Cheema holds nerve as Quetta beat Peshawar by one run
Gladiators reach PSL final, Mohammad Nawaz becomes man of the match
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Quetta Gladiators defeated Peshawar Zalmi by one run in the first play-off match of the inaugural Pakistan Super League (PSL) at Dubai International Cricket Stadium.
Sarfraz Ahmed’s side put up a target of 134 for Peshawar to chase after the end of first innings.
For Quetta, Kevin Pietersen scored a magnificent half-ton from 38 balls, while Kumar Sangakkara scored 37 from 29 deliveries. However, all the other batsmen failed to reach double-digits, except for Mohammad Nawaz who scored 20 runs for the Gladiators.
Wahab Riaz was the top performer with the ball for Peshawar, claiming three wickets and getting one run-out.
Other than that, Shaun Tait claimed two wickets while all other bowlers claimed one wicket apiece for Peshawar.
In response, Peshawar scored 132 in 20 overs, largely due to Sammy, who scored 38 from 29 deliveries.
Grant Elliot and Mohammad Nawaz claimed three wickets apiece for Quetta, while Aizaz Cheema claimed two wickets in a nail-biting last over.
Man of the match award went to Mohammad Nawaz for his brilliant performance with the ball.
PES 132-9 (20 overs)
Only a single from the last ball. And Quetta win by one run against Peshawar.
Cheema on a hat-trick.
OUT! Wahab goes. Caught by Shehzad. Karma.
OUT! Hassan Ali departs. Caught by bowler. It's game on here.
FOUR! Whacked by Wahab. Four from four needed now.
Aizaz Cheema to bowl the last over of the match.
PES 126-7 (19 overs)
FOUR! Wahab Riaz puts it away for a boundary.
FOUR! Hassan Ali whacks it over mid-off for four.
Anwar Ali.
PES 113-7 (18 overs)
OUT! McCullum with the magical hands. Sammy departs after getting caught at the boundary. Hassan Ali replaces him.
FOUR! Another one from Sammy.
SIX! Sammy smashes it over long-on. He is making it happen for Peshawar.
Nawaz.
PES 99-6 (17 overs)
FOUR! Edged by Wahab. Expensive over from Quetta.
FOUR! Top edge from Sammy. Finds third man boundary.
Anwar Ali.
PES 89-6 (16 overs)
Five from the over.
Babar.
PES 84-6 (15 overs)
OUT! Afridi skies it high as usual. Gets caught as usual. Wahab Riaz replaces him.
Elliott.
PES 78-5 (14 overs)
FOUR! Sammy lobs it over midwicket. Cheema is having a bad day today.
FOUR! Sammy splashes it over backward-point.
Aizaz Cheema.
PES 68-5 (13 overs)
FOUR! Cut shot by Sammy.
OUT! Yousuf goes for a six but gets caught at midwicket boundary. Peshawar in real trouble here. Shahid Afridi replaces him.
Elliott.
PES 62-4 (12 overs)
FOUR! Yousuf sweeps it towards leg-side boundary.
Babar.
PES 57-4 (11 overs)
OUT! BOWLED! Bairstow walks. Darren Sammy replaces him.
FOUR! Outside edge by Bairstow for four runs.
Elliott.
PES 53-3 (10 overs)
FOUR! Yousuf smashes it down the ground for a boundary.
PES 46-3 (9 overs)
Four from the over.
Grant Elliott.
PES 42-3 (8 overs)
Five from the over.
Mohammad Nawaz.
PES 37-3 (7 overs)
Five from the over.
Aizaz Cheema.
PES 32-3 (6 overs)
BOWLED! Another one from Nawaz. Brad Hodge departs. Jonny Bairstow replaces him.
BOWLED! First delivery and Hafeez is gone. Quetta gets the breakthrough they were looking for. Brad Hodge replaces him.
Mohammad Nawaz.
PES 31-1 (5 overs)
OUT! BOWLED! Akmal fails to protect his stumps. Shahid Yousuf replaces him.
Anwar Ali.
PES 29-0 (4 overs)
FOUR! Kamran Akmal smashes it over midwicket.
Zulfiqar Babar.
PES 23-0 (3 overs)
FOUR! Down the ground this time for another four by Hafeez.
FOUR! Hafeez pulls it down the leg-side for a boundary.
Aizaz Cheema.
PES 10-0 (2 overs)
FOUR! Akmal cuts it towards off-side.
Zulfiqar Babar.
PES 6-0 (1 over)
Six from the over.
Kamran Akmal and Mohammad Hafeez to open for Peshawar.
Anwar Ali to begin the bowling attack.
QUE 133-10 (19.3 overs)
OUT! Caught at long-off. Anwar Ali goes as well. Quetta all-out for 133. Peshawar needs 134 to win.
RUN OUT! Babar departs. Aizaz Cheema replaces him.
OUT! Elliott gets caught at short fine-leg. Zulfiqar Babar replaces him.
Wahab Riaz to bowl the last over.
QUE 133-7 (19 overs)
FOUR! Anwar Ali finds fine-leg boundary.
Shaun Tait.
QUE 126-7 (18 overs)
OUT! McCullum departs. Fielder at midwicket takes a simple catch. Anwar Ali replaces him.
Wahab Riaz.
QUE 124-6 (17 overs)
OUT! Nawaz goes after getting caught at third man. Nathan McCullum replaces him.
Shaun Tait.
QUE 119-5 (16 overs)
SIX! A pull shot by Nawaz.
Hassan.
QUE 111-5 (15 overs)
Dropped! Nawaz survives.
FOUR! Nawaz plays a cut shot.
OUT! KP departs. Grant Elliott replaces him.
Shaun Tait.
QUE 106-4 (14 overs)
SIX! Mohammad Nawaz smashes it over mid wicket region.
Wahab Riaz.
QUE 96-4 (13 overs)
OUT! Sarfraz Ahmed gets caught by the bowler. Mohammad Nawaz replaces him.
FOUR! KP finds extra cover boundary. Takes a single on the next ball and gets his fifty.
Shahid Afridi.
QUE 90-3 (12 overs)
OUT! Sanga departs. Caught at long-off. Sarfraz Ahmed replaces him.
SIX! Another one. This time over long-off by KP.
SIX! First six of the innings. Over midwicket boundary by KP.
Sammy.
QUE 73-2 (11 overs)
FOUR!x2 Back-to-back boundaries by Sanga.
Shahid Afridi.
QUE 63-2 (10 overs)
Five from the over.
Sammy.
QUE 58-2 (9 overs)
Five from the over.
Shahid Afridi.
QUE 53-2 (8 overs)
FOUR! Another majestic shot by Sangakkara. Fifty up for Quetta.
Darren Sammy.
QUE 45-2 (7 overs)
FOUR! KP cuts it towards off-side.
Shahid Afridi.
QUE 35-2 (6 overs)
FOUR! Leg-side this time. Sanga's third boundary of the over.
FOUR! Another one from Sangakkara. This one is even better.
FOUR! Sangakkara plays a cut stroke.
Shaun Tait.
QUE 23-2 (5 overs)
FOUR! KP pulls it towards leg-side boundary.
Wahab Riaz.
QUE 17-2 (4 overs)
FOUR! KP sweeps it towards the boundary.
OUT! Stumped! Shehzad misses the spin and walks back to the dug out. Kumar Sangakkara replaces him.
Mohammad Asghar.
QUE 11-1 (3 overs)
FOUR! Ahmed Shehzad finds the leg-side boundary.
Hassan Ali.
QUE 6-1 (2 overs)
FOUR! KP muscles it over long-on.
Mohammad Asghar.
QUE 0-1 (1 over)
OUT! Caught! Bismillah departs. Kevin Pietersen replaces him.
Ahmed Shehzad and Bismillah Khan to open for Quetta.
Hassan Ali to begin the bowling attack.
Toss: Peshawar won the toss and elected to bowl first
Shahid Afridi: We will bowl first. Pitch is good, but there is dew, which means it will only get worst for bowling in the second time. Jonny Bairstow replaces Tamim Iqbal. Young Hassan is also playing. Unfortunately, Junaid Khan missed out tonight.
Sarfraz Ahmed: Yes there is pressure, but we will try to give our best. I want to thank people back in Quetta, who are supporting us. We will try to win it for them and qualify for the final. Nathan McCullum replace Mohammad Nabi and Aizaz Cheema replace Umar Gul.
Sarfraz Ahmed’s side put up a target of 134 for Peshawar to chase after the end of first innings.
For Quetta, Kevin Pietersen scored a magnificent half-ton from 38 balls, while Kumar Sangakkara scored 37 from 29 deliveries. However, all the other batsmen failed to reach double-digits, except for Mohammad Nawaz who scored 20 runs for the Gladiators.
Wahab Riaz was the top performer with the ball for Peshawar, claiming three wickets and getting one run-out.
Other than that, Shaun Tait claimed two wickets while all other bowlers claimed one wicket apiece for Peshawar.
In response, Peshawar scored 132 in 20 overs, largely due to Sammy, who scored 38 from 29 deliveries.
Grant Elliot and Mohammad Nawaz claimed three wickets apiece for Quetta, while Aizaz Cheema claimed two wickets in a nail-biting last over.
Man of the match award went to Mohammad Nawaz for his brilliant performance with the ball.
PES 132-9 (20 overs)
Only a single from the last ball. And Quetta win by one run against Peshawar.
Cheema on a hat-trick.
OUT! Wahab goes. Caught by Shehzad. Karma.
OUT! Hassan Ali departs. Caught by bowler. It's game on here.
FOUR! Whacked by Wahab. Four from four needed now.
Aizaz Cheema to bowl the last over of the match.
PES 126-7 (19 overs)
FOUR! Wahab Riaz puts it away for a boundary.
FOUR! Hassan Ali whacks it over mid-off for four.
Anwar Ali.
PES 113-7 (18 overs)
OUT! McCullum with the magical hands. Sammy departs after getting caught at the boundary. Hassan Ali replaces him.
FOUR! Another one from Sammy.
SIX! Sammy smashes it over long-on. He is making it happen for Peshawar.
Nawaz.
PES 99-6 (17 overs)
FOUR! Edged by Wahab. Expensive over from Quetta.
FOUR! Top edge from Sammy. Finds third man boundary.
Anwar Ali.
PES 89-6 (16 overs)
Five from the over.
Babar.
PES 84-6 (15 overs)
OUT! Afridi skies it high as usual. Gets caught as usual. Wahab Riaz replaces him.
Elliott.
PES 78-5 (14 overs)
FOUR! Sammy lobs it over midwicket. Cheema is having a bad day today.
FOUR! Sammy splashes it over backward-point.
Aizaz Cheema.
PES 68-5 (13 overs)
FOUR! Cut shot by Sammy.
OUT! Yousuf goes for a six but gets caught at midwicket boundary. Peshawar in real trouble here. Shahid Afridi replaces him.
Elliott.
PES 62-4 (12 overs)
FOUR! Yousuf sweeps it towards leg-side boundary.
Babar.
PES 57-4 (11 overs)
OUT! BOWLED! Bairstow walks. Darren Sammy replaces him.
FOUR! Outside edge by Bairstow for four runs.
Elliott.
PES 53-3 (10 overs)
FOUR! Yousuf smashes it down the ground for a boundary.
PES 46-3 (9 overs)
Four from the over.
Grant Elliott.
PES 42-3 (8 overs)
Five from the over.
Mohammad Nawaz.
PES 37-3 (7 overs)
Five from the over.
Aizaz Cheema.
PES 32-3 (6 overs)
BOWLED! Another one from Nawaz. Brad Hodge departs. Jonny Bairstow replaces him.
BOWLED! First delivery and Hafeez is gone. Quetta gets the breakthrough they were looking for. Brad Hodge replaces him.
Mohammad Nawaz.
PES 31-1 (5 overs)
OUT! BOWLED! Akmal fails to protect his stumps. Shahid Yousuf replaces him.
Anwar Ali.
PES 29-0 (4 overs)
FOUR! Kamran Akmal smashes it over midwicket.
Zulfiqar Babar.
PES 23-0 (3 overs)
FOUR! Down the ground this time for another four by Hafeez.
FOUR! Hafeez pulls it down the leg-side for a boundary.
Aizaz Cheema.
PES 10-0 (2 overs)
FOUR! Akmal cuts it towards off-side.
Zulfiqar Babar.
PES 6-0 (1 over)
Six from the over.
Kamran Akmal and Mohammad Hafeez to open for Peshawar.
Anwar Ali to begin the bowling attack.
QUE 133-10 (19.3 overs)
OUT! Caught at long-off. Anwar Ali goes as well. Quetta all-out for 133. Peshawar needs 134 to win.
RUN OUT! Babar departs. Aizaz Cheema replaces him.
OUT! Elliott gets caught at short fine-leg. Zulfiqar Babar replaces him.
Wahab Riaz to bowl the last over.
QUE 133-7 (19 overs)
FOUR! Anwar Ali finds fine-leg boundary.
Shaun Tait.
QUE 126-7 (18 overs)
OUT! McCullum departs. Fielder at midwicket takes a simple catch. Anwar Ali replaces him.
Wahab Riaz.
QUE 124-6 (17 overs)
OUT! Nawaz goes after getting caught at third man. Nathan McCullum replaces him.
Shaun Tait.
QUE 119-5 (16 overs)
SIX! A pull shot by Nawaz.
Hassan.
QUE 111-5 (15 overs)
Dropped! Nawaz survives.
FOUR! Nawaz plays a cut shot.
OUT! KP departs. Grant Elliott replaces him.
Shaun Tait.
QUE 106-4 (14 overs)
SIX! Mohammad Nawaz smashes it over mid wicket region.
Wahab Riaz.
QUE 96-4 (13 overs)
OUT! Sarfraz Ahmed gets caught by the bowler. Mohammad Nawaz replaces him.
FOUR! KP finds extra cover boundary. Takes a single on the next ball and gets his fifty.
Shahid Afridi.
QUE 90-3 (12 overs)
OUT! Sanga departs. Caught at long-off. Sarfraz Ahmed replaces him.
SIX! Another one. This time over long-off by KP.
SIX! First six of the innings. Over midwicket boundary by KP.
Sammy.
QUE 73-2 (11 overs)
FOUR!x2 Back-to-back boundaries by Sanga.
Shahid Afridi.
QUE 63-2 (10 overs)
Five from the over.
Sammy.
QUE 58-2 (9 overs)
Five from the over.
Shahid Afridi.
QUE 53-2 (8 overs)
FOUR! Another majestic shot by Sangakkara. Fifty up for Quetta.
Darren Sammy.
QUE 45-2 (7 overs)
FOUR! KP cuts it towards off-side.
Shahid Afridi.
QUE 35-2 (6 overs)
FOUR! Leg-side this time. Sanga's third boundary of the over.
FOUR! Another one from Sangakkara. This one is even better.
FOUR! Sangakkara plays a cut stroke.
Shaun Tait.
QUE 23-2 (5 overs)
FOUR! KP pulls it towards leg-side boundary.
Wahab Riaz.
QUE 17-2 (4 overs)
FOUR! KP sweeps it towards the boundary.
OUT! Stumped! Shehzad misses the spin and walks back to the dug out. Kumar Sangakkara replaces him.
Mohammad Asghar.
QUE 11-1 (3 overs)
FOUR! Ahmed Shehzad finds the leg-side boundary.
Hassan Ali.
QUE 6-1 (2 overs)
FOUR! KP muscles it over long-on.
Mohammad Asghar.
QUE 0-1 (1 over)
OUT! Caught! Bismillah departs. Kevin Pietersen replaces him.
Ahmed Shehzad and Bismillah Khan to open for Quetta.
Hassan Ali to begin the bowling attack.
Toss: Peshawar won the toss and elected to bowl first
Shahid Afridi: We will bowl first. Pitch is good, but there is dew, which means it will only get worst for bowling in the second time. Jonny Bairstow replaces Tamim Iqbal. Young Hassan is also playing. Unfortunately, Junaid Khan missed out tonight.
Sarfraz Ahmed: Yes there is pressure, but we will try to give our best. I want to thank people back in Quetta, who are supporting us. We will try to win it for them and qualify for the final. Nathan McCullum replace Mohammad Nabi and Aizaz Cheema replace Umar Gul.