Zalmi fight back after Watson heroics

Peshawar Zalmi made a strong comeback after Shane Watson’s blistering innings and restricted Quetta Gladiators to 141 runs in the 10th game of Pakistan Super League being played at Sharjah Cricket Stadium.

Quatta Gladiators went off to a disappointing start after losing the toss, as they lost Asad Shafiq in the third of over of the innings with just 10 runs on the score board.

Shane Watson and Umar Amin added 50 runs for the third wicket and guide the total to 60 runs. Umar Amir went back to the pavilion after scoring 11 runs.

The emerging star of the Zalmi, Khalid Usman picked up a key wicket of Shane Watson. He scored 47 runs off 32 deliveries. ©©

Kevin Pietersen, who won the Man of the match against Islamabad United, departed early after scoring just 5 runs. Rile Rossouw made a vital contribution of 37 runs to guide the total to 141 on loss of 8 wickets.

Darren Sammy, Umaid Asif and Wahab Riaz picked up two wickets each for Peshawar Zalmi.