter. However, such targets are achieved nowadays even in ODI matches even with for example four or five wickets down - just saying of course.