Lahore Qalandars in 2016

Lahore Qalandars
2016 season
Coach Paddy Upton
Captain Azhar Ali
Ground(s) Gadaffi Stadium
2016 Pakistan Super League 5th
Most runs Umar Akmal (335)
Most wickets Zafar Gohar (7)
2017 →

The Lahore Qalandars is a franchise cricket team that represents Lahore in the Pakistan Super League. They are one of the five teams that competed in the 2016 Pakistan Super League. The team was captained by Azhar Ali.They finished fifth in the tournament and as a result they were eliminated in group stage.[1]Umar Akmal with 335 runs in 7 matches was leading run scorer of the tournament.

Background

Lahore Qalandars is a franchise cricket team representing Lahore, which plays in the PSL. In 2015, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) announced that the inaugural season of the Pakistan Super League would take place in February 2016 in the United Arab Emirates.[2] Team is owned by the Qatar Lubricants Company. which bought it for US$ 25 Million for 10 years. [3] It finished the inaugural season of PSL at fifth (last) position.

Squad

Players with international caps before the start of the 2016 PSL season are listed in bold.

Name Nat. Batting Style Bowling Style Notes
Batsmen
Mukhtar Ahmed Pakistan Right-hand Legbreak, Googly
Azhar Ali Pakistan Right-hand Right-Arm Legbreak Captain
Chris Gayle Jamaica Left-hand Right-Arm Offbreak First pick/Overseas
Cameron Delport South Africa Left hand Right-arm Medium Overseas
Sohaib Maqsood Pakistan Right-hand Right-arm Offbreak
Naved Yasin Pakistan Left-hand Slow Left-arm Orthodox
Imran Butt Pakistan Right-hand —
All-rounders
Abdul Razzaq Pakistan Right-hand Right-arm Fast-medium
Hammad Azam Pakistan Right-hand Right-arm Medium
Zohaib Khan Pakistan Right-hand Slow Left-arm Orthodox
Dwayne Bravo Trinidad and Tobago Right-hand Right-arm Medium-fast Overseas
Kevon Cooper Trinidad and Tobago Right-hand Right-arm Medium Overseas
Wicket-keepers
Mohammad Rizwan Pakistan Right-hand —
Umar Akmal Pakistan Right-hand —
Bowlers
Ehsan Adil Pakistan Right-hand Right-arm Fast-medium
Yasir Shah Pakistan Right-hand Right-arm Leg-spin
Zafar Gohar Pakistan Left-hand SlowerLeft-arm Orthodox
Ajantha Mendis Sri Lanka Left-hand Right-arm off break Overseas
Zia-ul-Haq Pakistan Right-hand Left arm Fast-medium
Adnan Rasool Pakistan Right-hand Right-arm offbreak
Mustafizur Rahman Bangladesh Left-hand Left-arm Medium-fastOverseas

Pakistan Super League

Umar Akmal was team's star performer with 335 runs in 7 matches as well as Leading run scorer in 2016 Pakistan Super League season

Qalandars started their tournament with two consecutive losses against Karachi Kings and Peshawar Zalmi.[4] On 5 Feb 2016, Qalandars played their first match against Karachi Kings losing by 7 wickets. While batting first they scored 125 for the loss of 8 wickets due to the first Hat-trick of PSL by Mohammad Amir. Mohammad Rizwan with 37 was the highest run scorer for Qalandars in this match. In reply they started well with early wickets but Shakib Al Hasan and Lendl Simmons took kings towards victory, hence losing by 7 wickets.[5][6] In the second encounter against Peshawar Zalmi they again failed to taste success, this time posting 117 Dwayne Bravo with struggling 32 runs was the top scorer. Things went disappointing in bowling as well as they lost again this time by 9 wickets.[7] They tasted first victory against Quetta Gladiators. Qalandar's losing the toss posting 194 thanks to Umar Akmal blistering innings of 93 from 40 balls, supported well by Cameron Delport he made 73 in reply Gladiators started well but felt short in the end by 63 runs thanks to Zafar Gohar's 4 for 13 Umar Akmal for his blistring inning and Fastest PSL fifty was awarded with Man of the match trophy.[8]

In the second phase of the tournament, beginning in Sharjah and their next match was against Islamabad United played at Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium Qalandars scored 166 runs after being sent in to bat first.Muhammad Rizwan scored 50 off 27 balls.Defending 167 their bowling let them down as they were easily crushed after managing to get only two wickets.[9] they played their fifth match of the tournament against Karachi Kings.Stand-in Captain Dwayne Bravo winning the toss put kings into bat.Kings respondes well by posting a good total (177) on the board.Zafar Gohar was the stand out bowler for Qalandars as he took 3 for 26. Qalandars started the chase slowly but getting the momentum back with some quick runs between 6 and 10 overs But both their openers Chris Gayle and Cameron Delport after making 38 and 55 respectively got out in quick succession.Last 10 overs belonged to kings as King's Ravi Bopara change the whole complaction of the match by taking 6 wickets for just 16 runs in the end beating Qalandars by 27 runs.[10]They won their second match of this season against Peshawar Zalmi which was a close match.Qalandars batting first gave 165 runs target. Cameron Delport was team's highest run-scorer with 78 in response Zalmi started well but lost their way a little henced Qalandars won the match by 4 runs.Delport with 78 off 61 balls and with 3 for 18 was awarded man of the match.[11]In their match against the Gladiators, Saw Qalandars batted first after being sent into bat first by Oppossition Captain Sarfraz Ahmed posted 201 (highest score of the tournament) thanks largely to Captain Azhar Ali's 61 off 45 Balls and Chris Gayle's 60 off 34 balls followed by the blistring innings from players like Umar Akmal and Dwayne Bravo.In reply Quetta's Bismillah Khan, who was playing his debut innings in PSL scored 55 from 30 and Mohammad Nabi whose 30 from 12 finished the game on the last ball of the match, were pivotal in the victory and hence Qalandars lost the match by 2 wicket.[12]In their last group stage match a do or die match for Qalandars they started badly losing 3 wickets with less than 5 runs but excellent innings from Sohaib Maqsood and Umar Akmal saw team posting more than 150 but again their un experienced bowling couldn't defend the target losing by 5 wickets.[13] They managed to win only two matches in the end first against Quetta Gladiators and then against Peshawar Zalmi losing six out of their eight matches. Qalandars finished the league 5th on points table and did not qualified for playoffs. Despite playing only 7 games Umar Akmal was the highest run scorer of the tournament won the Best Batsman of the League's award after scoring (335) runs with 4 fifties He . At the final Qalandars were given Spirt of The Game award.

Season standings

Team[14] Pld W L NR Pts NRR
Peshawar Zalmi 8 6 2 0 12 +0.573
Quetta Gladiators 8 6 2 0 12 +0.216
Islamabad United 8 4 4 0 8 -0.282
Karachi Kings 8 2 6 0 4 -0.036
Lahore Qalandars 8 2 60 4 -0.536

Match Log

No. Date Opponent Venue Result Scorecard Link
1 5 February Karachi Kings Dubai International Cricket Stadium Lost by 7 wickets, MoM – Bangladesh Shakib Al Hasan 56(35) 1/26 (4 Overs)Scorecard
2 6 February Peshawar Zalmi Dubai International Cricket Stadium Lost by 9 wickets, MoM – Bangladesh Tamim Iqbal 55*(47) Scorecard
3 8 February Quetta Gladiators Dubai International Cricket Stadium Won by 63 runs, MoM – Pakistan Umar Akmal 93(40)Scorecard
4 10 February Islamabad United Sharjah Cricket Stadium Lost by 8 wickets, MoM – Pakistan Sharjeel Khan 79*(43)Scorecard
5 12 February Karachi Kings Sharjah Cricket Stadium Lost by 27 runs, MoM – England Ravi Bopara 71*(43) & 6/16 (4 Overs)Scorecard
6 13 February Peshawar Zalmi Sharjah Cricket Stadium Won by 4 runs, MoM – South Africa Cameron Delport 78(61) & 3/18 (4 Overs) Scorecard
7 16 February Quetta Gladiators Dubai International Cricket Stadium Lost by 2 wickets, MoM – Pakistan Bismillah Khan 55(30)Scorecard
8 17 February Islamabad United Dubai International Cricket Stadium Lost by 5 wickets, MoM – Pakistan Mohammad Irfan 3/22 (4 Overs) Scorecard

References

  1. ↑ "Pakistan Super League, 2016 Points Table". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
  2. ↑ "Pakistan Super League T20 in UAE seeks to rival India's IPL". Retrieved 22 December 2015.
  3. ↑ "Pakistan Super League: Seven Companies fight it out to buy franchises". Express etribune. 3 December 2015. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
  4. ↑ http://pakistantoday.com.pk/2016/02/19/sports/qalandars-felt-yasir-mustafizurs-absence-in-psl-lahore-owner/
  5. ↑ http://espncricinfo.com//ci/engine/match/959177.html/, ESPN CricInfo, 2016-02-05. Retrieved 2016-02-27.
  6. ↑ http://dunyanews.tv/en/Cricket/321350-PSL-T20-Karachi-Kings-win-toss-choose-to-field-a/, DunyaNewsPakistan, 2016-02-05. Retrieved 2016-02-27.
  7. ↑ http://tribune.com.pk/story/1041590/live-lahore-qalandars-vs-peshawar-zalmi/, Express Tribune, 2016-02-06 Retrieved 2016-02-27.
  8. ↑ "Umar Akmal's 40-ball 93 powers Lahore to big win". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
  9. ↑ http://tribune.com.pk/story/1043995/live-lahore-qalandars-vs-islamabad-united/, DunyaNewsPakistan, 2016-02-05. Retrieved 2016-02-27.
  10. ↑ http://espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/959197.html/, ESPN Cric Info, 2016-02-15. Retrieved 2016-02-28.
  11. ↑ http://espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/959203.html/, ESPN Cric Info, 2016-02-13. Retrieved 2016-02-28.
  12. ↑ http://tribune.com.pk/story/1048014/live-lahore-qalandars-vs-quetta-gladiators/, Express Tribune 2016-02-16. Retrieved 2016-02-17.
  13. ↑ http://en.dailypakistan.com.pk/sports/match-highlights-islamabad-united-beat-lahore-qalandars-by-5-wickets-qalandars-out-of-tournament/
  14. ↑ "Pakistan Super League, 2016 Points Table". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
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