2019 Peshawar Zalmi season

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
CoachMohammad Akram
CaptainDarren Sammy
PSL 2019Runners-up[1][2]
Most runsKamran Akmal (357)[3]
Most wicketsHasan 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
  • Players with international caps are shown in bold
  • Ages are given as of the first match of the season, 14 February 2019
No. Name Nationality Birth date Batting style Bowling style Year signed Notes
Batsmen
22 Misbah-ul-Haq  Pakistan (1974-05-28)28 May 1974 (aged 44) Right-handed Right-arm leg break 2018 Captain
26 Imam-ul-Haq  Pakistan (1995-12-12)12 December 1995 (aged 23) Left-handed — 2019
92 Sohaib Maqsood  Pakistan (1987-04-15)15 April 1987 (aged 31) Right-handed Right-arm off break 2018
Lendl Simmons  West Indies (1985-01-25)25 January 1985 (aged 34) Right-handed Right-arm medium fast 2019 Overseas
Nabi Gul  Pakistan (1997-10-05)5 October 1997 (aged 21) Right-handed — 2019
Samiullah  Pakistan (1996-11-11)11 November 1996 (aged 22) Right-handed — 2019
Dawid Malan  England (1987-09-03)3 September 1987 (aged 31) Left-handed 2019 Overseas
All-rounders
4 Khalid Usman  Pakistan (1986-03-01)1 March 1986 (aged 32) Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox 2018
7 Liam Dawson  England (1990-03-01)1 March 1990 (aged 28) Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox 2018 Overseas
55 Kieron Pollard  West Indies (1987-05-12)12 May 1987 (aged 31) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2018 Overseas
88 Darren Sammy  West Indies (1983-12-20)20 December 1983 (aged 35) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2019 Overseas; Captain
200 Umar Amin  Pakistan (1989-10-16)16 October 1989 (aged 29) Left-handed Right-arm medium 2019
Wayne Madsen  England (1985-01-02)2 January 1985 (aged 34) Right-handed Right-arm off-break 2019 Overseas
Wicket-keepers
23 Kamran Akmal  Pakistan (1982-01-13)13 January 1982 (aged 37) Right-handed — 2018
72 Andre Fletcher  West Indies (1987-11-28)28 November 1987 (aged 31) Right-handed — 2019 Overseas
Jamal Anwar  Pakistan (1990-12-31)31 December 1990 (aged 28) Right-handed — 2019
Bowlers
7 Tymal Mills  England (1992-08-12)12 August 1992 (aged 26) Right-handed Left-arm fast 2019 Overseas
9 Ibtisam Sheikh  Pakistan (1999-03-16)16 March 1999 (aged 19) Right-handed Left-arm leg break googly 2019
13 Umaid Asif  Pakistan (1984-04-30)30 April 1984 (aged 34) Right-handed Right-arm medium fast 2018
14 Sameen Gul  Pakistan (1999-02-04)4 February 1999 (aged 20) Right-handed Right-arm medium 2018
32 Hasan Ali  Pakistan (1994-02-07)7 February 1994 (aged 25) Right-handed Right-arm medium fast 2018
34 Chris Jordan  England (1988-10-04)4 October 1988 (aged 30) Right-handed Right-arm fast 2019 Overseas
47 Wahab Riaz  Pakistan (1985-06-28)28 June 1985 (aged 33) Right-handed Left-arm fast 2016
Waqar Salamkheil  Afghanistan (2001-10-02)2 October 2001 (aged 17) Right-handed Left-arm medium 2019 Overseas. Unavailable, replaced by Andre Fletcher.

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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
  •   Advanced to Qualifier
  •   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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