2016 Pakistan Super League final

2016 Pakistan Super League Final

Event	2016 Pakistan Super League
Quetta Gladiators Islamabad United 174/7 175/4 20 overs 18.4 overs
Islamabad United won by 6 wickets
Date	23 February 2016
Venue	Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
Player of the match	Dwayne Smith (Islamabad United)
Umpires	Joel Wilson Aleem Dar
Attendance	25,000
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The 2016 Pakistan Super League Final was a Twenty20 cricket match played on 23 February 2016, at Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai between Quetta Gladiators and Islamabad United to determine the winner of the 2016 season of the Pakistan Super League. ^[1]

Islamabad defeated Quetta by six wickets to win the first title of the Pakistan Super League. Islamabad won the toss at elected to field first. Dwayne Smith of Islamabad United was the man of the match, scoring 73 runs from 51 balls. ^{[2] [3]} The final was sold out ^[4] with a final attendance of around 25,000. ^[5] The final marked a successful culmination of PSL's first season. ^[6]

Route to the final

Main article: 2016 Pakistan Super League

Group stage

Quetta Gladiators and Islamabad United finished the group stage in second and third positions respectively on the league's points table. ^[7] Quetta won six out of eight games in the group stage and finished second on the table with 12 points. ^[7] Quetta batted second in seven of their matches and chased the tournament's highest total, 201 against Lahore Qalandars in their last group match. ^[8] Islamabad began the tournament with four defeats in their first six matches, but won their last two group stage matches to qualify for the playoffs in third place with eight points.

League progression

Team	Group matches								Playoffs
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Q1/E	Q2	F
Quetta Gladiators	2	4	6	6	8	10	10	12	W		L
Islamabad United	0	0	2	4	4	4	6	8	W	W	W

Win

Loss

No result

• Note: The total points at the end of each group match are listed.
• Note: Click on the points (group matches) or W/L (playoffs) to see the match summary.

Group stage series

4 February (D/N) Match 1 Scorecard

Islamabad United 128/7 (20 overs)

v

Quetta Gladiators 132/2 (16 overs)

Quetta won by 8 wickets Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai

21 February (D/N) Match 11 Scorecard

Islamabad United 117 (19.1 overs)

v

Quetta Gladiators 118/3 (16.1 overs)

Quetta won by 7 wickets Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah

Match

Background

The match was played at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium – the same venue at which the opening match of the league was also played between the two teams. Two days before the final all tickets were sold out. ^[4]

Report

The toss was won by Islamabad who chose to bowl first. Their captain Misbah-ul-Haq explained the decision by stating that dew could develop later in the second innings of the game, making it harder to field last. Both teams were unchanged from their respective previous matches. ^[9]

Quetta's innings began with opener Bismillah Khan being dismissed caught behind for 0 in the first over off Mohammad Irfan. ^[1] Kevin Pietersen then joined the opener Ahmed Shehzad and was dismissed by Andre Russell after scoring a run-a-ball 18. Kumar Sangakkara and Ahmed Shehzad scored fifties to help the total to 174/7 in 20 overs. ^[9] Andre Russell took three wickets and became the leading wicket taker of the tournament.

Islamabad started the chase with Dwayne Smith and Sharjeel Khan hitting consecutive boundaries off Anwar Ali. Sharjeel was dismissed by Nathan McCullum after scoring 12 runs from 11 balls. Brad Haddin joined the Smith and both scored fifties with Misbah ul Haq scoring the winning runs in the 19th over. ^[3]

Scorecard

Toss: Islamabad United won the toss and elected to bowl. ^[1]

Quetta Gladiators innings
Player	Status	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	Strike rate
Bismillah Khan	c Haddin b Irfan	0	3	0	0	0.00
Ahmed Shehzad	c Badree b Sami	64	39	9	1	164.10
Kevin Pietersen	c Asif Ali b Russell	18	18	0	1	100.00
Kumar Sangakkara	c Imran Khalid b Russell	55	32	7	2	171.87
Mohammad Nawaz	b Badree	7	5	0	1	140.00
†Sarfraz Ahmed	c Smith b Irfan	3	4	0	0	75.00
Grant Elliott	*	12	9	0	1	133.33
Anwar Ali	c Khalid b Russell	13	10	1	1	130.00
Nathan McCullum	*	0	0	0	0	0.00
Zulfiqar Babar
Aizaz Cheema
Extras (lb 2) Total 174–7 (20 overs)				17	7	8.7 RR

Fall of wickets: 0–1 (Bismillah Khan, 0.3 ov), 33–2 (Pietersen, 5.1 ov), 120–3 (Sangakkara, 14.3 ov), 135–4 (Mohammad Nawaz, 15.4 ov), 147–5 (Ahmed Shehzad, 16.3 ov), 153–6 (†Sarfraz Ahmed, 17.4 ov), 168–7 (Anwar Ali, 19.4 ov)

Islamabad United bowling
Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Econ	Wides	NBs
Mohammad Irfan	4	0	25	2	6.25	0	0
Imran Khalid	3	0	26	0	8.66	0	0
Samuel Badree	4	0	38	1	9.50	0	0
Mohammad Sami	4	0	31	1	7.75	0	0
Andre Russell	4	0	36	3	9.00	0	0
Dwayne Smith	1	0	16	0	16.00	0	0

Target: 175 runs from 20 overs at 8.75 RR

Islamabad United innings
Player	Status	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	Strike rate
Dwayne Smith	c Pieterson b Zulfiqar	74	51	7	4	143.13
Sharjeel Khan	b McCullum	12	11	1	1	102.09
Brad Haddin	*	61	39	2	5	156.41
Andre Russell	b Cheema	7	3	0	1	233.33
Khalid Latif	c Zulfiqar b Anwar	16	7	3	0	228.57
†Misbah ul Haq	*	1	1	0	0	100.00
Asif Ali
Samuel Badree
Imran Khalid
Mohammad Irfan
Mohammad Sami
Extras (lb 5) Total 175–4 (18.4 overs)				13	11	9.37 RR

Fall of wickets: 54–1 (Sharjeel Khan, 5.4 ov), 139–2 (Smith, 15.3 ov), 147–3 (Russell, 16.1 ov), 173–4 (Khalid Latif, 18.2 ov)

Quetta Gladiators bowling
Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Econ	Wides	NBs
Anwar Ali	2.4	0	29	1	10.87	0	0
Nathan McCullum	3	0	24	1	8.00	0	0
Aizaz Cheema	4	0	34	1	8.50	0	0
Zulfiqar Babar	4	0	41	1	10.25	0	0
Mohammad Nawaz	3	0	15	0	5	0	0
Grant Elliott	2	0	27	0	13.50	0	0

Result: Islamabad United won by 6 wickets

Match Officials

Role	Name
On field umpire	Joel Wilson
On field umpire	Aleem Dar
TV umpire	Ahsan Raza
Reserve umpire	Ahmed Shahab
Match referee	Roshan Mahanama

Notes

• † indicates team captain
• * indicates not out

References

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