Peshawar Zalmi overcome Karachi Kings in a low scoring game
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Peshawar Zalmi secured a two runs victory over Karachi Kings in the 29th match of ongoing Pakistan Super League (PSL) season nine at National Bank Stadium on Monday, reported 24NewsHD TV channel.
Zalmi restricted the Kings to 145/5 after posting a 148-run target. They finished with 13 points in their ten league matches while the Kings remained at fifth with eight points only. This game finished Karachi Kings' PSL 9 journey.
Kings opners Tim Seifert and James Vince started the chase impressively. The pair added 61 before Vince was dismissed by Naveen-ul-Haq. The Englishman made 21 off 27 balls.
In the following over, skipper Shan Masood (1) was clean bowled by Saim Ayub, who has been a revelation with the ball in PSL 9.
The wickets kept crumbling for Kings with the set-batter Seifert being dismissed courtesy of a LBW by Aamer Jamal.
The New Zealander made 41 off 30 balls.
Shoaib Malik and Irfan Khan Niazi paired for the fourth wicket to stabilise the innings. Irfan attacked Zalmi bowlers with Malik playing the anchor role.
A 49-run stand ended with Naveen-ul-Haq castling Malik's stumps in the 18th over. The veteran made 22 off 25 balls.
Irfan kept finding boundaries at regular intervals while Anwar Ali joined. 17 runs were required off the last over but Jamal kept his cool and conceded 14 runs.
Chasing a target of 147-run, Karachi Kings failed to covert the last ball of the match into four that was required to win the match.
Earlier, Shoaib Malik and Arafat Minhas bowling effort restricted Peshawar Zalmi to post 147/6 runs on the board in 20 overs.
Opting to bat first, Peshawar Zalmi managed an average total on the board despite a solid start to their innings.
Their in-form opening pair Babar Azam and Saim Ayub looked in control in the early phase of the innings and led Zalmi to 54 for no loss at the conclusion of the batting powerplay.Babar remained the top-scorer for Zalmi with 51 off 46 deliveries, including an impressive tally of five fours and a six.
His dismissal halted the flow of runs for Zalmi, putting their batters under pressure.
Consequently, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, in a desperate attempt to hit big, fell for a scratchy nine off 14 deliveries, bringing Zalmi down to 113/5 in 16.5 overs.
Later, Rovman Powell’s swashbuckling cameo, which lasted in the final over, bolstered Zalmi to a decent total.
He smashed three boundaries on his way to an 18-ball 30.
For Karachi Kings, Hasan Ali, Arafat Minhas, Daniel Sams and Zahid Mahmood made one scalp each.
