PSL 2016: Afridi, Malan inspire Peshawar to eight-wicket win over Quetta

All-rounder picks career best figures of 5-7 in four overs

Peshawar Zalim beat Quetta Gladiators for the second time in the tournament, after heroics from captain Shahid Afridi, who picked his career best figures of 5-7 in four overs.

Chasing a modest total of 130, opener Dawid Malan scored an impressive 60 not out off 52 balls, with six fours and one six.

Earlier, last-wicket world-record partnership from Grant Elliot (40) and Zulfiqar Babar (20) rescued Quetta's innings after they were reduced to 66-9 due to some sublime bowling performance of captain Shahid Afridi (5 for 7) and left-arm fast-bowler Wahab Riaz (2 for 19).

Both teams have qualified for the play-offs and will face-off each other in first qualifier on Friday.

Post-match presentation: 

Sarfraz Ahmed: We will try to learn from our mistakes. But we have to give credit to Shahid Afridi, who was in full swing today. We have made some changes, so that's why it was a bit difficult as well.

Shahid Afridi: Quetta is a tough opposition and a victory against such opposition is morale-boasting. I know my performance is of immense importance for the team, so I want to perform as well as I could. We gave away 20-30 runs extra in the end. Malan and Hafeez batted really well. Junaid is performing well, specially in the death overs.



PSZ  130-2 (18 over)

FOURx2! Malan hits consecutive boundaries to seal the victory for Peshawar.



Mohammad Nawaz



PSZ  120-2 (18 over)

Five runs off the over.

Grant Elliot



PSZ  115-2 (17 over)

Three runs and a wicket off the over

OUT! Kamran advances down the crease, but failed to middle the ball. Chigumbura takes an easy catch.

Zulfiqar Babar



PSZ  112-1 (16 over)

Five runs off the over.

Grant Elliot



PSZ  107-1 (15 over)

Six runs off the over.

Umar Gul

PSZ  101-1 (14 over)

15 runs off the over.

FOUR! Malan lobs one over the fielder to the extra cover boundary.



SIX! Malan hits the ball out of the park through mid wicket region.



Mohammad Nabi



PSZ  86-1 (13 over)

Two runs off the over.

Umar Gul



PSZ  84-1 (12 over)

Six runs off the over.

Mohammad Nabi



PSZ  78-1 (11 over)

Eight runs off the over

FOUR! Malan goes straight over the bowler's head.



Zulfiqar Babar



PSZ  70-1 (10 over)

Severn runs off the over

FOUR BYES! Sarfraz failed to collect the surprise short ball from Elliot.



Grant Elliot



PSZ  63-1 (9 over)

Seven runs and a wicket in the over

OUT! One time too many for Hafeez, as he once again tried to go down the ground, but gets caught by Grant Elliot in the covers region.



FOUR! Once again Hafeez went down the ground for another boundary.



Mohammad Nawaz



PSZ  56-0 (8 over)

Eight runs off the over

FOUR! Short again, and Hafeez took full advantage of it. 50-up for Peshawar as well.



Grant Elliot



PSZ 48-0 (7 over)

Seven runs off the over

FOUR! Hafeez pulls one towards square leg for a boundary.



Mohammad Nawaz



PSZ 41-0 (6 over)

Eight runs off the over

FOUR! Short and Malan puts it away for a boundary through extra cover.



Mohammad Nabi



PSZ 33-0 (5 over)

15 runs off the over

FOURx2! Hafeez on fire as he hits two straight consecutive boundaries over the bowler's head.



SIX! Hafeez lobs one over the fence over the long on boundary for a maximum.



Mohammad Nawaz



PSZ 18-0 (4 over)

Eight runs off the over

FOUR! Malan sweeps one through the fine-leg region for a boundary



Zulfiqar Babar



PSZ 11-0 (3 over)

Just one run off the Gul over

DROP! Sarfraz dropped a difficult one.



Umar Gul



PSZ 10-0 (2 over)

Four runs off the over

Zulfiqar Babar



PSZ 6-0 (1 over)

Six runs off the first over

FOUR! Umar Gul gifts 5-wides on the First ball to Peshawar Zalmi



Mohammad Hafeez and David Malan to open for Peshawar

Umar Gul to start for Quetta Gladiators



QUG 129-9 (18 overs)

OUT! Finally, Peshawar managed to break this last wicket partnership. Elliot goes for 40 and Quetta finished with 129 on the board.



SIX! Glorious hit from Elliot over extra cover for a maximum.



Junaid Khan



QUG 122-9 (17 overs)

19 runs off the over

FOUR! Four leg-byes.



Wahab Riaz 



QUG 109-9 (16 overs)

Seven runs off the over

Junaid Khan



QUG 102-9 (15 overs)

19 runs off the over

SIX! What a way to bring up the team's 100. Elliot on the charge.



FOURx2! Zulfiqar not letting the young left-arm spinner settle. Welcome boundaries for the Gladiators.

Mohammad Asghar



QUG 83-9 (14 overs)

16 runs off the over

SIX! A big hit through the deep-mid wicket for a huge six



Fourx2! Elliot hits consecutive boundaries as he is showing some fight for the Gladiators.



Shaun Tait



QUG 67-9 (13 overs)

Two runs off the over

OUT! Asghar gets his first wicket of the night. Gul departs.



Mohammad Asghar



QUG 65-8 (12 overs)

OUT! Chigumbura becomes Afridi's fifth victim today. It's his career best figure and he is on a hat-trick.



OUT! Shahid Afridi with the fourth wicket as Nabi falls. Shahid Yousuf with an easy catch.



Shahid Afridi



QUG 65-6 (11 overs)

Four runs off the over

Mohammad Asghar



QUG 61-6 (10 overs)

Two wickets and a run in the over

OUT! Third for Peshawar captain. This time its Sarfraz who makes way back to the pavillion.



OUT! Nawaz missed the delivery, and he is trapped in front. Second wicket for Afridi.



Shahid Afridi



QUG 60-4 (9 overs)

10 runs off the over

SIX! Sarfraz with a big six over mid wicket.



Mohammad Asghar



QUG 50-4 (8 overs)

Four runs off the over

OUT! RUN OUT! Shahid Afridi with a brilliant bit of fielding in his follow through. Peshawar all over Quetta now. Shafiq goes for a hard-fought 16.



Shahid Afridi



QUG 46-3 (7 overs)

Just two runs off the over

Wahab Riaz



QUG 44-3 (6 overs)

Just two runs off the over

OUT! Shahid Yousuf with a easy catch to remove Akbar



Shahid Afridi



QUG 42-2 (5 overs)

OUT! BOWLED! Wahab Riaz is pumped up and he gets a priced wicket of Sangakara, who goes without scoring.



OUT! BOWLED! Wahab gets his revenge and its heating up in the middle.





SIX! This times it's Shehzad, who hit a massive six.



Wahab Riaz



QUG 34-0 (4 overs)

12 runs off the over

SIX! Shafiq hits a clean hit over the ropes through mid wicket region for half-a-dozen.



Junaid Khan



QUG 22-0 (3 overs)

Nine runs off the over

Four! This time of the pull shot, Shehzad earns another boundary



Four! A lucky boundary for Shehzad as he tried to hive through the leg-side



Shaun Tait



QUG 13-0 (2 overs)

Eight runs off the over

Four! Asad Shafiq earns four runs with a beautiful flick through mid wicket



Junaid Khan



QUG 5-0 (1 over)

Five off the first over

Four! Shehzad cuts and earns first boundary for his team



Asad Shafiq and Ahmad Shehzad opens for Quetta Gladiators

Shaun Tait to start for Peshawar Zalmi



Toss: Quetta won the toss and elected to bat first

Sarfraz Ahmed: We will bat first. We want to try different things. We were trying to bring in players from the bench, and we are finally able to do that.

Shahid Afridi: We didn’t had a choice yesterday, where we should have won the match as the ball was getting wet aswell. Tamim isn’t playing today, and will be replaced by Brad Hodge.

Toss #HBLPSL #PZvQG @thePSLt20 @TeamQuetta @PeshawarZalmi pic.twitter.com/BiAQ57aPFV

— Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB) February 14, 2016

The team welcome living legend Kumar Sangakkara #QuettaGladiators #ShanePakistan pic.twitter.com/Icg5ENnCLe

— Quetta Gladiators (@TeamQuetta) February 14, 2016

stadium is buzzing here in Sharjah!!congrats @wasimakramlive for a needed win!! #psl time to have sum fun again pic.twitter.com/lZNC4nIrFb

— Ahmad Shahzad 🇵🇰 (@iamAhmadshahzad) February 14, 2016