2019 Peshawar Zalmi season

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Peshawar Zalmi
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]
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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.

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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 the team's best batsman with 357 runs from 13 matches. [3] Hasan Ali was the 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

No.NameNationalityBirth dateBatting styleBowling styleYear signedNotes
Batsmen
22 Misbah-ul-Haq Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 28 May 1974 (aged 44)Right-handedRight-arm leg break2018 Captain
26 Imam-ul-Haq Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 12 December 1995 (aged 23)Left-handed—2019
92 Sohaib Maqsood Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 15 April 1987 (aged 31)Right-handedRight-arm off break2018
Lendl Simmons WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies 25 January 1985 (aged 34)Right-handedRight-arm medium fast2019Overseas
Nabi Gul Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 5 October 1997 (aged 21)Right-handed—2019
Samiullah Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 11 November 1996 (aged 22)Right-handed—2019
Dawid Malan Flag of England.svg  England 3 September 1987 (aged 31)Left-handed2019Overseas
All-rounders
4 Khalid Usman Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 1 March 1986 (aged 32)Right-handedSlow left-arm orthodox2018
7 Liam Dawson Flag of England.svg  England 1 March 1990 (aged 28)Right-handedSlow left-arm orthodox2018Overseas
55 Kieron Pollard WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies 12 May 1987 (aged 31)Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast2018Overseas
88 Darren Sammy WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies 20 December 1983 (aged 35)Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast2019Overseas; Captain
200 Umar Amin Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 16 October 1989 (aged 29)Left-handedRight-arm medium2019
Wayne Madsen Flag of England.svg  England 2 January 1985 (aged 34)Right-handedRight-arm off-break2019Overseas
Wicket-keepers
23 Kamran Akmal Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 13 January 1982 (aged 37)Right-handed—2018
72 Andre Fletcher WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies 28 November 1987 (aged 31)Right-handed—2019Overseas
Jamal Anwar Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 31 December 1990 (aged 28)Right-handed—2019
Bowlers
7 Tymal Mills Flag of England.svg  England 12 August 1992 (aged 26)Right-handedLeft-arm fast2019Overseas
9 Ibtisam Sheikh Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 16 March 1999 (aged 19)Right-handedLeft-arm leg break googly2019
13 Umaid Asif Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 30 April 1984 (aged 34)Right-handedRight-arm medium fast2018
14 Sameen Gul Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 4 February 1999 (aged 20)Right-handedRight-arm medium2018
32 Hasan Ali Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 7 February 1994 (aged 25)Right-handedRight-arm medium fast2018
34 Chris Jordan Flag of England.svg  England 4 October 1988 (aged 30)Right-handedRight-arm fast2019Overseas
47 Wahab Riaz Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 28 June 1985 (aged 33)Right-handedLeft-arm fast2016
Waqar Salamkheil Flag of Afghanistan (2013-2021).svg  Afghanistan 2 October 2001 (aged 17)Right-handedLeft-arm medium2019Overseas. Unavailable, replaced by Andre Fletcher.

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Season standings

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

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]

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