That is a sensational running catch by Abdul Samad! That was launched miles into the night-sky and Samad sprinted in from deep midwicket, kept his eyes on the ball as the ball swirled late and he adjusted beautifully! Phenomenal work in the field and that sums up the day for Peshawar; they have been stellar tonight and ticked all boxes. Babar looks relieved, smiles and handshakes all around. PZ are on the board with a thumping win
Zalmi vs Sultans, 9th Match at Rawalpindi, PSL, Apr 19 2025 - Match Result
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Abdul Samad, Player of the Match: There were expectation from me and I had been playing domestic cricket for some time. Stuck to my natural game. We had to score 200-plus runs. There was grip and the pitch was on the slow side but glad the execution went well
What a performance from Peshawar Zalmi and a complete contrast from Multan, who had an awful day! It was clear from the onset that the target would be tough to chase and Multan collapsed like a house of cards in their attempt. Even though it was a lop-sided affair, there were plenty of entertaining knocks. That spell from Ali Raza was a treat to watch! Earlier, the onslaught from Haris and TKC gave their innings a solid start. Both played brilliantly despite the early loss of openers and then the lower middle-order teed off in style. Raza deserves all the praise for his breathtaking spell and Yaqoob kept the pressure up from the other end as well. Peshawar have got their first two points in this season and Multan are still winless
UMER ADNAN : "Samads's day today."
Keeping it nice and straight, deflected to silly mid-on
Bowls a nice leg-cutter across off, smears him down the ground and finds Wood at long-off who hangs onto it brilliantly
Samad Naqvi: "I hope Multan correct its mistakes like Peshawar in next match. I dont understand, how they not select Faisal akram and Yasir. Also why Motie and Josh Little are not playing. Very poor selection and captaincy from Rizwan. He is not
Shorter length and it hung away outside off, pulls it across the line and it fall in no man's land at midwicket
Over the wicket, tennis ball short ball on middle, works it away to deep square; part-timer brought on to finish the job
Cunning change of pace. Short of a length off-cutter around the line off, wanted to smoke that over square leg and got baffled by the slowness
Oh that's a well-directed short one that curled back at him and went over his head, did well to duck a little, would have been a nasty blow had that crushed into his temple
Throws the kitchen sink at it as Joseph slams in a bumper at him
Touch short and straightening down the line middle and off, neatly played through the line, Wood covers a lot of ground and makes a superb diving save at long-on
Excellent yorker fired in at off, keeps it out to mid-off
Banged in short on middle and leg, goes back and leg-side, labored pull in front of deep square
Over the wicket, smooth liquid rolling bowling action, back of a length and slanted in from outside off, punched to cover, pick up the bowlers tonight
Rams a pinpoint accurate yorker on middle and off, jams his bat down and keeps it out. he can bowl with the new ball, come back at death and deliver rockets into the blockhole
He reminds me of young M. Amir. Bowls a toe-crusher right into the blockhole, digs it out but only barely
Around the wicket, short of length and angling back into his body, goes for the pull, late on it and it lands in the vacant peninsula at midwicket
17-year old quick darts it full and wide, searing wide yorker, tries to squeeze it out and fails to connect. His fastest delivery has been 146.4kph
Muhammad Haris: "Ian bishop will be happiest man today. Really happy for Ali raza. 1000 problems for pakistan cricket but producing talented fast bowler aint one."
One slip in place. Slightly short and wide, hammered away off the backfoot in the gap at deep extra cover
Tossed up on off, lunges at it and blocks
Wide slip. Shorter wrong'un wide of off, not tempted to go for a shot, leaves it alone
In the air and taken by icy-cool Samad at short cover. Tossed up on middle and gets it to spin away, tries to play jailbreak shot and can only force it to the man stationed inside the ring. It's been a collapse of epic proportions
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Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium | |
Toss | Peshawar Zalmi, elected to bat first |
Series | |
Season | 2025 |
Player Of The Match | |
Hours of play (local time) | 20.00 start, First Session 20.00-21.30, Interval 21.30-21.50, Second Session 21.50-23.20 |
Match days | 19 April 2025 - night (20-over match) |
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Match Referee | |
Points | Peshawar Zalmi 2, Multan Sultans 0 |
Over 16 • MS 107/10