LAHORE: Alex Hales, on his return to Islamabad United, slammed a valuable knock of 62 that helped Islamabad United chase 170 successfully against Peshawar Zalmi in first eliminator of the seventh edition of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) 2022 at Gaddafi Stadium on Thursday.
It was always going to be tough to defend any score under 180 with the kind of batting depth the United have and it proved to be true.
For 80 percent of the chase, they had things in control but when wickets fell at crucial stages, the new batters looked at home and left no room for panic.
Salman Irshad continued his great form with the ball but he didn t have enough support from the other end during the death overs,
There wasn t much dew, but the Zalmi conceded 11 extras (8 wides) as opposed to United s 5 which proved to be fairly costly, especially in the penultimate over of the game.
Batting first, Peshawar Zalmi set 170 runs target for Islamabad United.
Earleri, Peshawar Zalmi had won the toss and elected to bat against Islamabad United.
Both the teams have played 18 games between them. Peshawar Zalmi won 9, Islamabad United won 8 and one match was ended without any result.
