Peshawar Zalmi in 2019

The Peshawar Zalmi is a franchise cricket team that represents Peshawar in the Pakistan Super League. They were one of the six teams that participated in the 2019 season.

Peshawar Zalmi
2019 season
Coach Mohammad Akram
Captain Darren Sammy
PSL 2019Runners-up[1][2]
Most runs Kamran Akmal (357)[3]
Most wickets Hasan Ali (25)[4]
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The team was captained by Darren Sammy, coached by Mohammad Akram. They finished off as Runners-up for the second consecutive season after losing in the final against Quetta Gladiators.[1][5][2] They finished first after the completion of their group stage matches, winning seven matches from their ten matches.[6]

Kamran Akmal was team's best batsman with 357 runs from 13 matches.[3] Hasan Ali was team's best bowler with 25 wickets across 13 matches. He was also the leading wicket-taker of the tournament and hence, won the Maroon Cap and Fazal Mehmood award for best bowler of the season. [4]

Squad
Peshawar Zalmi
No. Name Nat. Birth date Bat Bowl Sign Notes
Batsmen
22 Misbah-ul-Haq (1974-05-28) 28 May 1974 R R leg break 2018 Captain
26 Imam-ul-Haq (1995-12-12) 12 December 1995 L — 2019
92 Sohaib Maqsood (1987-04-15) 15 April 1987 R R off break 2018
N/A Lendl Simmons (1985-01-25) 25 January 1985 R R medium fast 2019 Overseas
N/A Nabi Gul (1997-10-05) 5 October 1997 R — 2019
N/A Samiullah (1996-11-11) 11 November 1996 R — 2019
N/A Dawid Malan (1987-09-03) 3 September 1987 L Leg break 2019 Overseas
All-rounders
4 Khalid Usman (1986-03-01) 1 March 1986 R slow L orthodox 2018
7 Liam Dawson (1990-03-01) 1 March 1990 R slow L orthodox 2018 Overseas
55 Kieron Pollard (1987-05-12) 12 May 1987 R R medium fast 2018 Overseas
88 Darren Sammy (1983-12-20) 20 December 1983 R R medium fast 2019 Overseas; Captain
200 Umar Amin (1989-10-16) 16 October 1989 L R medium 2019
N/A Wayne Madsen (1985-01-02) 2 January 1985 R R off-break 2019 Overseas
Wicket-keepers
23 Kamran Akmal (1982-01-13) 13 January 1982 R — 2018
72 Andre Fletcher (1987-11-28) 28 November 1987 R — 2019 Overseas
N/A Jamal Anwar (1990-12-31) 31 December 1990 R — 2019
Bowlers
7 Tymal Mills (1992-08-12) 12 August 1992 R L fast 2019 Overseas
9 Ibtisam Sheikh (1999-03-16) 16 March 1999 R Leg break googly 2019
13 Umaid Asif (1984-04-30) 30 April 1984 R R medium fast 2018
14 Sameen Gul (1999-02-04) 4 February 1999 R R medium 2018
32 Hasan Ali (1994-02-07) 7 February 1994 R R medium fast 2018
34 Chris Jordan (1988-10-04) 4 October 1988 R R fast 2019 Overseas
47 Wahab Riaz (1985-06-28) 28 June 1985 R L fast 2016
N/A Waqar Salamkheil[lower-alpha 1] (2001-10-02) 2 October 2001 R L medium 2019 Overseas
  1. Unavailable, replaced by Andre Fletcher

Season standings

Points table
Pos Team Pld W L T NR Pts NRR
1 Peshawar Zalmi (R) 10 7 3 0 0 14 0.828
2 Quetta Gladiators (C) 10 7 3 0 0 14 0.376
3 Islamabad United (3rd) 10 5 5 0 0 10 0.127
4 Karachi Kings (4th) 10 5 5 0 0 10 −0.673
5 Multan Sultans 10 3 7 0 0 6 0.173
6 Lahore Qalandars 10 3 7 0 0 6 −0.837
Source: ESPNcricinfo
  • The top 4 teams qualified for the playoffs
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  •   Advanced to Eliminator 1

Notes:

  • C = Champions;
  • R = Runner-up;
  • (x) = Position at the end of the tournament;

Season summary

Peshawar Zalmi finished the group stage with first position by winning seven of their matches and losing three. Peshawar came on top because of the higher run rate.[7] Zalmi lost to Quetta Gladiators in the qualifier by 10 runs.[8] Zalmi then defeated Islamabad United by 48 runs in the eliminator to reach the PSL final.[9]

In the final in Karachi, after Peshawar Zalmi's openers got out, Sohaib Maqsood, who scored run-a-ball 20, added 31 runs for the third wicket with Umar Amin (38 runs off 33 balls). Zalmi scored 138-8 in 20 overs batting first. Peshawar Zalmi lost to Gladiators, who achieved the target in 17.5 overs, by 8 wickets finishing runners-up in the league.[2]

References
  1. "Quetta Gladiators overwhelm Peshawar Zalmi to clinch the maiden PSL Title". Dawn News. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
  2. "PSL Final 2019: Quetta Gladiators clinch maiden PSL title". The News International. March 18, 2019.
  3. "Records / Most Runs / 2019 Season / Peshawar Zalmi". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  4. "Records / Most Wickets / 2019 Season / Peshawar Zalmi". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  5. "Quetta Gladiators defeat Peshawar Zalmi, clinch PSL-4 trophy". Dunya News. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
  6. "Points Table –Pakistan Super League 2019". Retrieved 17 March 2019 – via ESPNCricinfo.
  7. "Peshawar Zalmi rout Islamabad United to clash with Quetta Gladiators in final". The News. 15 March 2019. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  8. "Quetta Gladiators into PSL 2019 final after beating Peshawar Zalmi". Samaa.
  9. "Peshawar storm into PSL final, beat Islamabad by 48 runs in eliminator". Geo News.
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