PSL 2020: Peshawar Zalmi beat Lahore Qalandars by 16 runs
Zalmi's Lewis Gregory earned Player of the Match honours due to fine all-round display.
Rawalpindi (Dunya News) - Peshawar Zalmi registered their second win in the in the HBL Pakistan Super League 2020 when they defeated Lahore Qalandars by 16 runs in the match played at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium on Friday, Dunya News reported.
Put in to bat first, Peshawar Zalmi scored 132 run for the loss of seven wickets in the match which was reduced to 12 overs per team due to rain. Tom Banton and Haider Ali played aggressive knocks and scored 34 runs each.
Medium pacer Dilbar Hussain did his best to rein in the scoring rate with a four-wicket haul, striking immediately upon his entry in the eighth over to get Haider, but by that stage Zalmi s batting unit had given a solid platform for some lusty late hitting by Lewis Gregory, Darren Sammy and Wahab Riaz for a further four sixes.
Chris Lynn spearheaded a fiery reply by Qalandars to get them to 48 for 0 in four overs, well in line with the required run rate in the 12-over chase. But Gregory derailed the replay upon his entry into the attack in the fifth over, striking twice in his first five balls to claim Lynn and then Hafeez on his way to a four-wicket haul of his own. Qalandars stuttered the rest of the way as wickets fell in regular intervals mainly to Gregory, whose fine all-round display earned him Player of the Match honours.
Brief scores: Peshawar Zalmi 132 for 7 (Banton 34, Haider Ali 34, Dilbar Hussain 4-24) beat Lahore Qalandars 116 for 6 (Lynn 30, Samit Patel 34, Gregory 4-25) by 16 runs.
