West Indies pacer Odean Smith had negligible returns within the Pakistan Tremendous League on Thursday when Quetta Gladiators stumbled to a 17-run defeat in opposition to Lahore Qalandars.
Smith grabbed one for 27 from his allotted 4 overs, and the Gladiators assault of which he was a component dismissed the Qalandars for 148 in 19.2 overs within the newest match of the event at Gaddafi Stadium.
The Jamaican, batting at eight, made solely 11 and was one of many three wickets for 22 from 4 overs for pacer Haris Rauf, and the Gladiators had been restricted to 131 for seven, although they batted the complete quota of 20 overs.
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The end result fortified Qalandars within the high spot within the standings on 10 factors with 5 wins from six matches, and Gladiators within the backside spot on two factors with solely a single win from the identical variety of matches.
Gladiators began the chase strongly with a gap stand of 53 between top-scorer Will Smeed and Pakistan worldwide Yasir Shah.
Shah was caught behind off Rauf for 14 off the ultimate ball of the Energy Play, however the wickets of Smeed lbw to Afghanistan leg-spinner Rashid Khan for the highest rating of 32 subsequent over, and Mohammad Hafeez run 4 for 2 within the tenth over destabilised the Gladiators.
They reached 62 for 3 on the midway stage, however aside from their captain Sarfraz Ahmed, not out for 27, not one of the different batsmen introduced the sturdiness to assist them make a severe assault on the goal.
Earlier, Zimbabwe worldwide Sikandar Raza struck eight fours and three sixes in an unbeaten 71 off 34 balls to prop up the Qalandars batting after they had been despatched in to bat.
The Qalandars high order imploded, and so they had been struggling on 50 for seven within the tenth over when Raza got here to their rescue, sharing 69 with Khan for the eighth wicket.
Odean Smith acquired Khan caught at long-off for 21 within the sixteenth over, and Raza dominated the closing overs so as to add runs that proved essential in the long run.
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