2018 Quetta Gladiators season

Quetta Gladiators

2018 season
Coach	Moin Khan
Captain	Sarfraz Ahmed
PSL 2018	Playoffs (4th)
Most runs	Shane Watson (319)[1]
Most wickets	Rahat Ali (15)[2]
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The Quetta Gladiators is a franchise cricket team that represents Quetta in the Pakistan Super League. They were one of the six teams that competed in 2018 Pakistan Super League.[3] The team has been coached by Moin Khan[4][5] and captained by Sarfaraz Ahmed.[6][7]

Squad

• Players with international caps are listed in bold.
• Ages are given as of the first match of the season, 22 February 2018

No.	Name	Nationality	Birth date	Batting style	Bowling style	Year signed	Notes
Batsmen
5	Saud Shakeel	Pakistan	(1995-09-05)5 September 1995 (aged 22)	Left-handed	Left-arm orthodox	2018
8	Saad Ali	Pakistan	(1994-10-05)5 October 1994 (aged 23)	Left-handed	Right-arm medium	2018
9	Rameez Raja	Pakistan	(1987-07-31)31 July 1987 (aged 30)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2018
10	Rilee Rossouw	South Africa	(1989-10-09)9 October 1989 (aged 28)	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	2018	Overseas
20	Jason Roy	England	(1990-07-21)21 July 1990 (aged 27)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	2018	Overseas
24	Kevin Pietersen	England	(1980-06-27)27 June 1980 (aged 37)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2018	Overseas
32	Tom Kohler-Cadmore	England	(1994-08-19)19 August 1994 (aged 23)	Right-handed	Right-arm off spin	2018	Replacement signing; Overseas
81	Asad Shafiq	Pakistan	(1986-01-28)28 January 1986 (aged 32)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2018
All-rounders
1	John Hastings	Australia	(1985-11-04)4 November 1985 (aged 32)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	2018	Overseas
21	Mohammad Nawaz	Pakistan	(1994-03-21)21 March 1994 (aged 23)	Right-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	2018
22	Jofra Archer	England	(1995-04-01)1 April 1995 (aged 22)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	2018	Overseas
26	Carlos Brathwaite	West Indies	(1988-07-18)18 July 1988 (aged 29)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	2018	Overseas
30	Mahmudullah	Bangladesh	(1986-02-04)4 February 1986 (aged 32)	Right-handed	Right-arm off spin	2018	Overseas
33	Shane Watson	Australia	(1981-06-17)17 June 1981 (aged 36)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	2018	Overseas
48	Anwar Ali	Pakistan	(1987-11-25)25 November 1987 (aged 30)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	2018
84	Umar Amin	Pakistan	(1989-10-16)16 October 1989 (aged 28)	Left-handed	Right-arm medium	2018
Wicket-keepers
45	Azam Khan	Pakistan	(1998-08-10)10 August 1998 (aged 19)	Left-handed	—	2018
54	Sarfraz Ahmed	Pakistan	(1987-05-22)22 May 1987 (aged 30)	Right-handed	—	2018	Captain
Bowlers
4	Faraz Ahmed	Pakistan	(1984-10-16)16 October 1984 (aged 33)	Right-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	2018
16	Hasan Khan	Pakistan	(1998-10-16)16 October 1998 (aged 19)	Right-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	2018
19	Rashid Khan	Afghanistan	(1998-09-20)20 September 1998 (aged 19)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg-break	2018	Overseas
55	Ben Laughlin	Australia	(1982-10-03)3 October 1982 (aged 35)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	2018	Overseas
66	Mir Hamza	Pakistan	(1992-11-10)10 November 1992 (aged 25)	Right-handed	Left-arm medium-fast	2018
90	Rahat Ali	Pakistan	(1988-09-12)12 September 1988 (aged 29)	Right-handed	Left-arm medium-fast	2018
100	Chris Green	Australia	(1993-10-01)1 October 1993 (aged 24)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2018

Kit manufacturers and sponsors

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Playing kit

Teams standings

Points table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR
1	Islamabad United (C)	10	7	3	0	14	0.296
2	Karachi Kings (3rd)	10	5	4	1	11	0.028
3	Peshawar Zalmi (R)	10	5	5	0	10	0.464
4	Quetta Gladiators (4th)	10	5	5	0	10	0.312
5	Multan Sultans	10	4	5	1	9	−0.191
6	Lahore Qalandars	10	3	7	0	6	−0.931

Source: ESPNcricinfo

• The top 4 teams qualified for the playoffs
•   Advanced to Qualifier
•   Advanced to Eliminator 1

League fixtures

23 February 2018 16:30 (D/N) Scorecard

Karachi Kings 149/9 (20 overs)	v	Quetta Gladiators 130/9 (20 overs)
Colin Ingram 41 (21) Shane Watson 3/22 (4 overs)		Umar Amin 31 (31) Imad Wasim 2/19 (4 overs)

Karachi won by 19 runs Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai Umpires: Ranmore Martinesz (SL) and Rashid Riaz (Pak) Player of the match: Colin Ingram (Karachi Kings)

• Karachi Kings won the toss and elected to bat.

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24 February 21:00 Scorecard

Lahore Qalandars 119/9 (20 overs)	v	Quetta Gladiators 120/1 (14 overs)
Brendon McCullum 30 (18) Jofra Archer 3/23 (4 overs)		Shane Watson 66 (42) Sunil Narine 1/40 (4 overs)

Quetta won by 9 wickets Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai Umpires: Asif Yaqoob (Pak) and Tim Robinson (Eng) Player of the match: Mohammad Nawaz (Quetta Gladiators)

• Quetta Gladiators won the toss and elected to field.

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28 February 21:00 Scorecard

Islamabad United 134/7 (20 overs)	v	Quetta Gladiators 135/4 (17.1 overs)
Luke Ronchi 43 (26) Hasan Khan 1/12 (2 overs)		Kevin Pietersen 48 (34) Steven Finn 3/35 (4 overs)

Quetta won by 6 wickets Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: Tim Robinson (Eng) and Ranmore Martinesz (SL) Player of the match: Kevin Pietersen (Quetta Gladiators)

• Quetta Gladiators won the toss and elected to field.

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1 March 21:00 Scorecard

Quetta Gladiators 141/8 (20 overs)	v	Peshawar Zalmi 143/5 (19.4 overs)
Shane Watson 47 (32) Wahab Riaz 2/16 (4 overs)		Tamim Iqbal 36 (38) Shane Watson 1/16 (4 overs)

Peshawar won by 5 wickets Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Tim Robinson (Eng) Player of the match: Darren Sammy (Peshawar Zalmi)

• Peshawar Zalmi won the toss and elected to field.

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3 March 16:30 (D/N) Scorecard

Quetta Gladiators 102 (15.4 overs)	v	Multan Sultans 108/1 (16.4 overs)
Sarfraz Ahmed 30 (33) Sohail Tanvir 3/14 (3 overs)		Kumar Sangakkara 51* (44) Hasan Khan 1/25 (3 overs)

Multan won by 9 wickets Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Ahmed Shahab (Pak) Player of the match: Sohail Tanvir (Multan Sultans)

• Multan Sultans won the toss and elected to field.
• Imran Tahir (Multan Sultans) became the third bowler in PSL history to take a hattrick.[8]

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7 March 21:00 Scorecard

Multan Sultans 152/5 (20 overs)	v	Quetta Gladiators 156/8 (19.5 overs)
Shoaib Malik 65* (43) Mohammad Nawaz 1/18 (3 overs)		Rilee Rossouw 27 (24) Umar Gul 6/24 (4 overs)

Quetta won by 2 wickets Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Tim Robinson (Eng) Player of the match: Umar Gul (Multan Sultans)

• Quetta Gladiators won the toss and elected to field.

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8 March 21:00 Scorecard

Quetta Gladiators 180/4 (20 overs)	v	Karachi Kings 113/8 (20 overs)
Shane Watson 90* (58) Usman Khan 1/22 (4 overs)		Imad Wasim 35 (31) Anwar Ali 2/21 (3 overs)

Quetta won by 67 runs Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai Umpires: Shozab Raza (Pak) and Asif Yaqoob (Pak) Player of the match: Shane Watson (Quetta Gladiators)

• Karachi Kings won the toss and elected to field.
• This was the biggest win in PSL history in term of runs.[9]

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10 March 2018 21:00 Scorecard

Peshawar Zalmi 157/5 (20 overs)	v	Quetta Gladiators 158/4 (19.2 overs)
Dwayne Smith 49 (33) Shane Watson 2/26 (4 overs)		Sarfraz Ahmed 45* (31) Hasan Ali 1/25 (4 overs)

Quetta won by 6 wickets Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai Umpires: Ahmed Shahab (Pak) and Tim Robinson (Eng) Player of the match: Sarfraz Ahmed (Quetta Gladiators)

• Quetta Gladiators won the toss and elected to field.
• As a result of this match Lahore Qalandars were eliminated from the competition.

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14 March 2018 21:00 Scorecard

Lahore Qalandars 186/4 (20 overs)	v	Quetta Gladiators 169/6 (20 overs)
Fakhar Zaman 94 (50) Hasan Khan 1/3 (1 over)		Rilee Rossouw 42 (22) Sunil Narine 2/22 (4 overs)

Lahore won by 17 runs Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: Rashid Riaz (Pak) and Tim Robinson (Eng) Player of the match: Fakhar Zaman (Lahore Qalandars)

• Quetta Gladiators won the toss and elected to field.

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15 March 2018 21:00 Scorecard

Quetta Gladiators 147/7 (20 overs)	v	Islamabad United 149/4 (18.2 overs)
Sarfraz Ahmed 43 (30) Faheem Ashraf 3/19 (4 overs)		JP Duminy 54 (47) Rahat Ali 2/33 (3.2 overs)

Islamabad won by 6 wickets Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: Khalid Mahmood (Pak) and Aleem Dar (Pak) Player of the match: JP Duminy (Islamabad United)

• Quetta Gladiators won the toss and elected to bat.

Playoffs

Eliminator

Eliminator 20 March 2018 19:00 Scorecard

Peshawar Zalmi 157 (20 overs)	v	Quetta Gladiators 156/9 (20 overs)
Liam Dawson 62 (35) Rahat Ali 4/16 (4 overs)		Sarfraz Ahmed 35 (21) Hasan Ali 2/21 (4 overs) Sameen Gul 2/21 (4 overs)

Peshawar won by 1 run Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Rashid Riaz (Pak) Player of the match: Hasan Ali (Peshawar Zalmi)

• Quetta Gladiators won the toss and elected to field.
• As a result of this match Peshawar Zalmi advanced to Eliminator 2.[10]
• As a result of this match Quetta Gladiators were eliminated from the competition.[10]

References

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8. "Tahir hat-trick guides Multan to easy win over Quetta". Geo News. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
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