Lahore Qalandars in 2018

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Lahore Qalandars
2018 season
CoachPakistan Aaqib Javed
CaptainNew Zealand Brendon McCullum
PSL 20186th (eliminated)
Most runsPakistan Fakhar Zaman (277)[1]
Most wicketsPakistan Yasir Shah (11)[2]
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The Lahore Qalandars cricket team is one of six teams that competed in the 2018 Pakistan Super League, representing Lahore, Punjab.

Team management retained Brendon McCullum as their captain.[3] They finished sixth in the season after winning only three of their ten matches, and as a result, were eliminated in the group stage for the third consecutive year.[4]

Lahore Qalandars[]

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No. Name Nat. Birth date Bat Bowl Contract signed year Notes
Batsmen
12 Cameron Delport South Africa (1989-05-12) 12 May 1989 (age 32) L R medium 2018 Overseas
39 Fakhar Zaman Pakistan (1990-04-10) 10 April 1990 (age 31) L L orthodox spin 2018 Vice-captain
42 Brendon McCullum New Zealand (1981-09-27) 27 September 1981 (age 40) R R medium 2018 Captain; Overseas
50 Chris Lynn Australia (1990-04-10) 10 April 1990 (age 31) r slow L orthodox 2018 Overseas
100 Sohail Akhtar Pakistan (1986-03-02) 2 March 1986 (age 35) R R medium 2018
All-rounders
24 Agha Salman Pakistan (1993-11-23) 23 November 1993 (age 28) R R off break 2018
29 Anton Devcich New Zealand (1985-09-28) 28 September 1985 (age 36) L Slow L orthodox 2018 Overseas
31 Bilal Asif Pakistan (1985-09-24) 24 September 1985 (age 36) R R off break 2018
35 Aamer Yamin Pakistan (1990-06-26) 26 June 1990 (age 31) R R medium fast 2017
51 Bilawal Bhatti Pakistan (1991-09-17) 17 September 1991 (age 30) R R fast 2018
66 Angelo Mathews Sri Lanka (1987-06-02) 2 June 1987 (age 34) R R medium 2018 Overseas
75 Sunil Narine Trinidad and Tobago (1988-05-26) 26 May 1988 (age 33) L R off spin 2018 Overseas
Wicket-keepers
15 Gulraiz Sadaf Pakistan (1989-12-27) 27 December 1989 (age 32) R — 2018
33 Denesh Ramdin Trinidad and Tobago (1985-03-13) 13 March 1985 (age 36) R — 2018 Overseas
96 Umar Akmal Pakistan (1990-05-26) 26 May 1990 (age 31) R R off spin 2018
Bowlers
10 Shaheen Afridi Pakistan (2000-04-06) 6 April 2000 (age 21) L L fast 2018
14 Sohail Khan Pakistan (1984-03-06) 6 March 1984 (age 37) R R fast 2018
21 Ghulam Mudassar Pakistan (1999-10-20) 20 October 1999 (age 22) R L fast medium 2018
57 Kyle Abbott South Africa (1987-06-18) 18 June 1987 (age 34) R R fast medium 2018 Overseas
64 Imran Khan Pakistan (1988-07-14) 14 July 1988 (age 33) R L medium fast 2018
81 Mitchell McClenaghan New Zealand (1986-06-11) 11 June 1986 (age 35) L L fast medium 2018 Overseas
86 Yasir Shah Pakistan (1986-05-02) 2 May 1986 (age 35) R leg spin 2018
90 Mustafizur Rahman Bangladesh (1995-09-06) 6 September 1995 (age 26) L L fast 2018 Overseas
99 Salman Irshad Pakistan (1995-03-12) 12 March 1995 (age 26) R R fast 2018
888 Raza Hasan Pakistan (1992-07-08) 8 July 1992 (age 29) R slow L orthodox 2018

Season standings[]

Points table[]

Pos Team
  • v
  • t
 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
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Season summary[]

Before, 2018 PSL players draft, team management had to retain maximum of ten players in their squad, and they retained Sunil Narine, Umar Akmal, Brendon McCullum, Yasir Shah, Sohail Khan, Cameron Delport, Aamer Yamin, Bilawal Bhatti and previous season's leading runs-scorer for the team Fakhar Zaman. Ghulam Mudassar was retained as team's emerging player.[3]

At the players draft, held in Lahore, they managed to picked some good local and International players in their squad. Australia's Explosive opener, Chris Lynn was their first pick of the night, along with Angelo Mathews, Mitchell McClenaghan and Mustafizur Rahman and Pakistani players like Shaheen Afridi and Bilal Asif were also picked.[5][6] However, few days before the season started, it was announced that Chris Lynn has suffered a shoulder injury, therefore, he was unavailable for the entire season.[7] He was replaced by South Africa's Kyle Abbott.[8]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Lahore Qalandars / Most Runs / 2018 season". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
  2. ^ "Lahore Qalandars / Most Wickets / 2018 season". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
  3. ^ a b "Pakistan Super League 2018:5 teams players retained list". Dawn News. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
  4. ^ "Akmal's 107* powers Peshawar into knockouts". ESPN. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
  5. ^ "Final lineup of Lahore Qalandars in 2018". Propakistani.pk. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
  6. ^ "Lynn, Tahir headline picks in PSL draft". CricBuzz. 12 November 2017. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
  7. ^ "Lynn set to miss PSL, return to Brisbane". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
  8. ^ "PSL 2018: Lahore Qalandars name the replacement for injured Chris Lynn". Cricket Tracker. Retrieved 16 September 2020.

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