Babar Azam and Hussain Talat hit undefeated half-centuries as Peshawar Zalmi beat Lahore Qalanders by seven wickets in the Pakistan Super League.
Head Babar hit 56 off 42 from the top of the order, while Talat joined him for a 37-ball 51 as Peshawar touched past their target of 130 in the 17th over.
Lahore had a terrible start, having been put into bat, dropping to 34-5 inside the power play and then 67-7.
Alzarri Joseph was the pick of the Peshawar bowlers, taking 3-15, while England seamer Luke Wood finished with statistics of 2-25.
Talat sacked Zimbabwe all-rounder Sikandar Raza in the final over, having hit 52 from 37 to help take the home side to 129, as they were bowled out with four balls to extra.
Though he was the only Lahore batter to pass 16, with England’s Sam Billings (nine) one of five batters to be dismissed for a single fact.
Peshawar were 7-2 in the second over of their response, with Saim Ayub wedged for two and Tom Kohler-Cadmore sped by Haris Rauf for a four-ball duck.
But an unbroken 93 partnership for the fourth wicket took Peshawar to conquest, with Talat final the match and reaching his 50 with successive fours.
The win takes Peshawar level on points with Lahore, with two wins and three conquests each, but Qalanders sit in third, one place above their adversary, thanks to their greater net run-rate.
