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Sufiyan Muqeem, Player of the Match: Glad I performed well and we won the match. The individual performances are helping team win on a regular basis. During match, I talked to Iftikhar and I followed the same length where he bowled at. I keep it simple and I have found success that way.

Saud Shakeel, Quetta Gladiators Captain: It was easily a 170-175 pitch. We are repeating the same mistakes, loosing too many wickets in the middle and as a result, we are stuck in between defense and attack. We sit, talk and make game plans but I think we got too muddled in tactics that we forget the basics. Think we made too many changes, will try to work on the shortcomings and improve our performance. (reason why Usman bowled late), It's not like that. We were trying to take the game deep and thought the could give us back to back wickets late in the game. But if we don't have enough runs on the board then teams won't take extra risk against spinners which reduces the likelihood of picking wickets

Babar Azam, Peshawar Zalmi Captain: We assessed the conditions and our bowling attack has been delivering consistently and we were relying on it. It's a team game and combined effort is helping us win. We're keeping the players sitting out ready and that's why we see them performing well. Take the example of Basit who bowled fantastically. on my personal form, yes I feel good, when you spend time out in the middle, it gives you confidence and I am trying to carry my confidence and play a winning role. Focus has been on building partnerships and to take the game deep.

Peshawar's fabulous run continues this season and they are riding sky-high on confidence! Another clinical win for them and they seem to have all bases covered even without Shoriful and Nahid. Quetta didn't have enough on the board and had a sedate powerplay, which came back to haunt them in the end. Mohammad Basit bowled with great venom while the spin attack comprising Sufiyan Muqeem and Iftikhar Ahmed has been a model of consistency--especially the former, who has looked almost unplayable. Ali Raza continues to impress across formats and levels and was very tidy at the death. The opening duo for Zalmi, Mohammad Haris and Babar Azam, provided a stable start, with Babar playing a complete knock; he's a master of chasing middling totals. A few contributions down the order ensured there were no surprises. Not much to speak about Quetta's bowlers, as none could rip through the lineup or create enough opportunities

18.3
4
Jahandad Khan to Babar Azam, FOUR, Around the wicket, back of a length on the pads, smothers this through backward square and the ball had enough legs to reach the rope. Babar Azam finishes the game with calmness and great composure
18.2
1
Jahandad Khan to Hardie, 1 run, Shorter in length and outside off, sliced away to deep cover-point
18.1
2
Jahandad Khan to Hardie, 2 runs, 150 on the board, got an incoming shorter delivery on the pads, gently push to long-on and they run briskly between the wickets

END OF OVER:
18 | 9 Runs | PZ: 149/2 (6 runs required from 12 balls, RR: 8.27, RRR: 3.00)

  • Babar Azam67 (50b)
  • Aaron Hardie15 (12b)
  • Alzarri Joseph4-0-32-1
  • Usman Tariq4-0-25-0

DaWolf: "Babar top scoring and also at a perfectly decent run rate. I assume Muqeem gets POTM but Babars good form has been instrumental to his teams 6 wins out of 6 after today. "

17.6
0
Joseph to Babar Azam, no run, Short of a length and whizzing away in the channel, tries to flay a cut and only grabs fresh air
17.5
1
Joseph to Hardie, 1 run, Short of a length and slanting back into the pads, tucks it along the carpet to deep square, just a hit away from a win
17.4
1
Joseph to Babar Azam, 1 run, Short ball rising outside off, opens the face and steers it down to deep third
17.3
4
Joseph to Babar Azam, FOUR, Low full-toss on the shin, clipped elegantly to long leg and fetches another four. Rossouw did all the hard work and got to the ball but then flicked it away to the rope
17.2
1
Joseph to Hardie, 1 run, Hits the deck hard and outside off, gets some extra bounce, lovely swivel pull to deep square
17.1
2
Joseph to Hardie, 2 runs, Over the wicket, shortish just outside off, forehands it down to mid-off, runs hard

END OF OVER:
17 | 5 Runs | PZ: 140/2 (15 runs required from 18 balls, RR: 8.23, RRR: 5.00)

  • Aaron Hardie11 (9b)
  • Babar Azam62 (47b)
  • Usman Tariq4-0-25-0
  • Alzarri Joseph3-0-23-1
16.6
1b
Usman Tariq to Hardie, 1 bye, Tries a reverse again and he outsmarts him on this occasion, bowled a yorker, prolonged pause in his action helps him adjust his plans
16.5
0
Usman Tariq to Hardie, no run, Inverses his stance and biffs the revere sweep to backward point, Alzarri cuts it off, went straight at him
16.4
2
Usman Tariq to Hardie, 2 runs, Back of a length and comes back in little from outside off, hammers it to deep extra cover
16.3
0
Usman Tariq to Hardie, no run, slip in place. On a length and turning in leg-stump, tries to sweep and went wide across his stumps, appeal for a caught behind I reckon and Quetta send it upstairs for a closer look
16.2
1
Usman Tariq to Babar Azam, 1 run, Looped up quick and full on off, spanked to point as the fielder jumps forward to catch but it dies in front of him
16.1
0
Usman Tariq to Babar Azam, no run, Good-ish length and straightens on middle, driven back to the bowler
16.1
1w
Usman Tariq to Babar Azam, 1 wide, that should be two wides. Shorter and slower way down the leg side

Zalmi 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st75Babar AzamMohammad Haris
2nd49Babar AzamBKG Mendis
3rd32Babar AzamAM Hardie