Duminy, spinners down Peshawar Zalmi
JP Duminy's brilliant knock and top class performance from the spinners was enough for Islamabad United to register a thumping 26-run win over Peshawar Zalmi.
After being put into bat first, United posted a mammoth total of 182 for the loss five wickets in their allotted 20 overs.
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The star of the show was veteran all-rounder JP Duminy, who scored an unbeaten 73 off 54 with the help of six fours and four sixes.
For Zalmi, pacer Wahab Riaz was the pick of the bowlers as he claimed figures of three for 30.
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In reply, Peshawar kept losing wickets at regular intervals, and managed to score 156 for the loss of nine wickets.
Tailender Riaz finished the innings with the top score of 33 not out off 25.
For United, left-arm spinners Samit Patel and Zafar Gohar claimed four and three wickets respectively.
So that's it from us today. It was a day where Lahore and Islamabad had the final laugh, whereas Multan and Peshawar had difficult time at the office. We will join you soon for two more matches tomorrow. Till then, its goodbye from Azeem Siddiqui.
PZ 156-9 (20 overs)
Ten runs and a wicket off the over.
Faheem Ashraf to start his new over.
PZ 146-8 (19 overs)
Sixteen off the over.
Sami to continue.
PZ 130-8 (18 overs)
Eighteen off the over.
Zafar Gohar to continue.
PZ 112-8 (17 overs)
Six off the over.
Mohammad Sami to start his new over.
PZ 106-8 (16 overs)
Seven off the over.
Zafar Gohar to start his new over.
PZ 99-8 (15 overs)
Four off the over.
Shadab to continue.
PZ 95-8 (14 overs)
Four runs and a wicket off the over.
Zafar Gohar to continue.
PZ 91-7 (13 overs)
Fifteen runs and a wicket off the over.
FOUR! A glorious boundary.
SIX! Huge hit from the pacer.
Patel to continue.
PZ 76-6 (12 overs)
Two-wicket maiden for the left-armer.
Zafar Gohar to start his first over.
PZ 76-4 (11 overs)
Seven runs and a wicket off the over.
Shadab to continue.
PZ 69-3 (10 overs)
Ten off the over.
SIX! Lucky six for the veteran all-rounder.
Patel to continue.
PZ 59-3 (9 overs)
Just five off the over.
Shadab to continue.
PZ 54-3 (8 overs)
One run and two wickets off the over.
Patel to start his new over.
PZ 53-1 (7 overs)
Five off the over.
Shadab Khan to start his new over.
PZ 48-1 (6 overs)
Seven off the over.
Faheem Ashraf to start his new over.
PZ 41-1 (5 overs)
Nine runs and a wicket off the over.
Samit Patel to start his first over.
PZ 32-0 (4 overs)
Ten off the over.
Finn to continue.
PZ 22-0 (3 overs)
Two off the over.
Sami to continue.
PZ 20-0 (2 overs)
Thirteen off the over.
Steven Finn to start his first over.
PZ 7-0 (1 over)
Seven off the over.
Mohammad Sami to start his first over.
And that's it from the first-half. We will join you soon for the second-half.
IU 182-5 (20 overs)
Eleven runs and and a wicket off the over.
Umaid to continue.
IU 171-4 (19 overs)
Eight runs and a wicket off the over.
Wahab Riaz to start his new over.
IU 163-3 (18 overs)
Fourteen off the over.
Hasan Ali to start his new over.
IU 149-3 (17 overs)
Four off the over.
Wahab to continue.
IU 145-3 (16 overs)
Nineteen off the over.
Umaid to start his new over.
IU 126-3 (15 overs)
Fifteen off the over.
Dawson to continue.
IU 109-3 (14 overs)
Nine runs and a wicket off the over.
Ibtisam to start his new over.
IU 100-2 (13 overs)
Six runs and a wicket off the over.
Wahab Riaz to start his new over.
IU 94-1 (12 overs)
Five off the over.
Dawson to start his new over
IU 89-1 (11 overs)
Eleven off the over.
Ibtisam to start his new over.
IU 78-1 (10 overs)
Five off the over.
Hasan Ali to start his new over.
IU 73-1 (9 overs)
Twelve off the over.
Dwayne Smith to start his first over.
IU 61-1 (8 overs)
Nine off the over.
Dawson to continue.
IU 52-1 (7 overs)
Eleven off the over.
Ibtisam Sheikh to start his first over.
IU 41-1 (6 overs)
Just two off the over.
Umaid Asif to star his new over.
IU 39-1 (5 overs)
Twelve runs and a wicket off the over.
Wahab Riaz to start his new over.
IU 27-0 (4 overs)
Five off the over.
Liam Dawson to start his new over.
IU 22-0 (3 overs)
Fourteen off the over.
Hasan to start his new over.
IU 8-0 (2 overs)
Just two off the over.
Umaid Asif to start his new over.
IU 6-0 (1 over)
Six off the over.
Hasan Ali to start his new over.
TOSS: The news from the centre is Zalmi have won the toss, and opted to bowl first.