Peshawar Zalmi in 2016

Peshawar Zalmi is a franchise cricket team representing Peshawar, which plays in the Pakistan Super League (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.[1] CEO of Haier Javed Afridi (cousin of Shahid Afridi) bought the team for US$16 million for a ten-year period.[2] It finished third in the inaugural season of PSL in the 2016.

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

Name	Nationality	Batting style	Bowling style	Notes
Batsmen
Mohammad Hafeez		Right-hand	Right-arm off Spin	[3]
Tamim Iqbal		Left-hand	—	Overseas
Shahid Yousuf		Right-hand	—
Israrullah		Left-Hand	—
Musadiq Ahmed		Right-Hand	—
Brad Hodge		Right-hand	—	Overseas
Dawid Malan		Left-hand	Right Arm Leg Break	Overseas
All-rounders
Shahid Afridi		Right-hand	Right-Arm Leg Spin	Captain, first pick in players draft[4]
Aamer Yamin		Right-Hand	Right Arm Medium
Darren Sammy		Right-hand	Right-arm Medium Fast	Overseas
Jim Allenby		Right-hand	Right arm Medium	Overseas
Wicket-keeper
Kamran Akmal		Right-hand	—
Jonny Bairstow		Right-hand	—	Overseas
Bowlers
Abdur Rehman		Left-hand	Left-arm off spin
Junaid Khan		Left-hand	Left-arm Fast
Wahab Riaz		Right-hand	Left-arm Fast
Shaun Tait		Right-hand	Right arm Fast	Overseas
Imran Khan		Right-hand	Left-arm Medium Fast
Hasan Ali		Right-Hand	Right Arm Medium Fast
Taj Wali		Left-Hand	Left Arm Medium Fast
Muhammad Asghar		Left-Hand	Left Arm Spinner

Tamim Iqbal with 267 runs in 6 matches was team's Leading run scorer in 2016 Pakistan Super League season

Mohammad Hafeez was one of team's star performer with the bat in 2016 Season

Before the start of the league zalmis were considered as a strongest team and team to beat in first PSL.They proved every body right by winning their first two matches Thanks to brilliant performances from their openers Mohammad Hafeez and Tamim Iqbal Zalmi who played their first two matches on 5 and 6 February against Islamabad United and Lahore Qalandars respectively winning both of them beating United by 24 runs and Qalandars by 9 wickets.[5][6] Their winning run ended after losing a close match against the underdogs of 2016 PSL Quetta Gladiators.[7] after completing group stage matches they won six from eight matches losing against Lahore Qalandars in a close match and Quetta Gladiators they finished first in points table qualifying for the play-offs where they played against Quetta Gladiators in Qualifier 1.[8]The first qualifier of the inaugural Pakistan Super League was a nail-biting affair and came down to the last ball, with Quetta Gladiators holding their nerve to clinch one run win. Gladiators posted 133 thanks to Kevin Pietersen (53) well supported by Kumar Sangakkara (37) after disastrous start, in reply Peshawar scoring 132 in their 20 Overs Darren Sammy's 38 from 29 could not save the team.[9] Zalmi were left needing eight runs from six balls;Gladiators required three wickets. A dot off the first ball of the over, bowled by Aizaz Cheema, titled the contest further Quetta's way. However, Wahab Riaz seemed to emerge an unlikely hero for Zalmi,slamming the second ball – a low full toss outside off – over cow corner for four. He then proceeded to take a single. Three needed off three, and it was anybody's game. Cheema, though, drastically turned the fate of the match with his next two deliveries. First Hasan Ali was out caught and bowled. Then, Wahab swung wildly in an attempt to finish the game, but ended up skying the ball straight to Ahmed Shehzad at point. Cheema was on a hat-trick and Muhammad Asghar had the unenviable task of striking the last ball for at least three. Cheema did not get his hat-trick, but more importantly, Asghar was unable to put the bowler's rising short ball away as a result Aizaz Cheema become hero for Gladiators and qualified for the Final.Gladiator's Mohammad Nawaz for his 3 for 27 and 20 runs was judged man of the match against Zalmi.[10]Islamabad United qualified for 2016 Pakistan Super League Final match by defeating Zalmi.United set 177 runs target for Zalmi after being sent in by Afridi to bat first. United's Batsman Sharjeel Khan 117 from 62 balls against strong bowling line-up of Zalmi proved to be the difference between them and United they only managed 126 runs after blistering inning from Shahid Afridi in the end of 38 from 17 balls and earlier Kamran Akmal scored 45 from 32 balls. As a result of this loss they were eliminated from the tournament. Wahab Riaz with 15 wickets was the leading wicket-taker for the team. Tamim Iqbal with 267 runs was team's leading run scorer.[11]

Match Log

No.	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorecard Link
1	5 February	Islamabad United	Dubai International Cricket Stadium	Won by 24 runs, MoM – Mohammad Asghar 3/20 (4 Overs)	Scorecard
2	6 February	Lahore Qalandars	Dubai International Cricket Stadium	Won by 9 wickets,MoM – Tamim Iqbal 55*(47)	Scorecard
3	7 February	Quetta Gladiators	Dubai International Cricket Stadium	Lost by 3 wickets, MoM – Mohammad Nawaz 3/29 (4 Overs)	Scorecard
4	11 February	Karachi Kings	Sharjah Cricket Stadium	Won by 3 runs,MoM – Mohammad Hafeez 59(35)	Scorecard
5	12 February	Islamabad United	Sharjah Cricket Stadium	Won by 7 wickets, MoM – Tamim Iqbal 80*(58)	Scorecard
6	13 February	Lahore Qalandars	Sharjah Cricket Stadium	Lost by 4 runs, MoM – Cameron Delport 78(61) & 3/18 (4 Overs)	Scorecard
7	14 February	Quetta Gladiators	Sharjah Cricket Stadium	Won by 8 wickets, MoM – Shahid Afridi 5/7 (4 Overs)	Scorecard
8	17 February	Karachi Kings	Dubai International Cricket Stadium	Won by 5 wickets, MoM – Brad Hodge 85(45)	Scorecard
9	19 February	Quetta Gladiators (Qualifier 1)	Dubai International Cricket Stadium	Lost by 1 run ,MoM – Mohammad Nawaz 20(18) & 3/27 (4 Overs)	Scoreard
10	21 February	Islamabad United (Qualifier 2)	Dubai International Cricket Stadium	Lost by 50 run ,MoM – Sharjeel Khan 117(62)	Scoreard

• Islamabad United in 2016
• Quetta Gladiators in 2016
• Karachi Kings in 2016
• Lahore Qalandars in 2016