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2019 Islamabad United season

Islamabad United
2019 season
CoachDean Jones
CaptainMohammad Sami (9 matches)
Shadab Khan (3 matches)
PSL 2019Eliminator 2
Most runsCameron Delport (355)[1]
Most wicketsFaheem Ashraf (21)[2]
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Islamabad United is a franchise cricket team that represents Islamabad, the capital city of Pakistan, in the Pakistan Super League. They were the defending champions, as they won the title in 2018 season becoming the most successful PSL team at that time.[3] They were one of the six teams that had a competition in the 2019 season. The team was captained by Pakistani quick bowler Mohammad Sami and by Shadab Khan in three matches after Sami was out injured, they had a good season and finished 3rd, after winning six matches from their twelve matches in the PSL 2019.[4] Cameron Delport and Faheem Ashraf were team's leading runs-scorer and leading wickets-taker respectively.[1][5]

Islamabad United

  • Players with international caps are listed in bold.
  • Ages are given as of the date of the first match of the 2019 season, 14 February 2019
No. Name Nationality Birth date Batting style Bowling style Year signed Notes
Batsmen
8 Sahibzada Farhan  Pakistan (1996-03-06)6 March 1996 (aged 22) Right-handed — 2019
Cameron Delport  South Africa (1989-05-12)12 May 1989 (aged 29) Left-handed Right-arm medium 2019
Nasir Nawaz  Pakistan (1998-10-05)5 October 1998 (aged 20) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2019
Ian Bell  England (1982-04-11)11 April 1982 (aged 36) Right-handed Right-arm medium 2019 Overseas
10 Alex Hales  England (1989-01-03)3 January 1989 (aged 30) Right-handed Right-arm medium 2019 Overseas
13 Asif Ali  Pakistan (1991-10-01)1 October 1991 (aged 27) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2018
22 Rizwan Hussain  Pakistan (1996-04-26)26 April 1996 (aged 22) Left-handed — 2019
All-rounders
5 Hussain Talat  Pakistan (1996-02-12)12 February 1996 (aged 23) Left-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2017
7 Amad Butt  Pakistan (1995-05-10)10 May 1995 (aged 23) Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium 2016
Wayne Parnell  South Africa (1989-07-30)30 July 1989 (aged 29) Right-handed Left-arm fast-medium 2019 Overseas
29 Samit Patel  England (1984-11-30)30 November 1984 (aged 34) Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox 2019 Overseas
41 Fahim Ashraf  Pakistan (1994-01-16)16 January 1994 (aged 25) Left-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2018
76 Shadab Khan  Pakistan (1998-10-04)4 October 1998 (aged 20) Right-handed Right-arm leg break 2018 Vice-captain
Wicket-keepers
54 Luke Ronchi  New Zealand (1981-04-23)23 April 1981 (aged 37) Right-handed — 2018 Overseas
59 Chadwick Walton  Jamaica (1985-07-03)3 July 1985 (aged 33) Right-handed — 2018 Overseas
Phil Salt  England (1996-08-28)28 August 1996 (aged 22) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2019 Overseas
Bowlers
7 Mohammad Sami  Pakistan (1981-02-24)24 February 1981 (aged 37) Right-handed Right-arm fast 2018 Captain
11 Rumman Raees  Pakistan (1991-10-18)18 October 1991 (aged 27) Right-handed Left-arm medium-fast 2018
17 Zafar Gohar  Pakistan (1995-02-01)1 February 1995 (aged 24) Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox 2018
Musa Khan  Pakistan (2000-08-28)28 August 2000 (aged 18) Right-handed Right-arm medium 2019
Waqas Maqsood  Pakistan (1987-11-04)4 November 1987 (aged 31) Right-handed Left-arm medium 2019
Zahir Khan  Afghanistan (1998-12-20)20 December 1998 (aged 20) Left-handed Left-arm unorthodox spin 2019 Overseas

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Season summary

In the opening match of the season, United defeated Lahore Qalandars after chasing down 171 runs in the 20th over, winning the match by 5 wickets.[6] Then they went on to lose their next two games against Multan Sultans by 5 wickets and Quetta Gladiators by 7 wickets, respectively.[7][8] In the next game against Peshawar Zalmi, Being sent to bat first, the defending champions were 49–3 at one stage before Ian Bell and Cameron Delport put on 56 runs which helped the side post a competitive total of 158 runs for 9 in 20 overs. In the chase of 158 runs, Zalmi were reeling at 65 runs for 5 wickets at one stage. Kieron Pollard and Darren Sammy steadied the side with their 55-runs partnership. Zalmi hopes of winnings were dashed after Pollard departed after scoring 51 runs. In the end, Islamabad managed to win by 12 runs after captain Mohammad Sami's hat-trick in the last over.[9]

Pos Team Pld W L T NR Pts NRR
1 Peshawar Zalmi (R) 10 7 3 0 0 14 0.828
2 Quetta Gladiators (C) 10 7 3 0 0 14 0.376
3 Islamabad United (3rd) 10 5 5 0 0 10 0.127
4 Karachi Kings (4th) 10 5 5 0 0 10 −0.673
5 Multan Sultans 10 3 7 0 0 6 0.173
6 Lahore Qalandars 10 3 7 0 0 6 −0.837
Source: ESPNcricinfo

Notes:

  • C = Champions;
  • R = Runner-up;
  • (x) = Position at the end of the tournament;

References

  1. ^ a b "Islamabad United / Most Runs / 2019 season". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  2. ^ "Islamabad United / Most Wickets / 2019 season". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  3. ^ "Islamabad wins PSL with Karachi back on cricket map". Times of India. Archived from the original on 26 March 2018. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
  4. ^ "Points Table –Pakistan Super League 2019". Retrieved 17 March 2019 – via ESPNCricinfo.
  5. ^ "Most wickets". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
  6. ^ "Islamabad United come from behind to win PSL opener". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
  7. ^ "PSL Highlights 2019: Multan Sultans vs Islamabad United: MS beat IU by five wickets". The News. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
  8. ^ "Quetta Gladiator beat Islamabad United by 7 wickets". Dunya News. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
  9. ^ "Sami hat-trick clinches last-over win for Islamabad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
Quelle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_Islamabad_United_season