The following is a list of the top five English players in the Pakistan Super League in 2022.
Birmingham: The seventh season of the Pakistan Super League included 27 English players, the most of any nation and by far the most English players in comparison to prior editions of this renowned game.
While many of those players have shined in the PSL on a regular basis, players like Harry Brook and Will Smeed, who were competing in this event for the first time, impressed everyone with their performances.
It was this year’s Pakistan Super League, and these are the top five English players who did better than their counterparts from the United Kingdom.
1-Islamabad United’s Alex Hales
Alex Hales of Nottinghamshire was Islamabad United’s highest scorer in the PSL 7. Though Alex Hales had previously played for Islamabad United and Karachi Kings in the PSL, he failed to impress with his performance. However, this time around, it was a completely changed Alex Hales. In United’s debut game against Peshawar, Zalmi Hales scored an unbeaten 82 not out off 54 balls. He scored 255 runs in the first seven matches of the competition for Islamabad United, including two fifty-plus scores.
Surprisingly, despite his outstanding performance in the competition, he announced his withdrawal from the PSL mid-season, claiming COVID bubble fatigue. But what was more stunning was his announcement that he would rejoin the United team once they reached the knockout rounds.
Hales scored 62 runs in the first eliminator against Peshawar Zalmi and 38 runs in the second eliminator against Lahore Qalandars, which the United lost and were eliminated from the competition. Alex Hales finished up scoring 355 runs with a 44.38 average and a 148 strike rate.
2- Jason Roy is a member of the Quetta Gladiators.
Jason Roy began his PSL 7 season with a bang, striking a century in his competition debut. In a match against Lahore Qalandars, the flamboyant English opener smashed a brilliant 116 off 57 balls, striking 11 fours and eight sixes against a bowling attack that featured Shaheen Afridi, Haris Rauf, and Rashid Khan.
Although Jason Roy, who plays for Surrey county club, has been in previous PSL seasons, this was without a doubt his strongest performance in comparison to his previous appearances.
Jason Roy finished as the Quetta Gladiators’ leading run scorer with 303 runs at an average of slightly over 50 and a strike rate of 170. Roy amassed a century and two fifties in the tournament’s six matches. Jason Roy was unable to participate in the Gladiators’ first few games after the birth of his second child.
3. Harry Brook – Qalandars de Lahore
Harry Brook, who was selected by Lahore Qalandars in the gold category, was unable to play in the PSL’s first games due to his involvement with England’s T20I team visiting the West Indies at the time.
Harry Brook, who represents Yorkshire in county cricket, batted in the lower middle order and made a solid start to the competition, hitting 37, 41, and 26 in his first three matches. However, Brook’s moment of glory came in a match against Islamabad United at the Gaddafi Stadium, when he struck an incredible century. When Harry Brook appeared to the crease, Qalandars was 3/12. However, he recovered from a bad position to score 102 in only 49 balls, blasting ten fours and five sixes. He became the second Qalnadar player to achieve a century in this year’s PSL, behind Fakhar Zaman. Additionally, it was Brook’s first century in a T20 contest.
Brook was also vital in the final against Multan Sultans when he batted first with Mohammad Hafeez and then with David Weise and had a century partnership. Brook scored 41 runs in the final on only 22 balls.
Harry Brook scored 264 runs in seven innings, averaging 52.80 and striking out at a rate of 171.42.
4. Quetta Gladiators-Will Smeed
Somerset’s Will Smeed, who was making his PSL debut, was fortunate in some respects but possibly the unluckiest in others.
He joined the Quetta Gladiators as a late substitute for opener James Vince, who was unable to join the Gladiators team for the PSL7’s opening matches due to national duty. However, it proved to be a wonderful chance for Will Smeed, who made a splash with his PSL debut.
Will Smeed, who opened for Gladiators against Peshawar Zalmi in the tournament’s first encounter, came within a whisker of a century in his PSL debut, smashing 97 runs off only 46 balls. This was followed by another 30-point performance against the Karachi Kings. However, with the additions of Jason Roy and James Vince to the Gladiators’ roster and the other opener, Ahsan Ali, in excellent form, Smeed was forced to sit out a few games. However, his return game went even better for him, as he ended up scoring 99 runs off 60 balls, missing a second chance to reach a hundred in the tournament. As was the case before, the opponent this time was Peshawar Zalmi.
Will Smeed scored 240 runs in total, the third-most in the tournament for the Gladiators, with an average of 40 and a strike rate of 150.
5. – Multan Sultans David Willey
Yorkshire’s left-arm fast bowler made his PSL debut; he was the only Englishman selected in the additional category by Multan Sultans.
Willey, who has also represented England in 52 One-Day Internationals and 32 Twenty20 Internationals, was one of the key strike bowlers and was instrumental in Multan Sultans reaching their second straight PSL final. He appeared in a total of eight matches for the Sultans, including the knockout stage and final, collecting 13 wickets at an average of 14.38.
In league matches against Quetta Gladiators and Islamabad United, he took three wickets twice.
He was outstanding in the elimination game against the Lahore Qalandars but was unable to replicate his performance in the final against the same opponent. He also had a great tournament in general. Willey is the son of a former English international umpire named Peter Willey.
