Imam, Hasan star in Zalmi’s 44-run triumph against Kings

SHARJAH: Former champions Peshawar Zalmi thrashed sloppy Karachi Kings by 44 runs to maintain their second spot in the Pakistan Super League, riding on a maiden PSL half century from opener Imam-ul-Haq and Hasan Ali’s four wickets here on Thursday night.

Imam top-scored for Peshawar in their 153-8 in 20 overs with a 43-ball 56 with five boundaries and a six.

Liam Dawson made 33-ball 43 with a six and four boundaries after they were sent into bat by Karachi Kings captain Imad Wasim.

Hasan’s 4-15 in four overs — three of them in the 19th over — kept Karachi to 109-9 in 20 overs.

Peshawar’s spearhead Hasan once again got a wicket off the very first ball, trapping Liam Livingstone leg before with a sharp incoming delivery.

Karachi were then rocked by two runs outs, most notably when their star performer Babar Azam was smartly run out by Hasan.

That pushed Karachi to 13-2 which became 15-3 when the new arrival Ben Dunk was caught behind for 12.

Colin Ingram (21) was run out by a smart piece of fielding by Imam as he failed to regain crease after trying for a sharp single.

Karachi Kings won toss

Peshawar Zalmi

†Kamran Akmal b Aamer 0

Imam-ul-Haq b Shinwari 56

Umar Amin st Rizwan b Sikandar 15

W L Madsen b Sikandar 0

K A Pollard b Imad 0

L A Dawson c & b Shinwari 43

*D J G Sammy not out 24

Wahab Riaz c Sikandar b Amir 0

Hasan Ali run out 2

Umaid Asif not out 0

Extras (lb 9, w 4) 13

Total (8 wickets, 20 overs) 153

Did not bat: Ibtisam Sheikh

Fall: 1-3, 2-47, 3-47, 4-48, 5-124, 6-131, 7-134, 8-141

Bowling: Amir 4-0-22-1; Aamer 4-0-40-1; Shinwari 4-0-36-2; Imad 4-0-23-1; Sikandar 4-1-23-2

Karachi Kings

L S Livingstone lbw b Hasan 0

Babar Azam run out 1

B R Dunk c Kamran b Wahab 12

C A Ingram run out 21

Sikandar Raza b Umaid 14

*Imad Wasim c sub (Khalid) b Hasan 26

†Mohammad Rizwan not out 32

Aamer Yamin c Dawson b Hasan 0

Mohammad Amir c Wahab b Hasan 0

Umer Khan c Hasan b Pollard 0

Usman Shinwari not out 1

Extras (lb 1, w 1) 2

Total (9 wickets, 20 overs) 109

Fall: 1-0, 2-13, 3-15, 4-43, 5-55, 6-104, 7-105, 8-106, 9-107

Bowling: Hasan 4-0-15-4; Umaid 4-0-23-1; Wahab 4-0-29-1; Ibtisam 1-0-10-0; Pollard 4-0-18-1; Dawson 3-0-13-0

Result: Peshawar Zalmi won by 44 runs

Man of the Match: Imam-ul-Haq (PZ)

Umpires: Richard Illingworth (England) and Rashid Riaz (Pakistan). TV Umpire: Asif Yaqoob (Pakistan)