PSL 8 Match 26: Lahore Qalandars beat Islamabad United by 119 runs

Fakhar Zaman hit a swashbuckling century that earned defending champions Lahore Qalandars a place in the 15 March HBL PSL 8 Qualifier in Lahore with a thumping 119 runs victory in front of another full-house at the Pindi Cricket Stadium today.

Match Summary

Lahore Qalandars 226-5, 20 overs (Fakhar Zaman 115, Kamran Ghulam 41, Sam Billings 32; Fazalhaq Farooqi 3-40)

Islamabad United 107 all out, 15.1 overs (Alex Hales 18, Hassan Ali 18; Rashid Khan 4-21, Haris Rauf 2-16, Zaman Khan 2-17)

Player of the Match – Fakhar Zaman (Lahore Qalandars)

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Match Stats

Lahore Qalandars Fall of wickets: 1-3 (Abdullah Shafique - 0.3 ov), 2-125 (Kamran Ghulam - 10.4 ov), 3-195 (Fakhar Zaman - 17.4 ov), 4-203 (Sam Billings - 18.2 ov), 5-209 (David Wiese - 18.4 ov)

Islamabad United Fall of wickets: 1-32 (Rahmanullah Gurbaz - 3.5 ov), 2-44 (Colin Munro - 5.1 ov), 3-59 (Shadab Khan - 6.5 ov), 4-63 (Alex Hales - 7.6 ov), 5-68 (Mubasir Khan - 8.3 ov), 6-77 (Faheem Ashraf - 10.3 ov), 7-93 (Asif Ali - 12.1 ov), 8-101 (Hasan Ali - 13.5 ov), 9-107 (Mohammad Wasim - 15.1 ov)

Playing XIs

Islamabad United:  Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Azam Khan(WK), Alex Hales, Colin Munro, Asif Ali, Shadab Khan(C),,,, Faheem Ashraf, Mubasir Khan, Hasan Ali, Mohammad Wasim, Fazalhaq Farooqi

Lahore Qalandars: Sam Billings(WK), Fakhar Zaman, Kamran Ghulam, Abdullah Shafique, Sikandar Raza, David Wiese, Hussain Talat, Rashid Khan, Shaheen Afridi(C), Haris Rauf, Zaman Khan

Match Details:

Date: Thursday, March 9, 2023 14:00

Venue: Pindi Club Ground, Rawalpindi, Rawalpindi

Toss: Lahore Qalandars elected to bat