Van der Dussen’s century goes in vain for Lahore

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LAHORE, Pakistan, Feb 26, (AP): Rassie van der Dussen’s 50-ball century went in vain against Peshawar Zalmi as two-time defending champion Lahore Qalandars lost their fifth straight game in Pakistan Super League cricket.
The South African finished unbeaten on a swashbuckling 104 off 52 balls for Lahore in a high-scoring thriller. It wasn’t quite enough as Peshawar won by eight runs with Lahore chasing for the first time this season.
Earlier, table-topping Multan Sultans rounded off their home leg by handing Quetta Gladiators a first defeat.

Multan put up 180-4 on the back of half-centuries by Reeza Hendricks (72) and captain Mohammad Rizwan (51). Then fast bowlers Mohammad Ali and David Willey took three wickets each as Quetta was restricted to 167-9 and lost by 13 runs.
Ali is the leading wicket-taker in the tournament with 13.

He and Willey struck in the powerplay before Quetta captain Rilee Rossouw, with 30, and Pakistan batting sensation Khawaja Nafay, 36, dragged them back into the game with a 62-run stand.
Rossouw fell to a brilliant low catch by Khushdil Shah in the covers and Nafay was caught off a slower Ali delivery as Quetta’s chase slumped to 124-5 in the 15th over.
Earlier, Multan was sent in to bat and Hendricks scored his third half-century in five games.
He shared 79 runs with Rizwan for the second wicket and 77 with Tayyab Tahir, who added 35 off 22 in his first game of the season after Dawid Malan fell ill.

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