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MS vs PZ: Five stats about the mouth-watering clash

It will be played in Multan

By Web Desk

February 17, 2023

Wahab Riaz (L) appeals during a PSL match — PCB

Peshawar Zalmi will take on Multan Sultans in the fifth match of the ongoing Pakistan Super League season eight at the Multan Cricket Stadium today (Friday).

Multan will be led by wicketkeeper-batter Mohammad Rizwan, whereas star batter Babar Azam will captain Peshawar.

Sultans are currently at the top of the table with two points after two matches, meanwhile Zalmi are in third place with the same number of points after one game.

Here are five stats you need to know about the match between Peshawar and Multan.

Head-to-head

Multan and Peshawar have faced each other 11 times in the past, with the former winning on eight occasions.

Highest total

The highest total in a match between the two sides was achieved by Multan last year, when they notched up 222-3 in Karachi.

Most sixes in an innings

The most sixes by a player in an innings during a match between Zalmi and Sultans, belongs to the latter’s Sohaib Maqsood, who now plays for Islamabad United, who smacked seven sixes in Dubai in 2018.

Most runs conceded

Wahab Riaz has conceded the most runs by a bowler in a match between the two sides, when he gave away 55 runs without picking up a wicket in Karachi in 2022.

Five-wicket hauls

No bowler has claimed a five-wicket haul during a match between Zalmi and Sultans in the past.

Squads

Peshawar Zalmi: Babar Azam (c), Rovman Powell, Sherfane Rutherford, Wahab Riaz, Arshad Iqbal, Danish Aziz, Mohammad Haris (wk), Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Mujeeb Ur Rehman, Aamer Jamal, Saim Ayub, Salman Irshad, Haseebullah Khan, Khurram Shahzad, Richard Gleeson, Peter Hatzoglou Sufyan Muqeem, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Usman Qadir, Jimmy Neesham, Haris Sohail

Multan Sultans: Mohammad Rizwan (c & wk), David Miller, Josh Little, Shan Masood, Khushdil Shah, Rilee Rossouw, Akeal Hosain, Shahnawaz Dahani, Tim David, Usama Mir, Sameen Gul, Anwar Ali, Mohammad Sarwar, Usman Khan, Arafat Minhas, Ihsanullah, Abbas Afridi, Kieron Pollard, Ammad Butt, Wayne Parnell, IzharulHaq Naveed.