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Australia all-rounder Aaron Hardie starred with bat and ball as Peshawar Zalmi beat Hyderabad Kingsmen to win their second Pakistan Super League title.<\/p>\n
Hardie took 4-27 as Kingsmen were bowled out for 129, then top-scored with an unbeaten 56 as Peshawar chased down 130 with 28 balls to spare.<\/p>\n
Having topped the table in the group stage, Zalmi thrashed Islamabad United in the qualifier match before chasing a low total in the final to end their nine-year title drought.<\/p>\n
Kingsmen, who reached the final in their first season of existence, were put into bat in Lahore and reached 71-2 shortly after the powerplay.<\/p>\n
Their innings took a nosedive from that point, as they lost four wickets for three runs, with Michael Bracewell running out both Irfan Khan Niazi and Kusal Perera.<\/p>\n
Saim Ayub offered some resistance, scoring a steady 54 from 50 balls and dragging his side’s score into three figures.<\/p>\n
He became Hardie’s third victim, and the seamer – who had already dismissed opener Marnus Labuschagne and Hassan Khan – then removed Akif Javed five balls later to end the Kingsmen innings with two overs remaining.<\/p>\n
While 130 looked a challenging total to defend, Kingsmen had their opponents reeling in the first over as seamer Mohammad Ali dismissed first Mohammad Haris (6) and then Peshawar captain Babar Azam for a golden duck.<\/p>\n
Kusal Mendis (9) and Bracewell (4) also returned to the dugout as Peshawar slipped to 40-4.<\/p>\n
However from that point Hardie and Abdul Samad (48) steered Peshawar out of trouble, putting on 85 for the fifth wicket.<\/p>\n
Ali had Samad caught with five runs required, finishing with figures of 3-38, but Pakistan Under-19 captain Farhan Yousuf finished the match with a four as Kingmen’s low total proved too challenging to defend.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n