2019 Peshawar Zalmi season
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.
| 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 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
- Players with international caps are shown in bold
- Ages are given as of the first match of the season, 14 February 2019
| No. | Name | Nationality | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Year signed | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batsmen | |||||||
| 22 | Misbah-ul-Haq | 28 May 1974 (aged 44) | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | 2018 | Captain | |
| 26 | Imam-ul-Haq | 12 December 1995 (aged 23) | Left-handed | — | 2019 | ||
| 92 | Sohaib Maqsood | 15 April 1987 (aged 31) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2018 | ||
| Lendl Simmons | 25 January 1985 (aged 34) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium fast | 2019 | Overseas | ||
| Nabi Gul | 5 October 1997 (aged 21) | Right-handed | — | 2019 | |||
| Samiullah | 11 November 1996 (aged 22) | Right-handed | — | 2019 | |||
| Dawid Malan | 3 September 1987 (aged 31) | Left-handed | 2019 | Overseas | |||
| All-rounders | |||||||
| 4 | Khalid Usman | 1 March 1986 (aged 32) | Right-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | 2018 | ||
| 7 | Liam Dawson | 1 March 1990 (aged 28) | Right-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | 2018 | Overseas | |
| 55 | Kieron Pollard | 12 May 1987 (aged 31) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2018 | Overseas | |
| 88 | Darren Sammy | 20 December 1983 (aged 35) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2019 | Overseas; Captain | |
| 200 | Umar Amin | 16 October 1989 (aged 29) | Left-handed | Right-arm medium | 2019 | ||
| Wayne Madsen | 2 January 1985 (aged 34) | Right-handed | Right-arm off-break | 2019 | Overseas | ||
| Wicket-keepers | |||||||
| 23 | Kamran Akmal | 13 January 1982 (aged 37) | Right-handed | — | 2018 | ||
| 72 | Andre Fletcher | 28 November 1987 (aged 31) | Right-handed | — | 2019 | Overseas | |
| Jamal Anwar | 31 December 1990 (aged 28) | Right-handed | — | 2019 | |||
| Bowlers | |||||||
| 7 | Tymal Mills | 12 August 1992 (aged 26) | Right-handed | Left-arm fast | 2019 | Overseas | |
| 9 | Ibtisam Sheikh | 16 March 1999 (aged 19) | Right-handed | Left-arm leg break googly | 2019 | ||
| 13 | Umaid Asif | 30 April 1984 (aged 34) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium fast | 2018 | ||
| 14 | Sameen Gul | 4 February 1999 (aged 20) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2018 | ||
| 32 | Hasan Ali | 7 February 1994 (aged 25) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium fast | 2018 | ||
| 34 | Chris Jordan | 4 October 1988 (aged 30) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | 2019 | Overseas | |
| 47 | Wahab Riaz | 28 June 1985 (aged 33) | Right-handed | Left-arm fast | 2016 | ||
| Waqar Salamkheil | 2 October 2001 (aged 17) | Right-handed | Left-arm medium | 2019 | Overseas. Unavailable, replaced by Andre Fletcher. | ||
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Season standings
Points table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
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| 1 | Peshawar Zalmi (R) | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0.828 |
| 2 | Quetta Gladiators (C) | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0.376 |
| 3 | Islamabad United (3rd) | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.127 |
| 4 | Karachi Kings (4th) | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | −0.673 |
| 5 | Multan Sultans | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.173 |
| 6 | 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
Notes:
- C = Champions;
- R = Runner-up;
- (x) = Position at the end of the tournament;
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
- "Quetta Gladiators overwhelm Peshawar Zalmi to clinch the maiden PSL Title". Dawn News. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
- "PSL Final 2019: Quetta Gladiators clinch maiden PSL title". The News International. March 18, 2019.
- "Records / Most Runs / 2019 Season / Peshawar Zalmi". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
- "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.
- "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.

