The Peshawar Zalmi is a franchise cricket team that represents Peshawar in the Pakistan Super League. They were one of the six teams that participated in the 2019 season.
The team was captained by Daren Sammy, and coached by Mohammad Akram. They ended as the runners-up for the second consecutive season after losing in the final against Quetta Gladiators. They finished first in their group after winning seven out of their ten group stage matches.
Kamran Akmal was the team's best batsman with 357 runs from 13 matches. Hasan Ali was the team's best bowler with 25 wickets across 13 matches. He was also the leading wicket-taker of the tournament and hence, won the Maroon Cap and Fazal Mehmood award for best bowler of the season.
Squad Players with international caps are shown in bold Ages are given as of the first match of the season, 14 February 2019 No.NameNationalityBirth dateBatting styleBowling styleYear signedNotesBatsmen22Misbah-ul-HaqRight-handedRight-arm leg break2018Captain26Imam-ul-HaqLeft-handed—201992Sohaib MaqsoodRight-handedRight-arm off break2018Lendl SimmonsRight-handedRight-arm medium fast2019OverseasNabi GulRight-handed—2019SamiullahRight-handed—2019Dawid MalanLeft-handed2019OverseasAll-rounders4Khalid UsmanRight-handedSlow left-arm orthodox20187Liam DawsonRight-handedSlow left-arm orthodox2018Overseas55Kieron PollardRight-handedRight-arm medium-fast2018Overseas88Darren SammyRight-handedRight-arm medium-fast2019Overseas; Captain200Umar AminLeft-handedRight-arm medium2019Wayne MadsenRight-handedRight-arm off-break2019OverseasWicket-keepers23Kamran AkmalRight-handed—201872Andre FletcherRight-handed—2019OverseasJamal AnwarRight-handed—2019Bowlers7Tymal MillsRight-handedLeft-arm fast2019Overseas9Ibtisam SheikhRight-handedLeft-arm leg break googly201913Umaid AsifRight-handedRight-arm medium fast201814Sameen GulRight-handedRight-arm medium201832Hasan AliRight-handedRight-arm medium fast201834Chris JordanRight-handedRight-arm fast2019Overseas47Wahab RiazRight-handedLeft-arm fast2016Waqar SalamkheilRight-handedLeft-arm medium2019Overseas. Unavailable, replaced by Andre Fletcher.
Kit manufacturers and sponsors
Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor (chest) Shirt sponsor (back) Chest branding Sleeve brandingZalmi in-houseHaierZalmi TVRDMcDonald's Pakistan, Sprite, TCL
Season standings Points table
Season summary Peshawar Zalmi finished the group stage with first position by winning seven of their matches and losing three. Peshawar came on top because of the higher run rate. Zalmi lost to Quetta Gladiators in the qualifier by 10 runs. Zalmi then defeated Islamabad United by 48 runs in the eliminator to reach the PSL final.
In the final in Karachi, after Peshawar Zalmi's openers got out, Sohaib Maqsood, who scored run-a-ball 20, added 31 runs for the third wicket with Umar Amin (38 runs off 33 balls). Zalmi scored 138–8 in 20 overs batting first. Peshawar Zalmi lost to Gladiators, who achieved the target in 17.5 overs, by 8 wickets finishing runners-up in the league.
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