Quetta Gladiators were put to bat by the Peshawar Zalmi in the 10th match of the Pakistan Super League 2018. Sameen Gul got an early break through for Zalmi taking the wicket of Asad Shafiq in the third over of the match. It was the 50 run partnership between Shane Watson and Umar Amin that kept the scorecard ticking. Watson played some handsome looking strokes for his 47 runs which included five huge sixes. Watson was done for pace and drift by Usman Asif as the ball went pass him hitting the stumps. Rilee Rossouw, who was playing his debut match in PSL contributed 37 runs to the total after being dropped on 25. Darren Sammy had was taken off the field in his third over which was later completed by his team mate Dwayne Smith.
Caribbean all-rounder Sammy, who got Injured, but also took two wickets. Sammy than come out to bat in the second last over and soon dispatched the last ball of the over for six. Khalid Usman was smart enough to take single giving Sammy the strike in the last over. It was just a matter of two balls then, until Sammy took Peshawar home with a five wicket victory with two balls remaining. Peshawar registered their second win in the tournament and climbed up to the fourth spot in the points table. Sammy was awarded Man of the Match for his all round performance.
Brief Scores:
Quetta Gladiators 141 for 8 in 20 overs (Shane Watson 47; Wahab Riaz 2 for 16) lost to Peshawar Zalmi 143 for 5 in 19.4 overs (Tamim Iqbal 36; Shane Watson 1 for 16) by 5 wickets.
