For Peshawar Zalmi, West Indies’ swashbuckling batsman Sherfane Rutherford scored a stormy half-century, but Islamabad’s openers scored more than 100 runs in 10 overs to lay the foundation for an easy victory.
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Two batsmen from Ireland and England tied the knot with their explosive batting in the Pakistan Super League. On Sunday, January 30, at the National Stadium in Karachi, Ireland’s strong opener Paul Stirling and England’s super batsman Alex Hales played with the bowling fiercely. Both these batsmen, playing for Islamabad United, gave their team an easy victory by 9 wickets against their Peshawar Zalmi. (Photo: PSL)
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Islamabad’s bowlers laid the foundation for this victory and prevented Peshawar from scoring a big score. West Indies batsman Sherfane Rutherford, playing for Peshawar, scored an unbeaten 70 off 46 balls, due to which Peshawar’s team could score 168 runs in 20 overs for the loss of 6 wickets. (Photo: PSL)
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Then came the turn of Islamabad’s batsmen and the opening pair of Sterling-Hales alone snatched the match from Peshawar. The partnership of 112 runs between the two in just 9.4 overs. Paul Sterling in particular was more dangerous in this pair. He hit a quick fifty in just 18 balls. He was dismissed for 57 runs in 25 balls with 7 fours and 3 sixes. (Photo: PSL)
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However, Hales’ attack from the other side did not stop. He along with Rahmanullah Gurbaz led the team to an easy victory by reaching 172 runs in just 15.5 overs. Hales scored 82 runs in 54 balls with 13 fours and 1 six. Hales and Sterling together scored 20 fours and 4 sixes in the match. At the same time, Gurbaz also scored an unbeaten 27 runs in 16 balls. (Photo: PSL)
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