END OF OVER:20 | 14 Runs | GG: 129/8 | RR: 6.45
- Tom Curran64 (34b)
- Aayan Afzal Khan6 (8b)
- Mohammad Amir4-0-40-0
- Sam Curran4-0-28-3
8:12 pm What a fantastic recovery by the Giants! The Giants lost their captain on the fifth over after missing a slog shot. After ten overs, the Giants had lost four wickets and scored 44. The Giants' batting was a catastrophe, and I don't believe many people anticipated them to reach 100; they were 68 for 8 in the middle. But Tom Curran had a different idea in mind and played an outstanding knock further down the order, hitting 64 runs off 34 balls and remaining at the crease till the end. 61 runs were scored in the final five overs! The Vipers had an unusual bowling rotation, as one of their primary bowlers failed to fulfil his quota in the middle overs. The bowlers bowled loosely in the death overs, losing their line and length frequently. Both Hasaranga and Curran took three wickets each. A friendly reminder: the Vipers were bowled out for 74 runs in their previous encounter against the Emirates.
Desert Vipers need 130 runs to win the match
19.6
4
Mohammad Amir to Curran, FOUR, Ramps it over! Banged in short pitched ball, plays the ramp shot over the wicket keeper's head, couple of bounces and onto the ropes
19.5
2
Mohammad Amir to Curran, 2 runs, Flatter length ball outside off, driven through the covers wide of deep backward point for a couple of runs
19.4
2
Mohammad Amir to Curran, 2 runs, Flatter length on the pads, hoicks it aerially wide of deep mid wicket, two fielders converging and falls safe between them
19.3
4
Mohammad Amir to Curran, FOUR, Slower bouncer delivery on the off stump line, pulled away and finds the top edge, sends it flying over short fine leg and struck a boundary
19.3
1w
Mohammad Amir to Curran, 1 wide, Fuller length ball sliding down the leg side
19.2
1
Mohammad Amir to Aayan Afzal Khan, 1 run, Length ball around off, works it away through the covers for a single
19.1
0
Mohammad Amir to Aayan Afzal Khan, no run, Hard length ball on the stumps, moves away from the wicket to make some room, tried to slash it over backward point, thick outside edge of the bat, Azam Khan anticipated and dove forward, claiming to have caught the ball. The umpire is unsure if it was taken cleanly and sends it upstairs to check. Replays confirmed the ball did not carry to the wicket keeper, bounced just in front of him
END OF OVER:19 | 16 Runs | GG: 115/8 | RR: 6.05
- Tom Curran52 (30b)
- Aayan Afzal Khan5 (6b)
- Sam Curran4-0-28-3
- Lockie Ferguson4-0-28-1
18.6
0
Curran to Curran, no run, Short pitched ball angling in on the stumps, hangs back and tried to dab it to backward point, failed to connect
18.5
4
Curran to Curran, FOUR, Shot! Flatter length ball wide around off, moves across early and ramps it over short fine leg, struck it with the sweet part of the bat and finds the boundary ropes, brings up his fifty too!
Around the wicket
18.4
2
Curran to Curran, 2 runs, Slower delivery on the stumps, heaves it away over the in-field, extra cover fielder chases it down
18.3
4
Curran to Curran, FOUR, Length ball wide outside the off stump line, makes room outside leg and reaches for it, sliced over backward point and beats the sweeper fielder, one bounce and onto the ropes
18.2
6
Curran to Curran, SIX, In the airrr. And goes over Fakhar Zaman! Fuller delivery wide outside off, lashed onto it and muscles it away towards deep extra cover, Fakhar miscalculated the ball's direction, pushed forward early, and then failed to adapt, thus the ball went over him and cleared the ropes. If he had waited in his original position, it would have been an easy catch.
18.1
0
Curran to Curran, no run, Slower widish delivery outside the tram line, walks across the line and tried to reach it, failed to connect, fair delivery
END OF OVER:18 | 9 Runs | GG: 99/8 | RR: 5.50
- Aayan Afzal Khan5 (6b)
- Tom Curran36 (24b)
- Lockie Ferguson4-0-28-1
- Mohammad Amir3-0-26-0
17.6
0
Ferguson to Aayan Afzal Khan, no run, Flatter length on the pads, follows the line of the ball and dabs it to mid wicket
17.5
1
Ferguson to Curran, 1 run, Length ball outside off, bends down and swats it through the covers to deep extra cover for a single
17.4
2
Ferguson to Curran, 2 runs, Slower bouncer delivery pulled away softly towards mid wicket, sets off for a couple
17.3
1
Ferguson to Aayan Afzal Khan, 1 run, Flatter length ball on the off stump, shovels it away with the middle part of the bat through backward point
17.2
1
Ferguson to Curran, 1 run, Length ball on the stumps, swings it away to wide of long on, brilliant fielding from Hasaranga saving a boundary near the ropes
17.1
4
Ferguson to Curran, FOUR, Short of a length ball, picked it up well over mid wicket using the pace of the ball and drills it away through mid wicket
END OF OVER:17 | 11 Runs | GG: 90/8 | RR: 5.29
- Tom Curran28 (20b)
- Aayan Afzal Khan4 (4b)
- Mohammad Amir3-0-26-0
- Dhruv Parashar1-0-11-0
16.6
1
Mohammad Amir to Curran, 1 run, Back of a length ball on the stumps, punches it square of the wicket through the covers
16.5
4
Mohammad Amir to Curran, FOUR, Short pitched ball on the leg stump line, whips it away over short fine leg using the pace of the ball, beats the sweeper fielder
16.5
1w
Mohammad Amir to Curran, 1 wide, Banged in short pitched ball goes over the head of Tom Curran
16.4
4
Mohammad Amir to Curran, FOUR, Slammed over mid-off! Slower delivery outside off, makes room outside leg and picked up the slower delivery early, whacks it well over the in-field and struck a boundary
