An explosive 64 from new West Indies Twenty20 captain Rovman Powell was the rock upon which Peshawar Zalmi constructed a 24-run win in opposition to Karachi Kings within the Pakistan Tremendous League on Wednesday.
Powell earned the Participant-of-the-Match award and was considered one of three batsmen that defied a damaging spell of 4 for 26 from left-arm pacer Mohammad Amir and cracked half-centuries to propel Zalmi to 197 for 5 from their 20 overs on the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium.
Little-known pacers Azmatullah Omarzai and Aamer Jamal shared six wickets to undermine the Kings batting and restricted them to 173 for eight in an unsuccessful run chase within the seventeenth match of the match.
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The outcome carried Zalmi to 6 factors and fourth within the six-team standings from six matches, and pushed the Kings to fifth on 4 factors.
Powell, 29, will lead West Indies in three Twenty20 Internationals later this month on the present Tour of South Africa, and he warmed up in grand fashion in an 85-run, fifth-wicket stand that gave legs to restoration after Amir despatched Zalmi stumbling to 2 runs for 3 wickets within the first three overs.
After Kings put Zalmi in to bat, Amir trapped Mohammad Haris and Babar Azam lbw for geese within the first over and received Saim Ayub caught at deep sq. leg for one in his second over.
However Tom Kohler-Cadmore, not out on 56 off 45 balls, and Haseebullah Khan, with 50 off 29 balls that included 4 fours and three sixes, launched a daring counter-attack and shared 82 for the fourth wicket to stabilize the innings.
Rovman Powell got here to the crease after Khan was caught at long-on off South African left-arm unorthodox spinner Tabraiz Shamsi precisely on the midway mark with Zalmi 84 for 4.
The Jamaican blasted six fours and 4 sixes in his 34-ball innings earlier than Amir had him caught behind within the penultimate over.
The Kings benefitted from 53 off 41 balls from Australian worldwide wicketkeeper-batsman Matthew Wade and 57 not out off 30 balls from their captain Imad Wasim, however wickets fell frequently to short-circuit their chase.
Omarzai ended with three for 28 and Jamal completed with three for 43, and Mujeeb-ur-Rahman supported with 2-28.
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