2016 Pakistan Super League

HBL Pakistan Super League 2016

Dates	4 – 23 February 2016
Administrator	Pakistan Cricket Board
Cricket format	Twenty20
Tournament format(s)	Double round robin and playoffs
Host	United Arab Emirates
Champions	Islamabad United (1st title)
Runners-up	Quetta Gladiators
Participants	5
Matches	24
Attendance	201,609 (8,400 per match)
Player of the series	Ravi Bopara (KK) (329 runs and 11 wickets)
Most runs	Umar Akmal (LQ) (335)
Most wickets	Andre Russell (IU) (16)
Official website	psl-t20.com

The 2016 Pakistan Super League, also known as PSL 1 and branded as HBL PSL 2016, was the debut edition of the Pakistan Super League, a professional Twenty20 cricket league established by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB). The tournament featured five teams and was held from 4 to 23 February 2016 in the United Arab Emirates.¹ The opening ceremony and first match of the tournament were held at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on 4 February 2016.²

The final was held in Dubai on 23 February and saw Islamabad United defeating Quetta Gladiators by 6 wickets to win the first title.³ Dwayne Smith of Islamabad United was awarded the man of the match award for his innings of 73 runs from 51 balls. Ravi Bopara of the Karachi Kings was named player of the tournament.³

Around half of the TV viewing audience in Pakistan watched matches in the competition at peak times.⁴

The opening ceremony of the tournament was held at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium in Dubai on 4 February 2016,⁵⁶ hosted by Yasir Hussain and Sri Lankan model Stephanie Siriwardhana. It featured live performances by singer Ali Zafar, Jamaican rapper and singer Sean Paul, Mohib Mirza, Sanam Saeed and other artists⁷ and ended with a firework display. A large crowd attended the ceremony at the stadium.⁸⁹

The player draft for the 2016 season was held at Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore on 21–22 December 2015. 308 players, including both Pakistani and international players, were divided into five different categories. Each franchise was allowed to pick a maximum of six foreign players in their squads which could have a maximum of 20 members.

Islamabad United	Peshawar Zalmi	Lahore Qalandars	Karachi Kings	Quetta Gladiators
Misbah-ul-Haq (c) Babar Azam Sharjeel Khan Khalid Latif Hussain Talat Umar Siddiq Shane Watson Azhar Mahmood Kamran Ghulam Umar Amin Dwayne Smith Andre Russell Ashar Zaidi Sam Billings (wk) Brad Haddin (wk) Saeed Ajmal Mohammad Irfan Mohammad Sami Samuel Badree Rumman Raees Amad Butt Imran Khalid	Shahid Afridi (c) Mohammad Hafeez Tamim Iqbal Shahid Yousuf Israrullah Musadiq Ahmed Brad Hodge Dawid Malan Aamer Yamin Darren Sammy Jim Allenby Kamran Akmal (wk) Jonny Bairstow (wk) Abdur Rehman Junaid Khan Wahab Riaz Shaun Tait Imran Khan Hasan Ali Taj Wali Mohammad Asghar	Azhar Ali (c) Mukhtar Ahmed Chris Gayle Cameron Delport Sohaib Maqsood Naved Yasin Imran Butt Abdul Razzaq Hammad Azam Zohaib Khan Dwayne Bravo Kevon Cooper Mohammad Rizwan (wk) Umar Akmal Zafar Gohar Yasir Shah Ajantha Mendis Mustafizur Rahman Zia-ul-Haq Adnan Rasool Ehsan Adil	Shoaib Malik (c) Iftikhar Ahmed Nauman Anwar Lendl Simmons Shahzaib Hasan Fawad Alam James Vince Owais Shah Imad Wasim Ravi Bopara TM Dilshan Shakib Al Hasan Bilawal Bhatti Sohail Tanvir Mushfiqur Rahim (wk) Riki Wessels (wk) Saifullah Bangash (wk) Sohail Khan Mohammad Amir Usama Mir Mir Hamza	Sarfraz Ahmed (c)(wk) Ahmed Shehzad Kevin Pietersen Asad Shafiq Saad Nasim Rameez Raja Mohammad Nawaz Anwar Ali Luke Wright Akbar-ur-Rehman Bilal Asif Grant Elliott Elton Chigumbura Mohammad Nabi Bismillah Khan (wk) Kumar Sangakkara (wk) Zulfiqar Babar Umar Gul Aizaz Cheema Nathan McCullum

Seven umpires and two match referees made up the match officials panel for the tournament. Pakistan's top ICC umpire Aleem Dar stood in matches during the tournament as did West Indian ICC umpire Joel Wilson. Also a part of the panel were other Pakistani umpires Ahsan Raza, Shozab Raza, Ahmed Shahab, Rashid Riaz and Khalid Mahmood. The match referees panel consisted of former Sri Lankan ICC match referee Roshan Mahanama and Pakistani match referee Mohammad Anees.¹⁰

The official anthem of PSL season I, "Ab Khel Ke Dikha" was released on 30 September 2015. It was written, composed and sung by Ali Zafar.

The venue for the tournament was originally planned to be a single stadium in Doha, Qatar. In September 2015 the Pakistan Cricket Board announced the shifting of the tournament to Dubai and Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates.¹¹¹²¹³

Dubai	Sharjah
Dubai International Cricket Stadium	Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium
Capacity: 30,000	Capacity: 15,000
Dubai Sharjah

Each team played each other twice in the league stage of the tournament in a round robin format. As matches were played in the UAE, all games were effectively at a neutral venue. Following the group stage the top four teams qualified for the playoff stage of the tournament.

The 2016 season of the PSL followed rules and regulations laid down by the International Cricket Council. In the group stage, two points were awarded for a win, one for a no result and none for a loss. In the event of tied scores after both teams faced their quota of overs, a super over would have been used to determine the match winner.¹⁴ In the group stage teams were ranked on the following criteria:¹⁵

1. Higher number of points
2. If equal, higher number of wins
3. If equal, fewest defeats
4. If still equal, the results of head-to-head meetings
5. If still equal, net run rate

If any play-off match had finished with a no result, a super over would have been used to determine the winner. If the super over had not have been possible or the result of the over was a tie, the team which finished in the highest league position at the end of the regular season would have been deemed the winner of the match.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR
1	Peshawar Zalmi (3rd)	8	6	2	0	12	0.573
2	Quetta Gladiators (R)	8	6	2	0	12	0.216
3	Islamabad United (C)	8	4	4	0	8	−0.282
4	Karachi Kings (4th)	8	2	6	0	4	−0.036
5	Lahore Qalandars	8	2	6	0	4	−0.536

Top 4 teams qualified for the Playoffs
  Advanced to Qualifier
  Advanced to Eliminator 1

Notes:

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

All times are in Pakistan Standard Time (UTC+5).

Match 1

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Match 2

Match 3

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Match 4

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Match 5

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Match 6

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Match 7

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Match 8

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Match 9

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Match 10

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Match 11

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Match 12

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Match 13

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Match 14

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Match 15

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Match 16

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Match 17

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Match 18

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Match 19

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Match 20

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All times are in Pakistan Standard Time (UTC+5).

• As a result of this match Karachi Kings were eliminated.

The player of the tournament was Ravi Bopara of the Karachi Kings. Bopara scored 329 runs and took 11 wickets in the tournament. Andre Russell of Islamabad United took 16 wickets at an average of 17.25 to be the leading wicket-taker ahead of Wahab Riaz of Peshawar Zalmi with 15. Umar Akmal of Lahore Qalandars was the leading run scorer with 335 runs at an average of 83.75 and also took the most catches in the tournament with 7. Winners of the Spirit of Cricket award was Lahore Qalandars.²³

Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Runs	Ave	SR	HS	100	50	4s	6s
Umar Akmal	Lahore Qalandars	7	7	335	83.75	157.27	93	0	4	27	17
Ravi Bopara	Karachi Kings	9	8	329	54.83	132.12	71*	0	2	21	11
Sharjeel Khan	Islamabad United	11	11	299	29.90	148.75	117	1	1	27	19
Ahmed Shehzad	Quetta Gladiators	10	10	290	29.00	143.56	71	0	2	36	8
Tamim Iqbal	Peshawar Zalmi	6	6	267	66.75	150.08	80*	0	3	24	5
Source: ESPNcricinfo.com.

Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Wkts	Ave	Econ	BBI	SR	4WI	5WI
Andre Russell	Islamabad United	10	10	16	17.25	8.02	3/18	12.8	0	0
Wahab Riaz	Peshawar Zalmi	9	9	15	16.33	7.13	3/17	13.7	0	0
Mohammad Nawaz	Quetta Gladiators	10	10	13	18.00	6.56	4/13	16.4	1	0
Mohammad Sami	Islamabad United	7	7	12	11.50	5.59	5/8	12.3	0	1
Grant Elliott	Quetta Gladiators	6	6	11	12.18	6.09	4/15	12.0	1	0
Source: ESPNcricinfo.com.

See also

See also

• Islamabad United in 2016
• Quetta Gladiators in 2016
• Peshawar Zalmi in 2016
• Karachi Kings in 2016
• Lahore Qalandars in 2016

References

References

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External links

External links

• Official website
• Tournament Site – ESPNcricinfo