Peshawar Zalmi beat Lahore Qalandars in thrilling super over clash

Categories: Cricket 2022

                       Peshawar Zalmi beat Lahore Qalanders in the first super over of the Pakistan Super League 2022. Thanks to captain Shaheen Shah Afridi blasting 23 off the last regular over, Lahore Qalandars finished at 158/8 to tie Peshawar's effort of 158/7 on Monday (February 21).Peshawar captain Wahab Riaz conceded only five runs in a tidy super over and veteran Shoaib Malik won the game by smashing two successive boundaries off Afridi's first two balls. Both teams finished the group stage with 12 points but Lahore ended up second on a superior net run-rate than Peshawar.

                      Peshawar struggled against spinners Fawad Ahmed (2-26) and Mohammad Hafeez (1-16) with Malik top-scoring with 32 before holing out at long on. Lahore struggled to pace the chase against Riaz (2-19) and fast bowler Arshad Iqbal (2-30), who was playing his first game this season. But Afridi took the game to a super over by smashing three sixes and a boundary in a sensational last over.