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when Zalmi replied, they had an early hiccup when they lost Akmal’s wicket with the score at 15 for 1. But a 126-run stand for the 2nd wicket made the target look ridiculously easy at 141/2 in 14.3 overs, after Hazratullah Zazai got out for 66 from 44 balls. Jonathan Wells who made 55 from 43, saw the team safely through to victory without further loss of wickets, in the company of Shoaib Malik who made 32 from 10 balls. Barring Hasan Ali and M Wasim who took a wicket each, none of the other bowlers impressed.
Qualifier: Sultans vs Unitedp>In their Qualifier versus United on June 21, Sultans batted first. They lost their skipper Rizwan in the 2nd over but a 53-run partnership for the second wicket brought the innings back on track. Despite the fall of the 3rd wicket without addition of runs, a 63-run stand for the 4th wicket between Maqsood and Jonathan Charles took them to a position of relative comfort at 122 for 4 in the 15th over. Sultans did well to reach 180/5, thanks largely to Khushdil Shah who scored 42 off 22 batting at number six. Maqsood top scored with 59 from 41 balls, while Charles (41) and Masood (25) were the other contributors. For United, Shadab Khan and Faheem Ashraf took two wickets each, while Akif Javed took the only other wicket to fall.Three early wickets for just 14 runs saw United in trouble from which they never really recovered. They were soon reduced to 61 for 5. But a glimmer of hope in the form of a 50-run stand for the 6th wicket. But once Usman Khawaja was out with the scoreboard reading 111 for 6, the innings unravelled, and the Islamabad franchise were bundled out for 149 in the 19th over. While Tanvir and Muzabarani took 3 wickets each while Imran Tahir grabbed two, and Imran Khan took one.
Likely XIsp>Multan Sultans: Shan Masood, M Rizwan, s Maqsood, R Rossouw, Johnson Charles, Khushdil Shah, S Tanvir, Imran Tahir, Blessing Muzarabani, Imran Khan, Shahnawaz DhaniPeshawar Zalmi: Hazratullah Zazai, Kamran Akmal, Jonathan Wells, Shoaib Malik, Rovman Powell, Sherfane Rutherford, Amad Butt, Wahab Riaz (c), Umaid Asif, Mohammad Irfan, Mohammad Imran.
