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Islamabad United beat Peshawar Zalmi by 7 wickets in PSL II opener

DUBAI: Pakistan Super Leagues second edition is set to kick-off on Thursday with defending champions Islamabad United captain Misbha ul Haq won the toss and elected to field.
Published February 9, 2017 Updated February 9, 2017 09:54pm

United Captain Misbha ul Haq had won the toss and elected to field.

Zalmi scored 190 for 9 runs with Kamran Akmal starring with the bat.

The match was reduced to 18 overs with a reviwed target of 173 runs after light showers disrupted play in the chase down.

United eventually crossed the line with 175 for 3 wickets in the final over.

Brad Haddin grabbed the man of the match award for scoring 73 runs for United.

Teams:

Islamabad United

Sharjeel Khan, SR Watson, DR Smith, Misbah-ul-Haq*, BJ Haddin, SW Billings, Imran Khalid, Amad Butt, Saeed Ajmal, Mohammad Sami, Mohammad Irfan, Asif Ali, Rumman Raees, S Badree, Khalid Latif, Hussain Talat, ST Finn

Peshawar Zalmi

Mohammad Hafeez, DJ Malan, Kamran Akmal, EJG Morgan, Haris Sohail, Iftikhar Ahmed, Shahid Afridi, DJG Sammy*, CJ Jordan, Hasan Ali, Junaid Khan, Imran Khan (1), Wahab Riaz, SR Patel, TM Dilshan, Mohammad Asghar, MN Samuels, Sohaib Maqsood

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