Peshawar Zalmi thumped Lahore Qalandars by nine wickets in the fifth match of the inaugural Pakistan Super League (PSL) on late Saturday at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium.
Opener Tamim Iqbal scored his second consecutive fifty for Peshawar with his partner Muhammad Hafeez supporting him with a 37-ball 43 runs inning.
Ajantha Mendis was the only bowler to take a wicket for Lahore. He gave 23 runs in his full quota of four overs.
Earlier, Peshawar opted to bowl first unlike yesterday and restricted Lahore to a total of 117-6.
Dwayne Bravo (32 off 31) and captain Azhar Ali (31 off 41) were the largest contributors for Lahore. Meanwhile, Umar Akmal scored a humble 21 off 24.
For Peshawar, Muhammad Asghar – man of the match of their first fixture against Islamabad United – took two wickets in his four overs and gave away only 11 runs.
Junaid Khan, Shaun Tait and Wahab Riaz took one wicket apiece for Peshawar as well.
Post-match presentation
Most colorful innings award goes to Muhammad Hafeez.
Man of the match is Tamim Iqbal for his half-century.
Azhar Ali: We have play better cricket. Losing three wickets for four or five runs; from there on it was a disaster.
Shahid Afridi: The first six overs are important whatever you are doing first, batting or bowling. We have also set winning prizes for best fielder, so the guys are putting in a lot of effort. The [APS] kids are enjoying the stay here.
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