Key match-ups, squad lists, head-to-head record, weather forecast, prediction, odds, form guide and more ahead of the next game of the 2022 Pakistan Super League season
Peshawar Zalmi take on Islamabad United in the Pakistan Super League.
The game is set for Sunday, January 30. The first ball will be bowled at 2:30pm local time (9:30am GMT).
The game will be held at the National Stadium in Karachi.
There is rarely an edition of PSL where one of these sides does not make an impact. Islamabad United are the most successful side in the tournament's history, taking home the trophy on two occasions, while Peshawar Zalmi have never failed to make the play-offs, winning the tournament once and three times finishing as runners-up.
Both made it past the group stages last tournament, with Islamabad United topping the table, winning eight games out of 10.
Zalmi won half their games, and finished third in the group stage.
The sides met in the initial play-off game last tournament, with Zalmi chasing down Islamabad’s 174 with 19 balls to spare. They then won a tightly contested match against Karachi Kings, winning with one ball to spare, but ultimately fell to Multan Sultans in the final.
Islamabad are gearing up for their first game in this year’s tournament, whereas Zalmi have already played and won, chasing down Quetta Gladiators’ 190 in the final over, with each of the top six batsmen chipping in towards the total.
Alex Hales and Islamabad United play their first game of the PSL season (Asif Hassan/AFP via Getty Images)
Top-order batting, as always in T20 cricket, will be one of the main factors in this game, and each side has some explosive batters with their ranks.
Peshawar Zalmi are boosted by Yorkshire bat Tom Kohler-Cadmore, who arrives off the back of a top Abu Dhabi T10 tournament. The 27-year-old hit the fifth-highest run total in the tournament, striking at 200.00, and hit a high score of 96 in just 39 balls.
Along with the Englishman, Zalmi have Pakistan stalwart Shaoib Malik, who captains the side. The experienced campaigner is in possession of a T20 average of 36.47, and has hit over 10,000 runs in the format.
Islamabad may have even more fire power in their top order, franchise T20 ever-present Alex Hales has hit five T20 tons, and strikes the ball at just shy of 150.
He is joined by Irishman Paul Stirling, undoubtedly his countries greatest T20 export. The opening-batsman has a highest score of 115 not out in domestic T20s.
And if those two don’t get you, there’s a good chance New Zealander Colin Munro will. The big-hitting Kiwi has hit 47 domestic T20 half-centuries, as well as five centuries.
Matches played: 15
Islamabad United wins: 8
Peshawar Zalmi wins: 7
There will be a very limited chance of rain, with temperatures at around 25 degrees Celsius for the start of play.
Islamabad United: Asif Ali, Hasan Ali, Shadab Khan, Faheem Ashraf, Alex Hales, Mohammad Wasim Jr, Azam Khan, Paul Stirling, Colin Munro, Marchant de Lange, Muhammad Akhlaq, Reece Topley, Danish Aziz, Zafar Gohar, Mubasir Khan, M. Zeeshan, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ather Mehmood
Supplementary draft: Musa Khan, Zahir Khan
Partial replacement: Mohammad Huraira
Peshawar Zalmi: Wahab Riaz, Liam Livingstone, Shoaib Malik, Sherfane Rutherford, Haider Ali, Saqib Mahmood, Hussain Talat, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Hazratullah Zazai, Usman Qadir, Salman Irshad, Arshad Iqbal (Covid replacement: Ammad Butt), Sameen Gul, Kamran Akmal (Covid replacement: Imam-ul-Haq), Sirajuddin, Mohammad Amir Khan, Ben Cutting, Mohammad Haris
Supplementary round: Mohammad Umer, Sohail Khan
Partial replacements: Matt Parkinson, Pat Brown
Peshawar Zalmi beat Quetta Gladiators in their opener (Asif Hassan/AFP via Getty Images)
Islamabad United: Alex Hales, Paul Stirling, Colin Munro, Danish Aziz, Shadab Khan, Asif Ali, Faheem Ashraf, Hasan Ali, Marchant de Lange, Mohammad Wasim Jr, Zafar Gohar
Peshawar Zalmi: Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Yasir Khan, Haider Ali, Shaoib Malik, Hussain Talat, Sherfaine Rutherford, Ben Cutting, Sohail Khan, Usman Qadir, Sameen Gul, Pat Brown
Despite the power of Zalmi’s top order, Islamabad edges it in that department, and with more fire power in their bowling ranks, they should be able to start off with a win.
In Pakistan, games will be on A Super and PTV Sports.
In the UK games will be shown on Sky Sports Cricket (Sky 404, Virgin 504).
In Australia, the games will be shown on Foxtel, Fox Sports and Kayo.
In India, Sony Sports Network carries the broadcast rights.
In the Caribbean, Flow Sports hold the broadcast rights, with Willow TV showing the tournament in North America.
SuperSport will provide coverage in South Africa, while Sky Sport will show the matches in New Zealand.
The PCB has partnered with ICC TV and tapmad TV to broadcast PSL7 in: Andorra, Antarctica, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bouvet Island, Bouvet Island, Brazil, British Indian Ocean Territory, Brunei, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Chile, China, Christmas Island, Cocos Island, Colombia, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, East Timor, Ecuador, Estonia, Falkland Islands, Faroe islands, Finland, France, French Guiana, Georgia, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Guyana, Heard Island, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kyrgystan, Laos, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macao, Macedonia, Malaysia, Malta, Micronesia, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Myanmar, Netherlands, New Caledonia, North Korea, Norway, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Suriname, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vatican City, Vietnam and Venezuela.
The commentary line-up includes Nick Knight, David Gower, Mike Haysman, Pommie Mbangwa, Danny Morrison, Bazid Khan, Waqar Younis, Urooj Mumtaz, Sana Mir, Marina Iqbal and Tariq Saeed. Erin Holland, Zainab Abbas and Sikandar Bakht will present the live coverage.
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