slips this down leg, the keeper misses and this bursts to the boundary. Game, set and match to Peshawar Zalmi. This has been an absolute hiding for Lahore Qalandars. Five losses in five. At the moment, the first win looks a long, long way off.
Qalandars vs Zalmi, 14th Match at Sharjah, Mar 03 2018 - Match Result
Zalmi won by 10 wickets (with 38 balls remaining)
Mohammad Hafeez: The boys were really keen to win this game. We have some issues with injuries, like our captain not being there, so this was quite an important win for us. We have watched Lahore's matches and we knew that we needed to keep the pressure up. They are quite one-dimensional and we knew it was a matter of only one wicket.
Brendon McCullum: A tough day in the office again. We've definitely taken a stride back, but we have a few days off and some tough calls need to be taken. We've lost 35 wickets for 105 runs and with stats like these we are never going to win. We have to eradicate our thought process of 'there it goes again'. But we are still in this competition and are optimistic about our chances.
Liam Dawson, the England left-arm spinner, is Player of the Match for his three-for on debut. "It is obviously nice to come into a new tournament and do well. You are always under pressure as an overseas player and you have to perform well, but I am glad it came out well."
This is the largest victory in terms of balls to spare for Peshawar Zalmi. The seventh consecutive loss for Lahore Qalandars is now the joint-worst losing streak in the tournament's history. Karachi Kings have had a similar run in the past. Just got the feeling Lahore were drained emotionally from last night's tie-breaker and have little to give. Five games left, even if they were to win the remaining five, qualification could be an uphill task, but in cricket, never say never.
Peshawar Zalmi is the first team to win by a 10-wicket margin in PSL history Orchestrated by two men: Hasan Ali on comeback and Liam Dawson, the left-arm spinner, on his tournament debut.
pulled towards deep backward square leg
full but way down leg, he flicks and misses. Wide, and rightly so. This is the highest opening stand for Zalmi ever
on the pads, worked to deep square leg
pulled behind square, the ball sails over the fence at deep square. This is now the highest opening stand in PSL 2018
shuffles across to whip that fine, gets a thin inside edge onto the pad as the ball deflects towards the leg side
excellent bouncer, Kamran shapes to pull but sways out in the end
on the pads, worked to deep square
thick outside edge as he hops back to defend, down to square third man. This is a solid half-century from Kamran, nice little outing to get his confidence high as we progress towards the business end
dabs this wide of the keeper for an easy single
steers this slower delivery down to third man
miscues a pull but gets away with it as it lands between deep fine leg and deep midwicket, back for the second
eased with the spin to sweeper cover
steps out to play a cross-batted heave, toe-ends back to the bowler
lunges forward and defends back with the spin to the bowler
shapes to cut but is beaten by the turn and bounce
eased with the spin to point
turns this gently into the leg side as they jog the single
play and a miss, excellent change in pace. Just rolled his fingers over the delivery
square drives this to backward point, the fielder fires a throw at the bowler's end but no danger of a run-out
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Toss | Lahore Qalandars, elected to bat first |
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Season | 2017/18 |
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Match days | 03 March 2018 - night (20-over match) |
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Points | Peshawar Zalmi 2, Lahore Qalandars 0 |
Over 14 • PZ 104/0
Zalmi won by 10 wickets (with 38 balls remaining)