ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates, CMC – Fabien Allen grabbed two wickets but was then one of three West Indies players to fail with the bat as the Darren Sammy-coached Peshawar Zalmi slumped to a 10-run defeat to Lahore Qalanders, as the re-launch of the Pakistan Super League continued here Thursday following the suspension due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Sent in at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Qalanders racked up 170 for eight off their 20 overs with Singapore’s Tim David top-scoring with an unbeaten 64 off 36 deliveries and Australian Ben Dunk getting 48 off 33 balls.
The innings was in disarray at 25 for four in the eighth over before David arrived to lash three fours and five sixes in an 81-run, fifth wicket stand with Dunk.
David then added a further 47 off just 13 deliveries for the seventh wicket with James Faulkner who made a seven-ball 22.
Allen, a left-arm spinning all-rounder who has played 19 T20 Internationals and 17 one-dayers for West Indies, finished with two for 26.
In reply, Zalmi were held to 160 for eight despite Shoaib Malik’s superb 73 off 48 deliveries, which included seven fours and four sixes.
Allen and fellow Jamaican Rovman Powell suffered the indignity of two-ball ‘ducks’ while Sherfane Rutherford smashed two fours and a six in scoring 15.
Afghan leg-spinning sensation Rashid Khan grabbed the headlines with five for 20 to earn Man-of-the-Match honours.
In the other game played, West Indies left-hander Shimron Hetmyer failed but his Multan Sultans still did enough to get the better of Chadwick Walton’s Karachi Kings by 12 runs.
Hetmyer made only seven before top-edging a catch to fine leg off seamer Thisara Perera in the 15th over but South African Rilee Rossouw and Pakistan’s Khushdil Shah both scored 44 while Sohaib Maqsood hit 31, to get their side up to 176 for five off their 20 overs.
Pakistan captain Babar Azam then hit a typically stylish unbeaten 85 off 63 deliveries but Kings could only muster 164 for seven, in reply.
Walton struck 35 from 23 balls, putting on 77 for the fourth wicket with Babar, but the 23 runs required from the final over proved too many.
