# 2022 Peshawar Zalmi season

The Peshawar Zalmi (often abbreviated as PZ) is a franchise cricket team that represents Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan in the Pakistan Super League. The team is coached by James Foster, and remain under the captaincy of Wahab Riaz.

## Management and coaching staff

| Name | Position |
| Inzamam-ul-Haq | President |
| James Foster | Head coach |
| Hashim Amla | Batting coach |
| Mohammad Akram | Team director |

## Squad

* Players with international caps are listed in bold
* Ages are given as of the first match of the season, 27 January 2022
| No. | Name | Nat. | Birth date | Bat. | Bowl. | Joined | Notes |
| Batsmen ||||||||
| 3 | Hazratullah Zazai | Afghanistan | (1998-03-23)23 March 1998 (aged 23) | Left-handed | Slow left arm orthodox | 2021 | |
| 17 | Yasir Khan | Pakistan | (2002-04-13)13 April 2002 (aged 19) | Right-handed | — | 2022 | |
| 46 | Haider Ali | Pakistan | (2000-10-02)2 October 2000 (aged 21) | Right-handed | — | 2020 | |
| 50 | Sherfane Rutherford | West Indies | (1998-08-15)15 August 1998 (aged 23) | Left-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | 2021 | |
| 55 | Tayyab Tahir | Pakistan | (1993-07-26)26 July 1993 (aged 28) | Right-handed | Right-arm leg-break | 2022 | |
| All-rounders ||||||||
| 7 | Liam Livingstone | England | (1993-08-04)4 August 1993 (aged 28) | Right-handed | Right-arm spin | 2020 | |
| 8 | Hussain Talat | Pakistan | (1996-02-12)12 February 1996 (aged 25) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2022 | |
| 13 | Benny Howell | England | (1988-10-05)5 October 1988 (aged 33) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2022 | |
| 18 | Shoaib Malik | Pakistan | (1982-02-01)1 February 1982 (aged 39) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2020 | Vice-captain |
| 31 | Ben Cutting | Australia | (1987-01-30)30 January 1987 (aged 34) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | 2022 | |
| 37 | Amad Butt | Pakistan | (1994-05-10)10 May 1994 (aged 27) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | 2022 | |
| 44 | Khalid Usman | Pakistan | (1986-03-01)1 March 1986 (aged 35) | Right-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | 2022 | |
| Wicket-keepers ||||||||
| 23 | Kamran Akmal | Pakistan | (1982-01-13)13 January 1982 (aged 40) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2016 | |
| 32 | Tom Kohler-Cadmore | England | (1994-08-19)19 August 1994 (aged 27) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2021 | |
| 63 | Mohammad Haris | Pakistan | (2001-05-13)13 May 2001 (aged 20) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2022 | |
| Bowlers ||||||||
| 02 | Arish Ali Khan | Pakistan | (2000-12-20)20 December 2000 (aged 21) | Right-handed | Slow left arm orthodox | 2022 | Full replacement for Mohammad Amir Khan |
| 05 | Ali Majid | Pakistan | (1991-12-29)29 December 1991 (aged 30) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2022 | |
| 10 | Sameen Gul | Pakistan | (1999-02-04)4 February 1999 (aged 22) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2022 | |
| 11 | Mohammad Umar | Pakistan | (1999-12-27)27 December 1999 (aged 22) | Right-handed | Right-arm mediu- fast | 2022 | |
| | Mohammad Amir Khan | Pakistan | (2001-09-09)9 September 2001 (aged 20) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2022 | |
| 14 | Sohail Khan | Pakistan | (1984-03-06)6 March 1984 (aged 37) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | 2022 | |
| 25 | Saqib Mahmood | England | (1997-02-25)25 February 1997 (aged 24) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | 2021 | Ambassador |
| 35 | Arshad Iqbal | Pakistan | (2000-12-26)26 December 2000 (aged 21) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2022 | |
| 36 | Pat Brown | England | (1998-08-23)23 August 1998 (aged 23) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | 2022 | Partial replacement for Liam Livingstone |
| 47 | Wahab Riaz | Pakistan | (1985-06-28)28 June 1985 (aged 36) | Right-handed | Left-arm fast | 2016 | Captain |
| 70 | Matt Parkinson | England | (1996-10-24)24 October 1996 (aged 25) | Right-handed | Right-arm leg-break | 2022 | Partial replacement for Saqib Mahmood |
| 91 | Usman Qadir | Pakistan | (1993-08-10)10 August 1993 (aged 28) | Left-handed | Right-arm leg-break | 2022 | |
| 99 | Salman Irshad | Pakistan | (1995-12-03)3 December 1995 (aged 26) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | 2022 | |
| | Sirajuddin | Pakistan | | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2022 | |
| Source: PZ squad ||||||||

## Season standings
### Points table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
| 1 | Multan Sultans (R) | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 1.253 |
| 2 | Lahore Qalandars (C) | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 0.765 |
| 3 | Peshawar Zalmi (4th) | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 12 | −0.340 |
| 4 | Islamabad United (3rd) | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 8 | −0.069 |
| 5 | Quetta Gladiators | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 8 | −0.708 |
| 6 | Karachi Kings | 10 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 2 | −0.891 |
* The top 4 teams qualified for the playoffs
* advanced to Qualifier
* advanced to Eliminator 1

## Fixtures and results

* Match 2 28 January 2022 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| Quetta Gladiators 190/4 (20 overs) | v | Peshawar Zalmi 191/5 (19.4 overs) |
| Will Smeed 97 (62) Usman Qadir 2/20 (4 overs) | | Hussain Talat 52 (29) Mohammad Nawaz 3/44 (4 overs) |
* Peshawar Zalmi won by 5 wickets National Stadium, Karachi Umpires: Michael Gough (Eng) and Ahsan Raza (Pak) Player of the match: Will Smeed (Quetta Gladiators)
* Peshawar Zalmi won the toss and elected to field.
* Yasir Khan (Peshawar Zalmi) and Ashir Qureshi (Quetta Gladiators) both made their T20 debuts.
* Match 5 30 January 2022 14:30 (D/N) Scorecard
| Peshawar Zalmi 168/6 (20 overs) | v | Islamabad United 172/1 (15.5 overs) |
| Sherfane Rutherford 70* (46) Faheem Ashraf 2/23 (4 overs) | | Alex Hales 82* (54) Hussain Talat 0/13 (2 overs) |
* Islamabad United won by 9 wickets National Stadium, Karachi Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Ahsan Raza (Pak) Player of the match: Paul Stirling (Islamabad United)
* Islamabad United won the toss and elected to field.
* Match 9 2 February 2022 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| Lahore Qalandars 199/4 (20 overs) | v | Peshawar Zalmi 170/9 (20 overs) |
| Fakhar Zaman 66 (38) Salman Irshad 2/47 (4 overs) | | Haider Ali 49 (34) Zaman Khan 3/32 (4 overs) |
* Lahore Qalandars won by 29 runs National Stadium, Karachi Umpires: Shozab Raza (Pak) and Aleem Dar (Pak) Player of the match: Zaman Khan (Lahore Qalandars)
* Peshawar Zalmi won the toss and elected to field.
* Match 11 4 February 2022 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| Peshawar Zalmi 173/4 (20 overs) | v | Karachi Kings 164/6 (20 overs) |
| Shoaib Malik 52* (28) Umaid Asif 3/36 (4 overs) | | Babar Azam 90* (63) Mohammad Umar 3/22 (4 overs) |
* Peshawar Zalmi won by 9 runs National Stadium, Karachi Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Shozab Raza (Pak) Player of the match: Shoaib Malik (Peshawar Zalmi)
* Karachi Kings won the toss and elected to field
* Match 13 5 February 2022 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| Multan Sultans 222/3 (20 overs) | v | Peshawar Zalmi 165/8 (20 overs) |
| Mohammad Rizwan 82 (53) Shoaib Malik 1/17 (2 overs) | | Ben Cutting 52* (31) Imran Tahir 3/25 (4 overs) |
* Multan Sultans won by 57 runs National Stadium, Karachi Umpires: Richard Illingworth (Eng) and Shozab Raza (Pak) Player of the match: Mohammad Rizwan (Multan Sultans)
* Peshawar Zalmi won the toss and elected to field.
* Match 16 10 February 2022 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| Multan Sultans 182/7 (20 overs) | v | Peshawar Zalmi 140 (19.3 overs) |
| Shan Masood 68 (49) Salman Irshad 2/34 (4 overs) Wahab Riaz 2/34 (4 overs) | | Shoaib Malik 44 (31) Blessing Muzarabani 3/18 (4 overs) |
* Multan Sultans won by 42 runs Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore Umpires: Richard Illingworth (Eng) and Ahsan Raza (Pak) Player of the match: Shan Masood (Multan Sultans)
* Peshawar Zalmi won the toss and elected to field.
* Match 19 13 February 2022 14:30 (D/N) Scorecard
| Peshawar Zalmi 193/6 (20 overs) | v | Karachi Kings 138/6 (20 overs) |
| Hazratullah Zazai 52 (42) Chris Jordan 3/41 (4 overs) | | Babar Azam 59 (46) Salman Irshad 2/24 (4 overs) |
* Peshawar Zalmi won by 55 runs Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore Umpires: Faisal Afridi (Pak) and Rashid Riaz (Pak) Player of the match: Mohammad Haris (Peshawar Zalmi)
* Karachi Kings won the toss and elected to field.
* Match 22 15 February 2022 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| Peshawar Zalmi 185/7 (20 overs) | v | Quetta Gladiators 161/8 (20 overs) |
| Shoaib Malik 58 (41) Naseem Shah 4/27 (4 overs) | | Will Smeed 99 (60) Usman Qadir 3/25 (4 overs) |
* Peshawar Zalmi won by 24 runs Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore Umpires: Michael Gough (Eng) and Rashid Riaz (Pak) Player of the match: Hussain Talat (Peshawar Zalmi)
* Peshawar Zalmi won the toss and elected to bat.
* Match 24 17 February 2022 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| Peshawar Zalmi 206/8 (20 overs) | v | Islamabad United 196/7 (20 overs) |
| Mohammad Haris 70 (32) Faheem Ashraf 3/33 (4 overs) | | Azam Khan 85 (46) Salman Irshad 3/29 (4 overs) |
* Peshawar Zalmi won by 10 runs Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore Umpires: Ahsan Raza (Pak) and Richard Illingworth (Eng) Player of the match: Mohammad Haris (Peshawar Zalmi)
* Peshawar Zalmi won the toss and elected to bat.
* Match 30 21 February 2022 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| Peshawar Zalmi 158/7 (20 overs) | v | Lahore Qalandars 158/8 (20 overs) |
| Shoaib Malik 32 (28) Fawad Ahmed 2/26 (4 overs) | | Mohammad Hafeez 49 (44) Wahab Riaz 2/19 (4 overs) |
* Match tied (Peshawar Zalmi won the Super Over) Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore Umpires: Asif Yaqoob (Pak) and Richard Illingworth (Eng) Player of the match: Wahab Riaz (Peshawar Zalmi)
* Peshawar Zalmi won the toss and elected to bat.

## Playoffs
### Eliminator 1

* Match 32 24 February 2022 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| Peshawar Zalmi 169/5 (20 overs) | v | Islamabad United 170/5 (19.3 overs) |
| Kamran Akmal 58 (39) Hasan Ali 3/30 (4 overs) | | Alex Hales 62 (49) Salman Irshad 3/31 (4 overs) |
* Islamabad United won by 5 wickets Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Michael Gough (Eng) Player of the match: Faheem Ashraf (Islamabad United)
* Peshawar Zalmi won the toss and elected to bat.
* As a result of this match, Peshawar Zalmi were eliminated from the 2022 PSL.