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Peshawar Zalmi vs Quetta Gladiators, Pakistan Super League Eliminator, latest update: Peshawar Zalmi win by one run! Quetta Gladiators have been eliminated. Phew. Drama. Drama. This was an unbelievable cricket match. This could easily have been a nightmare for Liam Dawson. Anwar miscued one but the long on fielder put it down. Luckily for him, he recovered well and threw the ball towards the non striker’s end and Dawson run Hamza out. Preview: The third edition of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) finally comes home in its true sense, with the first of the three matches to be hosted in Pakistan taking place on Tuesday evening. Peshawar Zalmi and Quetta Gladiators face off in the Eliminator at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore, with the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) as well as the central government leaving no stone unturned in providing full security to the players. The two sides faced off at the same venue last year in the final of the second edition, which incidentally was the first time that the board hosted a match in Pakistan instead of its adopted home UAE. [caption id=“attachment_4398295” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]
Darren Sammy and Sarfraz Ahmed. Image credit: Twitter[/caption] However, the shifting of matches to Pakistan has resulted in the Quetta Gladiators losing out on the services of a few of their key players, with the side’s clash against Islamabad United last Thursday turning out to be the final competitive match for England legend Kevin Pietersen. Also backing out from the Quetta camp is fellow South African-born Englishman Jason Roy. Yorkshire cricketer Tom Kohler Cadmore and West Indian opener Johnson Charles have been named their replacements. Peshawar, on the other hand, travel to Lahore with nearly all of their overseas picks. Only Dwayne Smith has chosen to opt out of the knockout stage of the tournament. It was a similar situation for the Darren Sammy-led team last year, when a full-strength Peshawar beat a depleted Quetta side convincingly in the summit clash of the tournament. Squads: Peshawar Zalmi: Kamran Akmal (wk), Andre Fletcher, Riki Wessels, Mohammad Hafeez, Saad Nasim, Darren Sammy (c), Liam Dawson, Umaid Asif, Hasan Ali, Wahab Riaz, Sameen Gul, Hammad Azam, Chris Jordan, Haris Sohail, Khushdil Shah, Ibtisam Sheikh, Khalid Usman, Mohammad Asghar, Tamim Iqbal, Sabbir Rahman. Quetta Gladiators: Asad Shafiq, Johnson Charles, Umar Amin, Rameez Raja, Rilee Rossouw, Sarfraz Ahmed (wk, c), Mohammad Nawaz, Anwar Ali, Hasan Khan, Mir Hamza, Rahat Ali, Ben Laughlin, Saad Ali, Saud Shakeel, Chris Green, Mahmudullah, Thisara Perera, Tom Kohler-Cadmore.
Highlights, PSL 2018, Peshawar Zalmi vs Quetta Gladiators, Eliminator at Lahore, Full cricket score: Zalmi win by 1 run
Peshawar Zalmi win by one run! Quetta Gladiators have been eliminated. Phew. Drama. Drama. This was an unbelievable cricket match. This could easily have been a nightmare for Liam Dawson. Anwar miscued one but the long on fielder put it down. Luckily for him, he recovered well and threw the ball towards the non striker’s end and Dawson run Hamza out. 25 off the final over. No prizes for guessing who the favourites are.
Quetta Gladiators need 28 off 12
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QG 133/8 after 19 overs (Hamza 0, Anwar 5)
Wahab begins with a full delivery, Thisara squeezes it through point for a single. Anwar clears his front leg, obviously wanting to go for the big shot but mistimes it to long on. One run taken. Thisara Perera departs and a ball later Hasan Khan too takes the long walk back to the pavilion. This match is heading in only one direction.
25 off the final over. No prizes for guessing who the favourites are.
OUT! Quetta lose their ninth wicket. Hasan tried to steer this to third man but edges it to Kamran Akmal. Riaz celebrates the wicket by stroking his moustache.
Hasan Khan c Kamran Akmal b Riaz 0(1)
OUT! Is this the game? Thisara Perera holes out to long on off Riaz’s bowling. A good catch from Jordan in the deep.
Quetta need 26 off 9
Perera c Jordan b Riaz 12(11)
QG 130/6 after 18 overs (Thisara 11, Anwar 3)
Well, well big decision from Darren Sammy. He has opted to finish Hasan Ali’s quota. The pacer begins magnificently. Two runs and four dots in the over.
Quetta Gladiators need 28 off 12
QG 130/6 after 17 overs (Thisara 11, Anwar 3)
Well, well big decision from Darren Sammy. He has opted to finish Hasan Ali’s quota. The pacer begins magnificently. Two runs and four dots in the over.
Quetta Gladiators need 28 off 12
QG 128/6 after 17 overs (Thisara 10, Anwar 2)
A six to start off the over followed by a single. Caught him off guard there. Wahab bounces Anwar Ali, who tries to play the ramp shot but misses it completely. A yorker from Wahab, Anwar blocks it towards the off side and settles for a single. An attempted yorker gone wrong. Ends up being a full toss but Thisara fails to connect it properly and mistimes the white objected towards square leg. One run taken. Full length and on the sticks, Anwar bunts it down to long off. One run taken.
Quetta Gladiators need 30 off 18
QG 118/6 after 16 overs (Thisara 2, Anwar 0)
One more time, Quetta have lost two wickets in one over. This could prove to be very costly for the Sarfraz Ahmed-led team. The onus is now on Perera in this tight chase. Quetta need 40 off 24 balls.
BOWLED EM! Mahmudullah tries going for an almighty heave, misses, and gets his off-stump rattled! QG 116/5
Mahmudullah b Asif 19(20)
QG 112/4 in 15 overs (Mahmudullah 19, Rilee Rossouw 8)
Hasan’s brought back by skipper Sammy. Rossouw collects a single off the first ball. Quality over from Hasan, with four singles coming off it!
QG 108/4 in 14 overs (Mahmudullah 17, Rilee Rossouw 6)
Umaid Asif into his third over, and he starts off with a wide. He keeps it tight for the next three deliveries, giving away just a single. Mahmudullah swings his bat off the penultimate delivery, and collects his third boundary. Six off the over.
QG 102/4 in 13 overs (Mahmudullah 13, Rilee Rossouw 5)
Another quality over for Quetta, with eight coming off it, including a boundary off Mahmudullah’s bat as the Bangladeshi crunches the ball through extra-cover off the third delivery.
QG 94/4 after 12 overs (Russouw 3, Mahmudullah 7)
These two are rebuilding slowly. Four singles and four legbyes off the over.
QG 86/4 after 11 overs (Russouw 1, Mahmudullah 5)
Three dots, two singles and a boundary in Asif’s second over. Sammy will be happy with Asif’s effort.
QG 80/4 after 10 overs (Russouw 0, Mahmudullah 0)
What an over. Two wickets and one run. This could possibly be the over that turned the match on its head. Two new batsmen are at the crease. Quetta Gladiators need 78 runs in 60 balls
OUT! Two in two. Sameen Gul is on a hattrick. Needless shot from Sarfraz who went for a pull and top edged it. Akmal completes the easy catch.
Sarfraz c Kamran Akmal b Sameen Gul 35(21)
OUT! An opening for Peshawar Zalmi. Nawaz charged down the track and opted to go big but top edged it to third man.
Mohammad Nawaz c U Asif b Sameen Gul 35(32)
QG 79/2 after 9 overs (Nawaz 35, Sarfraz 35)
That’ll put the pressure on the bowler. Sarfraz begins the 9th over with a six. Five singles will make it a 11-run over. That’s what Quetta are trying to do. Three singles so far. Make it four. The 50-run stand is also up between Nawaz and Sarfraz. Wow. Excellent use of feet. Another maximum for Safraz. 16 off the over.
QG 63/2 after 8 overs (Nawaz 33, Sarfraz 21)
A couple of decent overs for Peshawar Zalmi. Or so it seemed. But Nawaz opened the bat face and guided the last ball to the third man fence to make it a 9-run over.
QG 54/2 after 7 overs (Nawaz 28, Sarfraz 18)
Spin into the attack. Liam Dawson to roll his arm over. The 50-run mark is up for Quetta with a single to Sarfraz at long on. Another run taken on the third ball by Nawaz. Smartly played. Ahmed goes back in his crease and defends one towards the off side and calls him partner across for a quick single. Nawaz cuts the fifth ball through point. Single taken. Sarfraz uses his feet on the sixth ball and eases down one to long off. One run added to the total.
QG 49/2 after 6 overs (Nawaz 26, Sarfraz 15)
A good start to the over for Quetta. Sarfraz begins it with a boundary. Immediately gets off the strike with a single. Sensible cricket from Quetta. Two more singles follow and the over ends with a boundary. 12 off it.