Peshawar Zalmi vs Quetta Gladiators
Peshawar Zalmi 185/7 in 20 overs (Malik 58; Naseem 4-27) beat Quetta Gladiators 161/8 in 20 overs (Smeed 99; Qadir 3-25) by 24 runs. Player of the Match: Hussain Talat.
Will Smeed's 99 went in vain as Quetta Gladiators fell 24 runs short of the target set by Peshawar Zalmi at the Gaddafi Stadium. The Gladiators could only manage 161/8 while chasing 186.
The Gladiators didn't have a great start, losing Jason Roy and James Vince for 29. Sarfaraz Ahmed and Smeed added 53 before the former got out to Hussain Talat on 25. The next six batters managed only 17 between them, as the Gladiators were restricted to 161/8.
Earlier, fifties from Talat (51) and Shoaib Malik (58) helped the Zalmi reach 185/7 after they were reduced to 6/2. Naseem Shah (4-27) claimed Liam Livingstone and Hazratullah Zazai in the space of three legal deliveries. Ben Cutting, too, hit four sixes in his 14-ball 36.