ISLAMABAD United’s Asif Ali glides the ball past point during the PSL match against Peshawar Zalmi on Saturday.—courtesy PCB
Dwayne Smith and Hafeez also made good contributions of 30 apiece to enable Peshawar get to halfway stage in a commanding position.
Scoreboard
PESHAWAR ZALMI:
Tamim Iqbal c Shadab b Russell 39
Kamran Akmal c Walton b Patel 53
D.R. Smith c and b Fahim 30
Mohammad Hafeez not out 30
D.J.G. Sammy b Fahim 9
Haris Sohail c Russell b Sami 4
Wahab Riaz b Rumman 7
EXTRAS (LB-1, W-3) 4
TOTAL (for six wkts, 20 overs) 176
FALL OF WKTS: 1-69, 2-121, 3-125, 4-136, 5-164, 6-176.
DID NOT BAT: Umaid Asif, C.J. Jordan, Ibtisam Sheikh, Mohammad Asghar.
BOWLING: Mohammad Sami 3-0-20-1; Rumman Raees 4-0-26-1 (2w); Russell 3-0-37-1 (1w); Fahim Ashraf 4-0-37-2; Shadab Khan 4-0-34-0; Patel 2-0-21-1.
ISLAMABAD UNITED:
L. Ronchi c Wahab b Umaid 3
C.A.K. Walton c Wahab b Umaid 11
Asif Ali c Hafeez b Umaid 7
Iftikhar Ahmed c Tamim b Jordan 9
Hussain Talat c Kamran b Umaid 2
S.R. Patel c Sammy b Ibtisam 23
Shadab Khan c and b Ibtisam 2
A.D. Russell c Asghar b Ibtisam 11
Fahim Ashraf not out 54
Mohammad Sami c and b Wahab 6
Rumman Raees not out 11
EXTRAS (W-3) 3
TOTAL (for nine wkts, 20 overs) 142
FALL OF WKTS: 1-15, 2-16, 3-22, 4-25, 5-46, 6-50, 7-63, 8-73, 9-111.
BOWLING: Mohammad Asghar 3-0-26-0; Umaid Asif 4-0-23-4 (1w); Wahab Riaz 4-0-21-1 (1w); Jordan 4-0-33-1; Ibtisam Sheikh 4-0-20-3; Sammy 1-0-19-0.
RESULT: Peshawar Zalmi won by 34 runs.
UMPIRES: R.E.J. Martinesz (Sri Lanka) and Rashid Riaz (Pakistan).
TV UMPIRE: Ahmed Shahab (Pakistan).
MATCH REFEREE: Mohammad Anees (Pakistan).
MAN-OF-THE-MATCH: Umaid Asif.
Published in Dawn, February 25th, 2018