2019 Peshawar Zalmi season
| 2019 season | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Coach |  Mohammad Akram | ||
| Captain |  Darren Sammy | ||
| PSL 2019 | Runners-up[1][2] | ||
| Most runs | Kamran Akmal (357)[3] | ||
| Most wickets | Hasan Ali (25)[4] | ||
| |||
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.
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
2019 Pakistan Super League squads
Season standings
Points table
| Team | P | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peshawar Zalmi | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | +0.828 | ||||
| Quetta Gladiators | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | +0.376 | ||||
| Islamabad United | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | +0.127 | ||||
| Karachi Kings | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | –0.673 | ||||
| Multan Sultans | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6 | +0.173 | ||||
| Lahore Qalandars | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6 | –0.837 | ||||
- The top 4 teams qualified for the playoffs
- Advanced to Qualifier
- Advanced to Eliminator 1
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
- ^ a b "Quetta Gladiators overwhelm Peshawar Zalmi to clinch the maiden PSL Title". Dawn News. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
- ^ a b c "PSL Final 2019: Quetta Gladiators clinch maiden PSL title". The News International. March 18, 2019.
- ^ a b "Records / Most Runs / 2019 Season / Peshawar Zalmi". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
- ^ a b "Records / Most Wickets / 2019 Season / Peshawar Zalmi". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
- ^ "Quetta Gladiators defeat Peshawar Zalmi, clinch PSL-4 trophy". Dunya News. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
- ^ a b "Points Table –Pakistan Super League 2019". Retrieved 17 March 2019 – via ESPNCricinfo.
- ^ "Peshawar Zalmi rout Islamabad United to clash with Quetta Gladiators in final". The News. 15 March 2019. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
- ^ "Quetta Gladiators into PSL 2019 final after beating Peshawar Zalmi". Samaa.
- ^ "Peshawar storm into PSL final, beat Islamabad by 48 runs in eliminator". Geo News.