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
Multan Sultans take on Peshawar Zalmi in the Pakistan Super League.
The game is set for Thursday, February 10. The first ball will be bowled at 7:30pm local time (2:30pm GMT).
The game will be held at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore.
Multan Sultans remain undefeated after five games in PSL 7.
Last season’s champions have been unstoppable so far and blasted Peshawar Zalmi away in their last match thanks to 82 from 53 balls from skipper Mohammad Rizwan and 51* off 19 from Tim David, as they went on to win by 57 runs.
This was their most comprehensive win, having chased down totals of 124 and 206 against Karachi Kings and Lahore Qalandars respectively, before defending scores against Quetta Gladiators and Islamabad United previously in the competition.
Sultans have been dominant with both the bat and the ball. Shan Masood (275) and Rizwan (215) are the second and third highest run-scorers respectively, and three bowlers in the top five wicket-takers, with Imran Tahir taking 10 wickets in five matches at an economy of 6.60.
Peshawar Zalmi opened the season with a five-wicket win over Quetta Gladiators, but since then have only won once, a nine-run win against Babar Azam’s struggling Karachi Kings.
Shoaib Malik leads his side for runs with his 143 putting him in 11th spot overall, while Usman Qadir’s five wickets are only good enough for 14th place.
Tim David [Asif Hasan/AFP via Getty Images]
Multan Sultans will look to exploit Peshawar Zalmi’s ineffective bowling attack for the second game in a row.
Multan Sultans’ powerful opening partnership of Masood and Rizwan have been difficult to stop, with 490 runs between them, including two half-centuries each, and Rizwan, in particular, will look forward to reacquainting himself with the Peshawar Zalmi attack.
David’s ferocious boundary hitting will likely continue, too, as he seeks to add to his 15 6s and nine fours.
Peshawar Zalmi's bowlers failed to take a single wicket against Islamabad United earlier in the competition, with Paul Stirling being run out but will hope their bowlers can put their recent form behind them.
Against a team with the destructive tendencies of the unbeaten Multan Sultans, it is likely that Peshawar Zalmi will need the performance of the season to stop them.
Matches played: 10
Multan Sultans wins: 7
Peshawar Zalmi wins: 3
Overcast conditions are expected in Lahore, with temperatures hovering around 18 degrees Celsius
Multan Sultans: Mohammad Rizwan, Rilee Rossouw, Sohaib Maqsood, Imran Tahir, Shan Masood, Khushdil Shah, Shahnawaz Dhani, Tim David, Odean Smith, Rumman Raees, Asif Afridi, Anwar Ali, Rovman Powell, Imran Khan Sr., Abbas Afridi, Amir Azmat, Blessing Muzarabani, Ihsanullah
Supplementary round: David Willey, Rizwan Hussain
Partial replacements: Johnson Charles, Dominic Drakes
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
Mohammad Umar [Asif Hassan/AFP via Getty Images]
Multan Sultans: Shan Masood, Mohammad Rizwan, Sohaib Maqsood, Rilee Rossouw, Tim David, Khushdil Shah, David Willey, Abbas Afridi, Rumman Raees, Imran Tahir
Peshawar Zalmi: Hazratullah Zazai, Kamran Akmal, Hussain Talat, Haider Ali, Shoaib Malik, Sherfance Rutherford, Ben Cutting, Wahab Riaz, Usman Qadir, Arish Ali Khan, Salman Irshad
Peshawar Zalmi would need a performance that has so far looked beyond them if they are to bring an end to Multan Sultans’ unbeaten run. Multan Sultans 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.
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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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