# 2022 Quetta Gladiators season

The Quetta Gladiators (often abbreviated as QG) is a franchise cricket team which competes in Pakistan Super League (PSL). The team is based in Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan, Pakistan. The team was coached by Moin Khan, and captained by Sarfaraz Ahmed.

## 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 | Nationality | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Year signed | Notes |
| Batsmen ||||||||
| 11 | Abdul Bangalzai | Pakistan | (2003-03-23)23 March 2003 (aged 18) | Right-handed | — | 2022 | |
| 13 | Ahsan Ali | Pakistan | (1993-12-10)10 December 1993 (aged 28) | Right-handed | Leg-break | 2022 | |
| 14 | James Vince | England | (1991-03-14)14 March 1991 (aged 30) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2022 | |
| 20 | Jason Roy | England | (1999-07-21)21 July 1999 (aged 22) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2022 | |
| 23 | Will Smeed | England | (2001-10-26)26 October 2001 (aged 20) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2022 | Partial replacement for James Vince. Later full replacement for Dan Lawrence |
| 28 | Dan Lawrence | England | (1997-07-12)12 July 1997 (aged 24) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2022 | |
| 96 | Umar Akmal | Pakistan | (1990-05-26)26 May 1990 (aged 31) | Right-handed | Right-arm off spin | 2022 | |
| 99 | Ali Imran | Pakistan | (1998-02-25)25 February 1998 (aged 23) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2022 | Partial replacement for Noor Ahmad |
| | Shimron Hetmyer | West Indies | (1996-12-26)26 December 1996 (aged 25) | Left-handed | — | 2022 | Partial replacement for Jason Roy |
| | Mohammad Shehzad | Pakistan | (2004-02-05)5 February 2004 (aged 17) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2022 | Replacement for James Faulkner |
| All-rounders ||||||||
| 10 | Shahid Afridi | Pakistan | (1980-03-01)1 March 1980 (aged 41) | Right-handed | Right-arm leg spin | 2022 | |
| 16 | Hasan Khan | Pakistan | (1998-10-16)16 October 1998 (aged 23) | Right-handed | Slow left arm orthodox | 2022 | Partial replacement for Shahid Afridi. Later fully replaced Muhammad Nawaz |
| 21 | Mohammad Nawaz | Pakistan | (1994-03-21)21 March 1994 (aged 27) | Left-handed | Slow left arm orthodox | 2016 | Vice-captain |
| 41 | Luke Wood | England | (1995-08-02)2 August 1995 (aged 26) | Left-handed | Left-arm fast | 2022 | Full replacement for Naveen-ul-Haq |
| 44 | James Faulkner | Australia | (1990-04-20)20 April 1990 (aged 31) | Right-handed | Left-arm fast-medium | 2022 | |
| 95 | Iftikhar Ahmed | Pakistan | (1990-09-03)3 September 1990 (aged 31) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2022 | |
| Wicket-keepers ||||||||
| 17 | Ben Duckett | England | (1994-10-17)17 October 1994 (aged 27) | Left-handed | Right-arm off-break | 2022 | |
| 54 | Sarfaraz Ahmed | Pakistan | (1987-05-22)22 May 1987 (aged 34) | Right-handed | — | 2016 | Captain |
| Bowlers ||||||||
| 6 | Ghulam Mudassar | Pakistan | (1999-10-20)20 October 1999 (aged 22) | Right-handed | Left-arm fast-medium | 2022 | |
| 7 | Ashir Qureshi | Pakistan | (2001-08-12)12 August 2001 (aged 20) | Right-handed | Right-arm leg-break googly | 2022 | |
| 8 | Khurram Shahzad | Pakistan | (1999-11-25)25 November 1999 (aged 22) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2022 | |
| 15 | Noor Ahmad | Afghanistan | (2005-01-03)3 January 2005 (aged 17) | Left-handed | Left arm unorthodox spin | 2022 | |
| 33 | Sohail Tanvir | Pakistan | (1984-12-12)12 December 1984 (aged 37) | Left-handed | Left-arm medium-fast | 2022 | |
| 71 | Naseem Shah | Pakistan | (2003-02-15)15 February 2003 (aged 18) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | 2019 | |
| 76 | Mohammad Irfan | Pakistan | (1982-06-06)6 June 1982 (aged 39) | Right-handed | Left-arm fast | 2022 | Replacement for Muhammad Hasnain |
| 87 | Mohammad Hasnain | Pakistan | (2000-04-05)5 April 2000 (aged 21) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | 2019 | |
| | Naveen-ul-Haq | Afghanistan | (1999-09-23)23 September 1999 (aged 22) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2022 | |
| Source: QG 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

## Regular season

* 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 4 29 January 2022 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| Karachi Kings 113 (17.3 overs) | v | Quetta Gladiators 114/2 (15.5 overs) |
| Babar Azam 32 (29) Naseem Shah 5/20 (3.3 overs) | | Ahsan Ali 57* (43) Mohammad Imran 1/23 (3 overs) |
* Quetta Gladiators won by 8 wickets National Stadium, Karachi Umpires: Michael Gough (Eng) and Shozab Raza (Pak) Player of the match: Naseem Shah (Quetta Gladiators)
* Quetta Gladiators won the toss and elected to field.
* Match 7 31 January 2022 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| Multan Sultans 174/4 (20 overs) | v | Quetta Gladiators 168 (19.5 overs) |
| Shan Masood 88 (58) Mohammad Hasnain 2/27 (4 overs) | | Ben Duckett 47 (32) Khushdil Shah 3/16 (4 overs) |
* Multan Sultans won by 6 runs National Stadium, Karachi Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Ahsan Raza (Pak) Player of the match: Shan Masood (Multan Sultans)
* Quetta Gladiators won the toss and elected to field.
* Match 10 3 February 2022 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| Islamabad United 229/4 (20 overs) | v | Quetta Gladiators 186 (19.3 overs) |
| Colin Munro 72* (39) Mohammad Nawaz 2/32 (4 overs) | | Ahsan Ali 50 (27) Shadab Khan 5/28 (4 overs) |
* Islamabad United won by 43 runs National Stadium, Karachi Umpires: Richard Illingworth (Eng) and Imtiaz Iqbal (Pak) Player of the match: Colin Munro (Islamabad United)
* Quetta Gladiators won the toss and elected to field.
* Match 15 7 February 2022 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| Lahore Qalandars 204/5 (20 overs) | v | Quetta Gladiators 207/3 (19.3 overs) |
| Fakhar Zaman 70 (45) Ghulam Mudassar 2/43 (4 overs) | | Jason Roy 116 (57) Kamran Ghulam 1/15 (2 overs) |
* Quetta Gladiators won by 7 wickets National Stadium, Karachi Umpires: Michael Gough (Eng) and Shozab Raza (Pak) Player of the match: Jason Roy (Quetta Gladiators)
* Quetta Gladiators won the toss and elected to field.
* Match 18 12 February 2022 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| Islamabad United 199/8 (20 overs) | v | Quetta Gladiators 203/5 (19.4 overs) |
| Alex Hales 62 (38) Shahid Afridi 2/27 (4 overs) | | Jason Roy 54 (27) Shadab Khan 3/25 (4 overs) |
* Quetta Gladiators won by 5 wickets Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore Umpires: Faisal Afridi (Pak) and Richard Illingworth (Eng) Player of the match: Sarfaraz Ahmed (Quetta Gladiators)
* Quetta Gladiators won the toss and elected to field.
* Zeeshan Zameer (Islamabad United) made his T20 debut.
* Match 20 13 February 2022 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| Quetta Gladiators 141/7 (20 overs) | v | Lahore Qalandars 143/2 (17.4 overs) |
| Iftikhar Ahmed 52 (39) David Wiese 2/25 (4 overs) | | Kamran Ghulam 55* (39) Noor Ahmad 1/24 (4 overs) |
* Lahore Qalandars won by 8 wickets Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore Umpires: Asif Yaqoob (Pak) and Michael Gough (Eng) Player of the match: Shaheen Afridi (Lahore Qalandars)
* Lahore Qalandars 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 25 18 February 2022 14:30 (N) Scorecard
| Multan Sultans 245/3 (20 overs) | v | Quetta Gladiators 128 (15.5 overs) |
| Mohammad Rizwan 83* (54) Mohammad Irfan 1/28 (3.3 overs) | | Umar Akmal 50 (23) Khushdil Shah 2/17 (2.5 overs) |
* Multan Sultans won by 117 runs Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Rashid Riaz (Pak) Player of the match: Rilee Rossouw (Multan Sultans)
* Multan Sultans won the toss and elected to bat.
* As a result of this match, Lahore Qalandars and Peshawar Zalmi both qualified for the play-offs.
* Match 28 20 February 2022 14:30 (D/N) Scorecard
| Quetta Gladiators 166/4 (20 overs) | v | Karachi Kings 143/8 (20 overs) |
| Jason Roy 82 (64) Lewis Gregory 1/22 (3 overs) | | Joe Clarke 52 (39) Khurram Shahzad 4/22 (4 overs) |
* Quetta Gladiators won by 23 runs Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Asif Yaqoob (Pak) Player of the match: Khurram Shahzad (Quetta Gladiators)
* Quetta Gladiators won the toss and elected to bat.