PSL 2 - Match 16 : Kamran Akmal and bowlers help Peshawar Zalmi to overcome Lahore Qalandars

[Abdullah719]

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Lahore Qalandars Team
Cameron Delport, Brendon McCullum*, Fakhar Zaman, Umar Akmal, Mohammad Rizwan, Grant Elliott, Sunil Narine, Sohail Tanvir, Aamer Yamin, Yasir Shah, Ghulam Mudassar

Peshawar Zalmi Team
Mohammad Hafeez, Tamim Iqbal, Kamran Akmal, Marlon Samuels, Shakib Al Hasan, Sohaib Maqsood, Darren Sammy*, Shahid Afridi, Wahab Riaz, Hasan Ali, Mohammad Asghar

Sammy won the toss and became the first captain to opt to bat first. There was an early dismissal for Lahore as Yamin took a superb return catch to get Tamim. Kamran hit regular boundaries to keep the run-rate at a respectable level but Hafeez struggled at the other end and was eventually dismissed by Yasir as he tried to sweep and was bowled. Kamran reached his fifty off 36 balls but was eventually given out stumped off Yasir in a very close decision. Samuels faced a struggle at the crease while Shakib was more free flowing and the former ultimately fell to Narine for 17. Afridi was soon run out followed by Shakib who fell to Tanvir but Sammy gave the finishing touches to the innings by taking 16 off Tanvir's last five deliveries as Peshawar ended at 166/6.

The Lahore openers began strongly with Delport hitting five fours off Asghar in the second over as Qalandars raced to 33/0 after the first two overs. However, Hasan Ali pulled it back in his second over as he got Delport caught and bowled with a sharp bouncer. Suddenly, Fakhar fell cheaply to Hafeez while a mix-up saw McCullum run out. The slide continued as Shakib has Umar and Elliott LBW in the same over. Next over, Hafeez had Rizwan caught behind with a superb delivery - Lahore had lost 6 wickets for 5 runs at this point. Yamin and Narine fought back with a partnership until the latter was caught off Wahab's bowling. Yamin also fell to Sammy for 25. Tanvir and Yasir put on another partnership but couldn't quite keep up with the required run-rate as they finished 17 runs behind.

Next match: Islamabad United vs Quetta Gladiators

 

[MenInG]

Annihilation is what LQ were heading for but really what happened to them today? Not sure how much McCullum is enjoying himself now but LQ really need to lift themselves up.

 

[Chief Destroyer]

Umar was the culprit for this loss. Simply pathetic.

 

[WC-Passion]

Umar was the culprit for this loss. Simply pathetic.

All of the batsmen barring Delport were the reason. Bmac has really not fired with the bat when we've needed him and Rizwan isn't performing at all. Zaman got out for a duck, should have tried to settle in first before going for the big shot. Umar is just poor against spin and was found out yet again, not surprising that a Pakistani batsmen ran someone out.
[MENTION=865]Big Mac[/MENTION] In the match thread I wasn't saying the old players from IU were really bad I was just trying to say that the younger players should be given chances at a big stage, the old players aren't going to try and perform to get into the national team and they don't need to prove themselves.

 

[Chief Destroyer]

All of the batsmen barring Delport were the reason. Bmac has really not fired with the bat when we've needed him and Rizwan isn't performing at all. Zaman got out for a duck, should have tried to settle in first before going for the big shot. Umar is just poor against spin and was found out yet again, not surprising that a Pakistani batsmen ran someone out.
[MENTION=865]Big Mac[/MENTION] In the match thread I wasn't saying the old players from IU were really bad I was just trying to say that the younger players should be given chances at a big stage, the old players aren't going to try and perform to get into the national team and they don't need to prove themselves.

Umar ran the captain out and then gave his wicket away after we'd just lost two. I can't and won't blame anyone but him.

 

[WC-Passion]

Umar ran the captain out and then gave his wicket away after we'd just lost two. I can't and won't blame anyone but him.

He didn't give his wicket away to a slog he just got outplayed by spin, which is a big problem. Yes he ran out Bmac but he isn't the only reason why we lost.

 

[Big Mac]

[MENTION=865]Big Mac[/MENTION] In the match thread I wasn't saying the old players from IU were really bad I was just trying to say that the younger players should be given chances at a big stage, the old players aren't going to try and perform to get into the national team and they don't need to prove themselves.

This isn't a youth trial, the aim is still to win games otherwise this would be an U-21 competition.

 

[WC-Passion]

This isn't a youth trial, the aim is still to win games otherwise this would be an U-21 competition.

That's true but youth development is obviously something PCB wanted to happen or else they wouldn't have forced each team to have an "emerging player" in the XI.

 

[Belawal2014]

Virtually a knockout against Karachi now. Win and go through.