Qalandars prevent walk in a park chase for Zalmi but Misbah takes team home

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ABU DHABI: A 100-run partnership stand between skipper Sammy and Misbah ul Haq prevented an upset defeat to the Peshawar Zalmi and took the team to the play-off stage. 

At one point of the time, Qalanadars tilted the game in their favour by taking the game to 5-20 in 125 run-chase.

Lahore Qalandars pacers with their back to back wickets put life in a low-scoring match as the game dragged till the last over of the innings. While the balling attack is coming with full throttle the batting continues to wobble.

Misbah scored 59 off 55 while and injured Sammy contributed with 46 off 36. 

Meanwhile, Shaheen Afridi took three wickets, while Rahat Ali, D Weise and Ryan ten Doeschate managed to bag one each.

Qalandars batting line collapsed again as except Haris Sohail's 43 off 33, with four boundaries and a six, no other players managed to play substantive innings. The team managed to score just 124 runs.

Tymal Mills took three wickets, Sameen Gul took two while Liam Dawson adn Wahab Riaz picked one each.

Quetta Gladiators became the first team to seal their spot in the playoffs after thrashing Peshawar Zalmi on Monday, whereas Multan Sultans were the first team to be eliminated having managed just two wins from nine games.

The next few games will be critical for Lahore, who have three wins from eight games and would be looking to inch upwards on the points table to avoid crashing out of the tournament and repeating their nightmare from the previous three editions of the league.