The PSL kicked off on Thursday, & today is double-header, with match 4 coming up, all covered live on SkySports Cricket. Matches start at 9.30 GMT & 14.30.
It is a competition considered by many to be very competitive, & of a high standard, & especially strong in home-grown fast bowling. Many of he usual T20 overseas journeymen feature, including a handful of stars from England.
Jason Roy, Liam Livingstone, Saqib Mahmood , Phil Salt, & Harry Brook will take part in this years competition, after the West Indies T20I Series concludes this weekend.
Tom Lammondy, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Luke Wood, Joe Clark, Ian Cockbain, Will Smeed, Alex Hales, David Willey, Ben Duckett, Dan Lawrence, James Vince, Lewis Gregory, Jordan Thompson, Matt Parkinson, Pat Brown, Samit Patel, Matty Potts
Somerset's Will Smeed made 99 from 60 balls opening the innings, in a losing cause. He was the 6th wicket to fall with just 2 overs remaining, the team total was 16, with little support, the fell 26 runs shy of their target. Peshawar Zalmi 185-7 Quetta Gladiators 161-8
Smeed has only recently returned to the side after limited opportunities, also made 97 from 62 balls against the same opposition as they were narrowly beaten. He has got his place in the side with Duckett returning home early after months in bio-secure bubbles. Hales has also left Islamabad United for similar reasons, both players played in the BBL. Will Jacks has been drafted in the replace Hales.
Harry Brook scored only the 2nd hundred by a English player in the 7 years of the competition, with 102 not out from 49 balls for Lahore. batting first he came to the crease with his side in some trouble at 12-3. Lahore 197-6 Islamabad 131-9.