Birmingham: A record number of English cricketers will star in the seventh edition of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) 2022.
This year's edition of the PSL will see 23 players from England in action, including some big names who have made consistent performances not only in international T20 competitions but also in the domestic "T20 Blast" and the inaugural edition. "Hundred" tournament. Many of those players have also appeared regularly in earlier editions of the PSL.
The players to be included in this edition of PSL are Jason Roy, Chris Jordan, Liam Livingstone, James Vince, Saqib Mahmood, Alex Hales, Phil Slate, Samit Patel, Lewis Gregory, Reece Topley, Joe Clarke and Harry Brooks.
Starting January 27, this year's tournament will also feature Ben Duckett, Luke Wood, Dan Lawrence, Jordan Thompson, Tom Lomonby, David Willey, Matthew Potts, Will Samid, Pat Brown, Matt Parkinson and Tom-Kohler Cadmore.
The tournament, now considered as one of the biggest T20 cricket festivities, is scheduled to last for a month. But not all English players will come for the entire tournament as some are replacing fellow countrymen who are unavailable to make it to the first few matches of the tournament due to England's T20I series against the West Indies.
Quetta Gladiators have signed the most English players, six in total, while Karachi Kings and Peshawar Zalmi have five English players in their squads. For Lahore Qalandars, four English cricketers, Islamabad United picked two and Multan Sultans have signed just one Englishman in their teams for this year's tournament.
Four players each from Nottinghamshire, Yorkshire and Lancashire counties, while three from Somerset have been signed for PSL 7. Two players from Surrey, two from Sussex and one each from Durham, Essex, Worcestershire and Hampshire counties are also involved in this year's game. PSL version.
Players like Jason Roy, Liam Livingstone, Saqib Mahmood, James Vince, Chris Jordan, Phil Salt, Harry Brooke and Reece Topley will miss the first few matches of the tournament as they are part of the English team touring West Indies for the T20I series. .
Below is the complete information about which English player will play for which PSL franchise this year.
Quetta Gladiators
The Gladiators squad in the last edition of the PSL had just one English player, signing six English cricketers for this year's edition.
Quetta Gladiators have picked England's flamboyant opener Jason Roy in the Platinum category. Roy, who is renowned for his flamboyant style of batting at the top of the order, also featured for Quetta Gladiators in the 2018 and 2020 tournaments, while he was also a part of Lahore Qalandars in the 2017 edition.
Another vocalist for Quetta in the Platinum category is another English opener, James Vince. Vince, who played successfully for Hampshire, captained the "Southern Braves" to victory in the inaugural tournament of "The Hundred" last year. He also scored a match-winning century against Pakistan in the third ODI of the series at Edgbaston. Earlier, James Vince represented Karachi Kings in 2016 and Multan Sultans in 2020-2021.
Nottinghamshire wicket-keeper batsman Ben Duckett and Lancashire left-arm fast bowler Luke Wood have been selected in the silver category by the Gladiators. Luke Wood was named to replace Naveen-ul-Haq who opted to play for the BPL. Young Somerset opener Will Smeed and Essex's Test bat Amna Dan Lawrence will replace James Vince and Jason Roy in the PSL 7's Krust in a few games.
Karachi Kings
Compared to last year when only one Englishman was part of the Kings team, this year five English players have been picked by Karachi Kings in the PSL, including pacer Chris Jordan, who has been retained in the Platinum category. Jordan is regularly featured in the PSL having previously been a part of Peshawar Zalmi's squad. Chris Jordan, who plays for Sussex at the domestic level, has been the leading fast bowler for England in T20Is.
Lewis Gregory was selected by Karachi Kings in the Diamond category. Gregory 29, who plays for Somerset, made his ODI debut against Pakistan when he toured England in the summer of 2021, leading the English pace attack with Saqib Mahmood.
Nottinghamshire wicketkeeper-batsman Joe Clarke, who was picked in the Gold category by the Kings, is also their brand ambassador for the tournament.
Yorkshire all-rounder Jordan Thomas has been picked up by the Karachi Kings in the complementary players category. Somerset's Tom Lamonby has been signed by the Kings to replace county mate Tom Abel. Tom Abell, who played for Lahore Qalandars last year, was originally signed by the Kings in the silver category for this edition, but an injury sustained while playing for the "Brisbane Heat" in the BBL forced him to pull out of this year's tournament. forced to
Peshawar Zalmiq
Five English players will also feature for the Zalmis in the PSL this year and one of them is flamboyant batsman Liam Livingstone, who has been selected in the Platinum category. Livingstone also appeared for Karachi Kings in 2019 and Peshawar Zalmi in the 2020 editions. Over the past year or so, he has been in excellent form in both domestic and international T20 cricket.
In 2021, Livingston scored a century against Pakistan at Trent Bridge, Nottingham in just 42 balls which is the fastest by an Englishman in T20I cricket. His blistering form continued well into the tournament "The Hundred", where he was playing for "Birmingham Phoenix". He hit 27 sixes including ten in just one match and finished as the leading player with a total of 348 runs. He led the Phoenix in the finals only to lose against the Southern Braves. Livingstone is also a useful spinner, bowling both at the leg-break and off-break.
Peshawar Zalmi has also re-signed fast bowler Saqib Mahmood for this year. The British-Pakistani cricketer born in Birmingham, Lancashire has been selected in the Gold category. Saqib, who also starred for Peshawar Zalmi in the 2019-20 season, has also been named their "brand ambassador". Saqib Mahmood established himself as a world-class bowler when he led England's pace attack against Pakistan in 2021, dismissing captain Babar Azam twice in the three-match ODI series and was named Player of the Series Gone.
Yorkshire wicket-keeper batsman Tom-Kohler Cadmore has been retained by Peshawar Zalmi in the silver category. He previously represented Quetta Gladiators in the PSL in 2018. Also signed by Zalmi are Lancashire leg-spinner Matt Parkinson and Worcestershire pacer Pat Brown. Both will replace Liam Livingstone and Saqib Mahmood for the first few matches.
Lahore Qalandars
The Qalandars have signed four English players for the PSL this year, including Harry Brooke in the gold category. The Yorkshire all-rounder made his first-class debut against Pakistan A in 2016, when he was still in school. Brooks has also captained England U19 in the U19 World Cup in 2018. In his absence during the first few matches, Durham all-rounder Matthew Potts will replace him in the Qalandars' squad.
Lahore Qalandars also selected Welshman Phil Salt in the Gold category. Salt, who played for Sussex in the County Championship, made his international debut in 2021 in an ODI series against Pakistan. Earlier Phil Salt represented Lahore Qalandars in the 2018 edition of PSL.
He was also part of Islamabad United's squad for the 2019-21 tournament.
Lahore Qalandars have retained Nottinghamshire's Samit Patel in this year's supplementary category. Samit Patel has been a regular in the Pakistan Super League. Before moving to Lahore Qalandars in the 2020-21 season, Samit was in Islamabad United's squad for the 2018 and 2019 editions.
Islamabad United
Islamabad United have signed two English cricketers for the PSL this year, with Alex Hales in the gold category. Nottinghamshire's Alex Hales, who previously starred for United by Karachi Kings in 2020 and 2018-19, was re-signed by Islamabad United in 2021. He has also been named as the mentor of the team.
The other English player to feature for United is left-arm seamer Reece Topley who has been selected in the silver category.
Multan Sultan
Defending champion Multan Sultans have made only one English cricket signing for this year's PSL. Yorkshire and England all-rounder David Willey has been selected in the supplementary players' category. David Willey is the son of former international umpire Peter Willey.
The opening match of PSL7 will be played between defending champions Multan Sultans and former champions Karachi Kings on January 27 at the National Stadium in Karachi.
Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, all matches will be played in Karachi and Lahore, with only 25% of supporters allowed in stadiums by NCOC for the Karachi leg of the tournament. A total of 34 matches will be played during the month-long tournament, which ends with the final on February 27 at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore.