PSL 2019 Match 23: Quetta Gladiators defeat Peshawar Zalmi and retain top spot

Quetta Gladiators win by 8 wicketsWatch PSL live streaming hereQuetta Gladiators defeated Peshawar Zalmi by wight wickets in  the 23rd match of Pakistan Super League's fourth edition in Abu Dhabi, retaining their top spot at the points table once again as they qualify for the  Pakistan leg.In spite of a strong power play by the Zalmis in the first innings with Kamran Akmal and Andre Fletcher hitting frequent fours and sixes, the Gladiators were easily able to chase the target owing to Shane Watson being in tremendous form in today's match as he along with Ahmed Shehzad built a solid start.While Watson remained not out and hit the last required run, Shehzad was sent back to the hut  by Umaid Asif in the 16th over.Kamran Akmal for Zalmi's innings managed to score half a century before getting bowled out in the 17th over by Mohammad Hasnain which laid out the foundations for the team to set the innings.On the other hand, key player for the Zalmi’s Kieron Pollard delivered a firm performance knocking boundaries, while Imam-ul-Haq who has performed well in previous matches fell short this time and was sent back to the pavilion on his sixth over. In terms of fielding, 18-year-old Mohammad Hasnain’s performance was underwhelming, however he managed to get back in the game during his last over.Quetta Gladiators win by 8 wickets: 166/3Wahab Riaz to Shane Watson,   1 run, no ballWahab Riaz to Shane Watson, no runsWahab Riaz to Shane Watson, FOURWahab Riaz to Shane Watson, 1 wideWahab Riaz to Shane Watson, SIXWahab Riaz to Shane Watson, 2 runsEnd of over 17: Quetta Gladiators: 152/2 (Target: 166)Hasan Ali to Rilee Rossouw,  SIXHasan Ali to Shane Watson, 1 runHasan Ali to Rilee Rossouw, 1 runHasan Ali to Shane Watson,  1 runHasan Ali to Rilee Rossouw,  1 runHasan Ali to Shane Watson, 1 leg byeEnd of over 16: Quetta Gladiators: 141/2 (Target: 166)Umaid Asif to Rilee Rossouw, FOURUmaid Asif to Ahmed Shehzad, OUTUmaid Asif to Shane Watson,  1 runUmaid Asif to Ahmed Shehzad, 1 runUmaid Asif to Shane Watson,  1 runUmaid Asif to Ahmed Shehzad, 1 runUmaid Asif to Ahmed Shehzad, 2 runsUmaid Asif to Ahmed Shehzad,  4 widesEnd of over 15: Quetta Gladiators: 128/1 (Target: 166)Wahab Riaz to Shane Watson, no runsWahab Riaz to Ahmed Shehzad, 1 runWahab Riaz to Shane Watson, 1 runWahab Riaz to Shane Watson, SIXWahab Riaz to Ahmed Shehzad, 1 runWahab Riaz to Ahmed Shehzad, 1 wideWahab Riaz to Ahmed Shehzad, 2 runsEnd of over 14: Quetta Gladiators: 116/1 (Target: 166)Umaid Asif to Ahmed Shehzad, 1 runUmaid Asif to Shane Watson, 1 runUmaid Asif to Ahmed Shehzad,  1 runUmaid Asif to Shane Watson, 1 runUmaid Asif to Shane Watson, no runsUmaid Asif to Ahmed Shehzad,  1 runEnd of over 13: Quetta Gladiators: 111/1 (Target: 166)Sameen Gul to Ahmed Shehzad, 1 run, catch missedSameen Gul to Ahmed Shehzad, FOURSameen Gul to Ahmed Shehzad,  no runsSameen Gul to Ahmed Shehzad,  2 runsSameen Gul to Ahmed Shehzad, 2 runsSameen Gul to Shane Watson, 1 runEnd of over 12: Quetta Gladiators: 101/1 (Target: 166)Kieron Pollard to Shane Watson, 1 runKieron Pollard to Shane Watson, 1 wideKieron Pollard to Ahmed Shehzad, 1 runKieron Pollard to Shane Watson, 1 runKieron Pollard to Ahmed Shehzad, 1 leg bye Kieron Pollard to Shane Watson, 1 runKieron Pollard to Ahmed Shehzad,  1 runEnd of over 11: Quetta Gladiators: 94/1 (Target: 166)Sameen Gul to Ahmed Shehzad,  1 runSameen Gul to Shane Watson, 1 runSameen Gul to Shane Watson, no runsSameen Gul to Shane Watson, FOURSameen Gul to Ahmed Shehzad, 1 runSameen Gul to Ahmed Shehzad, no runsEnd of over 10: Quetta Gladiators: 87/1 (Target: 166)Liam Dawson to Ahmed Shehzad,  1 runLiam Dawson to Shane Watson,  1 runLiam Dawson to Shane Watson,  no runsLiam Dawson to Shane Watson,  FOURLiam Dawson to Shane Watson, 4 leg byesLiam Dawson to Ahmed Shehzad, 1 runEnd of over 9: Quetta Gladiators: 76/1 (Target: 166)Wahab Riaz to Ahmed Shehzad, no runsWahab Riaz to Ahmed Shehzad, 1 runWahab Riaz to Ahmed Shehzad,  no runsWahab Riaz to Shane Watson,  1 runWahab Riaz to Shane Watson,  SIXWahab Riaz to Shane Watson, no runsEnd of over 8: Quetta Gladiators: 68/1 (Target: 166)Liam Dawson to Shane Watson, 1 runLiam Dawson to Ahmed Shehzad, 1 runLiam Dawson to Shane Watson, 1 runLiam Dawson to Ahmed Shehzad, 1 runLiam Dawson to Ahmed Shehzad, no runsLiam Dawson to Ahmed Shehzad, 2 runs, catch missedEnd of over 7: Quetta Gladiators: 60/1 (Target: 166)Umaid Asif to Shane Watson, SIXUmaid Asif to Shane Watson, 2 runsUmaid Asif to Ahmed Shehzad,  1 runUmaid Asif to Ahmed Shehzad, no runsUmaid Asif to Ahmed Shehzad, FOURUmaid Asif to Ahmed Shehzad,  FOUREnd of over 6: Quetta Gladiators: 45/1 (Target: 166)Wahab Riaz to Shane Watson,  no runsWahab Riaz to Ahmed Shehzad, 1 runWahab Riaz to Ahmed Shehzad, no runsWahab Riaz to Ahmed Shehzad, no runsWahab Riaz to Shane Watson, 1 runWahab Riaz to Ahmed Shehzad,  1 runEnd of over 5: Quetta Gladiators: 42/1 (Target: 166)Umaid Asif to Shane Watson,  no runsUmaid Asif to Shane Watson, FOUR, catch missedUmaid Asif to Shane Watson, FOURUmaid Asif to Ahmed Shehzad, 1 runUmaid Asif to Shane Watson, 1 runUmaid Asif to Shane Watson, 2 runsEnd of over 4: Quetta Gladiators: 30/1 (Target: 166)Sameen Gul to Ahmed Shehzad, no runsSameen Gul to Ahmed Shehzad, FOURSameen Gul to Ahmed Shehzad, no runsSameen Gul to Shane Watson, 1 runSameen Gul to Shane Watson, no runsSameen Gul to  Shane Watson, SIXEnd of over 3: Quetta Gladiators: 19/1 (Target: 166)Hasan Ali to Shane Watson, 1 runHasan Ali to Ahmed Shehzad, 1 runHasan Ali to Shane Watson, 1 runHasan Ali to Shane Watson, 2 runsHasan Ali to Shane Watson, no runsHasan Ali to Shane Watson,  no runsEnd of over 2: Quetta Gladiators: 14/1 (Target: 166)Sameen Gul to Ahmed Shehzad, 1 runSameen Gul to Ahmed Shehzad, 1 runSameen Gul to Ahmed Shehzad, no runsSameen Gul to Ahmed Shehzad, no runsSameen Gul to Ahmed Shehzad, FOURSameen Gul to Ahsan Ali, OUTEnd of over 1: Quetta Gladiators: 8/0 (Target: 166)Hasan Ali to Shane Watson, SIXHasan Ali to Shane Watson,  no runsHasan Ali to Shane Watson, no runsHasan Ali to Ahsan Ali,  1 runHasan Ali to Ahsan Ali, no runsHasan Ali to  Shane Watson, 1 runEnd of first innings: Peshawar Zalmi: 165/5Dwayne Bravo to  Kieron Pollard, 1 runDwayne Bravo to Darren Sammy, OUTDwayne Bravo to Darren Sammy, no runsDwayne Bravo to Kieron Pollard,  1 runDwayne Bravo to Kieron Pollard, no runsDwayne Bravo to Darren Sammy, 1 runEnd of over 19: Peshawar Zalmi: 162/3Sohail Tanvir to Kieron Polalrd, no runsSohail Tanvir to Darren Sammy,  1 run, catch droppedSohail Tanvir to Kieron Pollard, 1 runSohail Tanvir to Kieron Pollard, FOURSohail Tanvir to Kieron Pollard, FOURSohail Tanvir to Kieron Pollard, FOUREnd of over 18: Peshawar Zalmi: 148/3Dwayne Bravo to Kieron Pollard,   1 runDwayne Bravo to Kieron Pollard,  SIXDwayne Bravo to Kieron Pollard,  2 runsDwayne Bravo to Kieron Pollard, FOURDwayne Bravo to Kieron Pollard, FOURDwayne Bravo to  Darren Sammy, 1 runEnd of over 17: Peshawar Zalmi: 130/3Mohammad Hasnain to Darren Sammy,  1 leg byeMohammad Hasnain to Kamran Akmal, OUTMohammad Hasnain to Kieron Pollard,  1 runMohammad Hasnain to Kieron Pollard, no runsMohammad Hasnain to Kieron Pollard, 1 wideMohammad Hasnain to Kamran Akmal, 1 runMohammad Hasnain to Kieron Pollard, 1 runEnd of over 16: Peshawar Zalmi: 125/2Sohail Tanvir to Kamran Akmal,  FOURSohail Tanvir to Kamran Akmal, no runsSohail Tanvir to Kieron Pollard, 1 runSohail Tanvir to Kieron Pollard, 2 runsSohail Tanvir to Kamran Akmal, 1 runSohail Tanvir to Kamran Akmal, SIXEnd of over 15: Peshawar Zalmi: 111/2Mohammad Hasnain to Kieron Pollard, no runsMohammad Hasnain to Kieron Pollard, no runsMohammad Hasnain to Kieron Pollard, FOURMohammad Hasnain to Kamran Akmal, 1 runMohammad Hasnain to Kamran Akmal, FOURMohammad Hasnain to  Kamran Akmal, no runsEnd of over 14: Peshawar Zalmi: 102/2Fawad Ahmed to Kieron Pollard,  FOURFawad Ahmed to Imam-ul-Haq, OUTFawad Ahmed to Kamran Akmal, 1 runFawad Ahmed to Kamran Akmal, no runsFawad Ahmed to Imam-ul-Haq, 1 runFawad Ahmed to Kamran Akmal, 1 runEnd of over 13: Peshawar Zalmi: 95/1Dwayne Bravo to Kamran Akmal,  1 runDwayne Bravo to Imam-ul-Haq, 1 runDwayne Bravo to Kamran Akmal,  1 runDwayne Bravo to Kamran Akmal,  1 wideDwayne Bravo to Kamran Akmal, no runsDwayne Bravo to Imam-ul-Haq, 1 runDwayne Bravo to Imam-ul-Haq, SIXEnd of over 12: Peshawar Zalmi: 84/1Fawad Ahmed to Kamran Akmal, 2 runsFawad Ahmed to Kamran Akmal, no runs, not outFawad Ahmed to Kamran Akmal, FOURFawad Ahmed to Imam-ul-Haq, 1 runFawad Ahmed to Kamran Akmal, 1 runFawad Ahmed to Kamran Akmal, SIXEnd of over 11: Peshawar Zalmi: 70/1Mohammad Nawaz to Imam-ul-Haq, no runsMohammad Nawaz to Kamran Akmal, 1 runMohammad Nawaz to Imam-ul-Haq, 1 runMohammad Nawaz to Kamran Akmal, 1 runMohammad Nawaz to Kamran Akmal, no runsMohammad Nawaz to Kamran Akmal, SIXEnd of over 10: Peshawar Zalmi: 61/1Fawad Ahmed to Kamran Akmal, 1 runFawad Ahmed to Kamran Akmal, no runs, not outFawad Ahmed to Kamran Akmal,  no runsFawad Ahmed to Imam-ul-Haq, 1 runFawad Ahmed to Imam-ul-Haq, no runsFawad Ahmed to Imam-ul-Haq, no runsEnd of over 9: Peshawar Zalmi: 59/1Mohammad Nawaz to Kamran Akmal, no runsMohammad Nawaz to Imam-ul-Haq, 1 runMohammad Nawaz to Imam-ul-Haq, no runsMohammad Nawaz to  Imam-ul-Haq, no runsMohammad Nawaz to Andre Fletcher, OUTMohammad Nawaz to Andre Fletcher, no runsEnd of over 8: Peshawar Zalmi: 58/0Fawad Ahmed to Kamran Akmal, 1 runFawad Ahmed to Kamran Akmal,  no runsFawad Ahmed to Kamran Akmal,  1 runFawad Ahmed to Kamran Akmal, no runs, not outFawad Ahmed to Andre Fletcher, 1 runFawad Ahmed to Andre Fletcher, no runsEnd of over 7:  Peshawar Zalmi: 55/0Mohammad Nawaz to Andre Fletcher, 1 runMohammad Nawaz to Andre Fletcher, no runsMohammad Nawaz to Andre Fletcher, no runsMohammad Nawaz to Kamran Akmal, 1 runMohammad Nawaz to Kamran Akmal, no runsMohammad Nawaz to Kamran Akmal, no runsEnd of over 6: Peshawar Zalmi: 53/0Mohammad Hasnain to Andre Fletcher, no runsMohammad Hasnain to Kamran Akmal, 1 runMohammad Hasnain to Andre Fletcher, 1 runMohammad Hasnain to Andre Fletcher,  no runsMohammad Hasnain to Andre Fletcher, SIXMohammad Hasnain to Andre Fletcher,  FOUREnd of over 5: Peshawar Zalmi: 41/0Dwayne Bravo to Kamran Akmal, no runsDwayne Bravo to Kamran Akmal, FOURDwayne Bravo to Andre Fletcher, 1 runDwayne Bravo to Kamran Akmal, 1 runDwayne Bravo to Andre Fletcher, 1 runDwayne Bravo to Andre Fletcher, 2 runsEnd of over 4: Peshawar Zalmi: 32/0Sohail Tanvir to Andre Fletcher,  1 runSohail Tanvir to Kamran Akmal, 1 runSohail Tanvir to Andre Fletcher, 1 runSohail Tanvir to Andre Fletcher, 1 wideSohail Tanvir to Andre Fletcher, no runsSohail Tanvir to Kamran Akmal, 1 runSohail Tanvir to Kamran Akmal, no runsEnd of over 3: Peshawar Zalmi: 27/0Mohammad Hasnain to Andre Fletcher,  no runsMohammad Hasnain to Andre Fletcher,  no runsMohammad Hasnain to Andre Fletcher, no runsMohammad Hasnain to Kamran Akmal,  1 runMohammad Hasnain to Kamran Akmal, FOURMohammad Hasnain to Kamran Akmal, FOUREnd of over 2: Peshawar Zalmi: 18/0Sohail Tanvir to Andre Fletcher, no runsSohail Tanvir to Kamran Akmal, 1 runSohail Tanvir to Kamran Akmal,   no runsSohail Tanvir to Andre Fletcher, 1 runSohail Tanvir to Andre Fletcher, no runsSohail Tanvir to Andre Fletcher, FOUREnd of over 1: Peshawar Zalmi: 12/0Mohammad Nawaz to Andre Fletcher, 1 runMohammad Nawaz to Kamran Akmal, 1 runMohammad Nawaz to Kamran Akmal, no runsMohammad Nawaz to Kamran Akmal, SIXMohammad Nawaz to Kamran Akmal, FOURMohammad Nawaz to Kamran Akmal, no runsQuetta Gladiators won the toss and decided to field against Peshawar Zalmi in the 23rd match of Pakistan Super League's (PSL) fourth season in Abu Dhabi on Monday.The fourth edition of the Pakistan Super League is in full swing. The first phase began in Dubai on Feb 14 and concluded in Sharjah on Feb 24 and the second phase started in Dubai on Feb 26 and after a two-day rest it is moves to Abu Dhabi for four matches.The 23rd match will be played between Peshawar Zalmi and Quetta Gladiators at 4:30 pm on Monday at Abu Dhabi’s Sheikh Zayed Stadium.Both teams are the table toppers, having obtained 10 points each as the Zalmi have an edge due to their better net run rate (0.852) against the Gladiators, who are placed second with NRR of 0.085.However, in their previous clash, Quetta Gladiators had emerged victorious by six wickets at Dubai on Feb 15. That was the first match for both of them.After winning four consecutive matches, Quetta tasted two successive defeats before winning their last match in Dubai. In all, they won five and lost two in their seven matches.On the other side, Peshawar after losing their first match, won two successive matches, then lost the fourth and later recorded three consecutive victories. In all they also won five and lost two matches to lead the points table.Now both teams are facing each other for second time in the event and the winner of the two will be assured of a place in the play-offs. The highest total Quetta Gladiators made so far is 186/5 (vs Karachi Kings at Sharjah on Feb 24) while Peshawar Zalmi's highest total is 177/6 (vs Islamabad United at Dubai on March 1).There are nine batsmen in PSL4 who have scored 200 or more runs and three of them are from Quetta Gladiators - the most by any team. They are Shane Watson: 226 (ave 37.66) with two fifties; Umar Akmal: 201 (40.20) with two fifties; and Rilee Rossouw: 200 (34.33) with one half-century. They all have so far played seven matches each.For Peshawar Zalmi, the highest run-getter so far is Imam-ul-Haq, who scored 181 (ave 30.16) in six matches with two fifties.Pacer Hasan Ali has taken 18 wickets at 9.55 apiece in seven matches - the most wickets by any bowler so far in the tournament. He has grabbed four wickets in an innings for three times. This is also the most by any bowler in the event.For Quetta Gladiators, left-arm fast bowler Sohail Tanvir has taken the most wickets - 12 (ave 13.50) in seven matches with one four-wicket haul.SquadsPeshawar Zalmi: Kamran Akmal, ADS Fletcher, Sohaib Maqsood, Misbah-ul-Haq, Keiron Pollard, LA Dawson, Darren Sammy (captain), Wahab Riaz, Hasan Ali, Umaid Asif, Sameen Gul, Imam-ul-Haq, Umar Amin, WL Madson, DJ Malan, Ibtisam Sheikh.Quetta Gladiators: Shane Watson, Ahmed Shehzad, Rilee Rossouw, Umar Akmal, Sarfraz Ahmed (captain), Dwaynr Smith, Mohammad Nawaz, Ghulam Mudassar, Sohail Tanvir, Mohammad Irfan, Fawad Ahmed, Ahsan Ali, Anwar Ali, Mohammad Asghar, Saud Shakeel.

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