2019 Multan Sultans season

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Multan Sultans
2019 season
Coach Johan Botha [1]
Captain Shoaib Malik
PSL 2019 5th (eliminated)
Most runs Shoaib Malik (266) [2]
Most wickets Shahid Afridi (10) [3]
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The Multan Sultans is a franchise cricket team that represents Multan in the Pakistan Super League. The team made its PSL debut in the 2018 season. [4] [5] The team finished 5th after group stage matches, winning only three out of their ten matches and failing to reach the play-offs for the second consecutive year. [6]

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Background

Multan Sultans are the sixth team to join the league. 2018 was their inaugural season. After the league was started in 2016, this was the first expansion of the league. Tom Moody serves as their coach. [7] Prior to the start of the fourth season, Schon Properties failed to pay the $5.2 million annual fee, and Pakistan Cricket Board had cancelled their franchise.. [8] After the cancellation, the PCB took responsibility of all player and coach contracts while the public tender process took place to grant the repackaged rights of the team. The PCB asked interested bidders to collect the bidding documents from its offices by 14 December 2018. The financial proposal of the technically qualified bidders is due to be opened on 18 December 2018. [9] On 20 December 2018, PSL announced that Ali Tareen-led Multan consortium had won the franchise rights for the sixth team for a seven-year period, by exceeding the PCB's reserve price set at $5.21 million per year. [10] Tareen's bid was for $6.35 million per year, making this the most expensive franchise. [11]

Squad

No.NameNationalityBirth dateBatting styleBowling styleYear signedNotes
Batsmen
14 James Vince Flag of England.svg  England 14 March 1991 (aged 27)Right-handedRight-arm medium2019Overseas
30 Shan Masood Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 14 October 1989 (aged 29)Left-handedRight-arm medium-fast2018
1 Umar Siddiq Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 30 December 1992 (aged 26)Left-handedRight-arm off break2018
32 Laurie Evans Flag of England.svg  England 12 October 1987 (aged 31)Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast2019Overseas
49 Steve Smith Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 2 June 1989 (aged 29)Right-handedRight-arm leg spin2019Overseas
24 Joe Denly Flag of England.svg  England 16 March 1986 (aged 32)Right-handedRight-arm leg spin2019Overseas
All-rounders
7 Nauman Ali Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 7 October 1986 (aged 32)Right-handedSlow left-arm orthodox2019
10 Shahid Afridi Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 1 March 1980 (aged 38)Right-handedRight-arm leg spin2019
12 Andre Russell WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies 29 April 1988 (aged 30)Right-handedRight-arm fast2019Overseas
18 Shoaib Malik Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 1 February 1982 (aged 37)Right-handedRight-arm off break2018 Captain
73 Hammad Azam Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 16 March 1991 (aged 27)Right-handedRight-arm medium2019
54 Dan Christian Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 4 May 1983 (aged 35)Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast2019Overseas
Wicket-keepers
29 Nicholas Pooran WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies 2 October 1995 (aged 23)Left-handed—2018Overseas
78 Shakeel Ansar Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 11 November 1978 (aged 40)Right-handed—2019
23 Tom Moores Flag of England.svg  England 4 September 1996 (aged 22)Left-handed—2019Overseas
25 Johnson Charles WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies 14 January 1989 (aged 30)Right-handedSlow left-arm orthodox2019Overseas
Bowlers
33 Ali Shafiq Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 16 November 1996 (aged 22)Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast2019
83 Junaid Khan Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 24 December 1989 (aged 29)Right-handedLeft-arm fast2018
17 Irfan Khan Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 1 August 1989 (aged 29)Right-handedRight-arm leg break2018
26 Mohammad Abbas Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 10 March 1990 (aged 28)Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium2018
27 Mohammad Irfan Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 6 June 1982 (aged 36)Right-handedLeft-arm fast2019
27 Mohammad Ilyas Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 21 March 1999 (aged 19)Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast2019
93 Chris Green Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 1 October 1993 (aged 25)Right-handedRight-arm off break2019Overseas
Mohammad Junaid Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 21 March 2002 (aged 16)Left-handedSlow left-arm orthodox2019
32 Qais Ahmed Flag of Afghanistan (2013-2021).svg  Afghanistan 15 August 2000 (aged 18)Right-handedRight-arm leg break2019Overseas

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Points table

PosTeam
PldWLTNRPts NRR
1 Peshawar Zalmi (R)107300140.828
2 Quetta Gladiators (C)107300140.376
3 Islamabad United (3rd)105500100.127
4 Karachi Kings (4th)10550010−0.673
5 Multan Sultans 10370060.173
6 Lahore Qalandars 1037006−0.837
Source: ESPNcricinfo

Notes:

Season summary

Multan Sultans started their season against Karachi Kings with a close defeat by just 7 runs. [12] In the next game against Islamabad United they registered their first win after restricting the opponents to only 125 runs and managing to chase the target pretty easily. [13] After their first five games, they lost 4 and won only once. They had their chance against Lahore Qalandars where they posted the highest total batting first of the tournament (200), but bad bowling in last few overs costed them the match, resulting in losing the match on the last ball. [14] [15] They won their second match of the season against Islamabad United by 6 wickets. [16] [17] Team's bad performance continued as they suffer three more loses, resulting in them being the first team to be eliminated from the season. [18] [19]

After playing ten matches, they managed to get over the line in three matches with the 3rd win coming against Lahore Qalandars in their final game of the season, played at National Stadium. [20] As a result, They finished 5th on the points table for the second consecutive year. [21]

Skipper Shoaib Malik was the team's leading runs-scorer with 266 runs, [2] while Shahid Afridi with 10 wickets in 8 matches was the team's leading wicket-taker for the season. [3]

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