2022 Quetta Gladiators season

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Quetta Gladiators
2022 season
Coach Moin Khan
Captain Sarfaraz Ahmed
PSL 2022 League stage (5th)
Most runs Jason Roy (303) [1]
Most wickets Naseem Shah (14) [2]

The Quetta Gladiators (often abbreviated as QG) is a franchise cricket team which competes in Pakistan Super League (PSL). The team is based in Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan, Pakistan. The team was coached by Moin Khan, [3] [4] and captained by Sarfaraz Ahmed. [5]

Contents

Squad

No.NameNationalityBirth dateBatting styleBowling styleYear signedNotes
Batsmen
11 Abdul Bangalzai Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 23 March 2003 (aged 18)Right-handed2022
13 Ahsan Ali Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 10 December 1993 (aged 28)Right-handed Leg-break 2022
14 James Vince Flag of England.svg  England 14 March 1991 (aged 30)Right-handedRight-arm medium 2022
20 Jason Roy Flag of England.svg  England 21 July 1999 (aged 22)Right-handedRight-arm medium 2022
23 Will Smeed Flag of England.svg  England 26 October 2001 (aged 20)Right-handedRight-arm off break 2022Partial replacement for James Vince. Later full replacement for Dan Lawrence
28 Dan Lawrence Flag of England.svg  England 12 July 1997 (aged 24)Right-handedRight-arm off break2022
96 Umar Akmal Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 26 May 1990 (aged 31)Right-handedRight-arm off spin 2022
99 Ali Imran Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 25 February 1998 (aged 23)Right-handedRight-arm medium2022Partial replacement for Noor Ahmad
Shimron Hetmyer WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies 26 December 1996 (aged 25)Left-handed2022Partial replacement for Jason Roy
Mohammad Shehzad Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 5 February 2004 (aged 17)Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast 2022Replacement for James Faulkner
All-rounders
10 Shahid Afridi Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 1 March 1980 (aged 41)Right-handedRight-arm leg spin 2022
16 Hasan Khan Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 16 October 1998 (aged 23)Right-handed Slow left arm orthodox 2022Partial replacement for Shahid Afridi. Later fully replaced Muhammad Nawaz
21 Mohammad Nawaz Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 21 March 1994 (aged 27)Left-handed Slow left arm orthodox 2016 Vice-captain
41 Luke Wood Flag of England.svg  England 2 August 1995 (aged 26)Left-handedLeft-arm fast2022Full replacement for Naveen-ul-Haq
44 James Faulkner Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 20 April 1990 (aged 31)Right-handedLeft-arm fast-medium2022
95 Iftikhar Ahmed Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 3 September 1990 (aged 31)Right-handedRight-arm off break 2022
Wicket-keepers
17 Ben Duckett Flag of England.svg  England 17 October 1994 (aged 27)Left-handedRight-arm off-break 2022
54 Sarfaraz Ahmed Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 22 May 1987 (aged 34)Right-handed2016 Captain
Bowlers
6 Ghulam Mudassar Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 20 October 1999 (aged 22)Right-handedLeft-arm fast-medium2022
7 Ashir Qureshi Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 12 August 2001 (aged 20)Right-handedRight-arm leg-break googly 2022
8 Khurram Shahzad Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 25 November 1999 (aged 22)Right-handedRight-arm medium 2022
15 Noor Ahmad Flag of Afghanistan (2013-2021).svg  Afghanistan 3 January 2005 (aged 17)Left-handed Left arm unorthodox spin 2022
33 Sohail Tanvir Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 12 December 1984 (aged 37)Left-handedLeft-arm medium-fast 2022
71 Naseem Shah Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 15 February 2003 (aged 18)Right-handedRight-arm fast 2019
76 Mohammad Irfan Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 6 June 1982 (aged 39)Right-handedLeft-arm fast 2022Replacement for Muhammad Hasnain [6]
87 Mohammad Hasnain Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 5 April 2000 (aged 21)Right-handedRight-arm fast 2019
Naveen-ul-Haq Flag of Afghanistan (2013-2021).svg  Afghanistan 23 September 1999 (aged 22)Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast 2022
Source: QG squad

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Season standings

Points table

PosTeamPldWLNRPts NRR
1 Multan Sultans (R)10910181.253
2 Lahore Qalandars (C)10640120.765
3 Peshawar Zalmi (4th)1064012−0.340
4 Islamabad United (3rd)104608−0.069
5 Quetta Gladiators 104608−0.708
6 Karachi Kings 101902−0.891
Source: ESPNcricinfo

Regular season

Match 2
28 January 2022
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Quetta Gladiators
190/4 (20 overs)
v
Peshawar Zalmi
191/5 (19.4 overs)
Will Smeed 97 (62)
Usman Qadir 2/20 (4 overs)
Hussain Talat 52 (29)
Mohammad Nawaz 3/44 (4 overs)
Peshawar Zalmi won by 5 wickets
National Stadium, Karachi
Umpires: Michael Gough (Eng) and Ahsan Raza (Pak)
Player of the match: Will Smeed (Quetta Gladiators)
  • Peshawar Zalmi won the toss and elected to field.
  • Yasir Khan (Peshawar Zalmi) and Ashir Qureshi (Quetta Gladiators) both made their T20 debuts.

Match 4
29 January 2022
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
PSL-homeground.jpg Karachi Kings
113 (17.3 overs)
v
Quetta Gladiators
114/2 (15.5 overs)
Babar Azam 32 (29)
Naseem Shah 5/20 (3.3 overs)
Ahsan Ali 57* (43)
Mohammad Imran 1/23 (3 overs)
Quetta Gladiators won by 8 wickets
National Stadium, Karachi
Umpires: Michael Gough (Eng) and Shozab Raza (Pak)
Player of the match: Naseem Shah (Quetta Gladiators)
  • Quetta Gladiators won the toss and elected to field.

Match 7
31 January 2022
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Multan Sultans
174/4 (20 overs)
v
Quetta Gladiators
168 (19.5 overs)
Shan Masood 88 (58)
Mohammad Hasnain 2/27 (4 overs)
Ben Duckett 47 (32)
Khushdil Shah 3/16 (4 overs)
Multan Sultans won by 6 runs
National Stadium, Karachi
Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Ahsan Raza (Pak)
Player of the match: Shan Masood (Multan Sultans)
  • Quetta Gladiators won the toss and elected to field.

Match 10
3 February 2022
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Islamabad United
229/4 (20 overs)
v
Quetta Gladiators
186 (19.3 overs)
Colin Munro 72* (39)
Mohammad Nawaz 2/32 (4 overs)
Ahsan Ali 50 (27)
Shadab Khan 5/28 (4 overs)
Islamabad United won by 43 runs
National Stadium, Karachi
Umpires: Richard Illingworth (Eng) and Imtiaz Iqbal (Pak)
Player of the match: Colin Munro (Islamabad United)
  • Quetta Gladiators won the toss and elected to field.

Match 15
7 February 2022
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Lahore Qalandars
204/5 (20 overs)
v
Quetta Gladiators
207/3 (19.3 overs)
Fakhar Zaman 70 (45)
Ghulam Mudassar 2/43 (4 overs)
Jason Roy 116 (57)
Kamran Ghulam 1/15 (2 overs)
Quetta Gladiators won by 7 wickets
National Stadium, Karachi
Umpires: Michael Gough (Eng) and Shozab Raza (Pak)
Player of the match: Jason Roy (Quetta Gladiators)
  • Quetta Gladiators won the toss and elected to field.

Match 18
12 February 2022
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Islamabad United
199/8 (20 overs)
v
Quetta Gladiators
203/5 (19.4 overs)
Alex Hales 62 (38)
Shahid Afridi 2/27 (4 overs)
Jason Roy 54 (27)
Shadab Khan 3/25 (4 overs)
Quetta Gladiators won by 5 wickets
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
Umpires: Faisal Afridi (Pak) and Richard Illingworth (Eng)
Player of the match: Sarfaraz Ahmed (Quetta Gladiators)
  • Quetta Gladiators won the toss and elected to field.
  • Zeeshan Zameer (Islamabad United) made his T20 debut.

Match 20
13 February 2022
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Quetta Gladiators
141/7 (20 overs)
v
Lahore Qalandars PSL-homeground.jpg
143/2 (17.4 overs)
Iftikhar Ahmed 52 (39)
David Wiese 2/25 (4 overs)
Kamran Ghulam 55* (39)
Noor Ahmad 1/24 (4 overs)
Lahore Qalandars won by 8 wickets
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
Umpires: Asif Yaqoob (Pak) and Michael Gough (Eng)
Player of the match: Shaheen Afridi (Lahore Qalandars)
  • Lahore Qalandars won the toss and elected to field.

Match 22
15 February 2022
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Peshawar Zalmi
185/7 (20 overs)
v
Quetta Gladiators
161/8 (20 overs)
Shoaib Malik 58 (41)
Naseem Shah 4/27 (4 overs)
Will Smeed 99 (60)
Usman Qadir 3/25 (4 overs)
Peshawar Zalmi won by 24 runs
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
Umpires: Michael Gough (Eng) and Rashid Riaz (Pak)
Player of the match: Hussain Talat (Peshawar Zalmi)
  • Peshawar Zalmi won the toss and elected to bat.

Match 25
18 February 2022
14:30 (N)
Scorecard
Multan Sultans
245/3 (20 overs)
v
Quetta Gladiators
128 (15.5 overs)
Mohammad Rizwan 83* (54)
Mohammad Irfan 1/28 (3.3 overs)
Umar Akmal 50 (23)
Khushdil Shah 2/17 (2.5 overs)
Multan Sultans won by 117 runs
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Rashid Riaz (Pak)
Player of the match: Rilee Rossouw (Multan Sultans)
  • Multan Sultans won the toss and elected to bat.
  • As a result of this match, Lahore Qalandars and Peshawar Zalmi both qualified for the play-offs. [7]

Match 28
20 February 2022
14:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Quetta Gladiators
166/4 (20 overs)
v
Karachi Kings
143/8 (20 overs)
Jason Roy 82 (64)
Lewis Gregory 1/22 (3 overs)
Joe Clarke 52 (39)
Khurram Shahzad 4/22 (4 overs)
Quetta Gladiators won by 23 runs
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Asif Yaqoob (Pak)
Player of the match: Khurram Shahzad (Quetta Gladiators)
  • Quetta Gladiators won the toss and elected to bat.

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