- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR8.4 Wrong 'un does him in! That was tossed up on a length outside off, Mustafa came down the track but is nowhere near the pitch of the ball and it spins in sharply to go under his bat and clatter the stumps as the batter looked to hoick it away 57/33.3 Cleans him up! The pressure was building on the Vipers and Hales looked to go big over the leg side. But that was a cross-seamer on leg that skids through and hits top of off! Big breakthrough for the Warriors 16/16.5 Rapped on the pad and they go up in appeal. Up goes the finger! Vipers review, but that looks quite plumb. That was on a length around off, he missed as he looked to whip it away and was struck on the back pad. That was staying low, so height should not be an issue. No bat, UltraEdge confirms. And that's three reds and Munro has to go! 47/217.6 pings leg stump! Jawadullah bowled a cutter, which was dipping towards potentially becoming a low full toss on leg. Billings was across off early to try and swing at that, but missed. That should have been ideally sent away to the rope, but alas 132/610.6 finds deep midwicket! A very good, low catch by Walter. He had to go low, and a bit across to his right before gobbling the ball just above the ground. Hasaranga was deep in the crease before swishing this length ball around leg, as he made room and swung 63/413.1 direct hit, and gone! Utter confusion there, and Rutherford walks back shaking his head. Once again Billings set off for a potentially risky single, and it was his partner who ended up paying the price. Rutheford went to pull at this shortish ball on off, but got a bottom edge on to his pad. The ball dropped just close by, by when Billings was halfway towards the striker's end. But Rutherford wasn't sure what to do, running down very late, as Jawadullah's throw landed bang on the stumps. Even a dive couldn't save Rutherford there 80/5Extras14 (b 1, lb 2, nb 1, w 10)TOTAL148/6 (20 Overs, RR: 7.4)Fall of wickets: 1-16 (Alex Hales, 3.3 ov), 2-47 (Colin Munro, 6.5 ov), 3-57 (Rohan Mustafa, 8.4 ov), 4-63 (Wanindu Hasaranga, 10.6 ov), 5-80 (Sherfane Rutherford, 13.1 ov), 6-132 (Sam Billings, 17.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB Naveen-ul-Haq 4 0 19 0 4.75 13 2 0 1 0 Junaid Siddique 4 0 29 0 7.25 9 2 0 1 0 Muhammad Jawadullah 4 0 36 2 9.00 12 6 0 4 1 Mohammad Nabi 2 0 19 1 9.50 5 2 1 0 0 Noor Ahmad 4 0 27 2 6.75 11 2 1 0 0 PI Walter 2 0 15 0 7.50 3 0 1 0 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR1.3 Atkinson strikes! Keeps banging it in on a length, this time Gurbaz looks to play a pickup shot and it goes to Rohan Mustafa at deep square leg and he takes a good catch moving forward 16/12.1 And he strikes immediately! Banged in short on leg, Kohler-Cadmore looks to pull but top edges it and Hales takes a good catch at mid-off moving back! 18/28.1 And he strikes! Legbreak on a length on middle and off, Stoinis gets down to sweep and misses and the finger goes up immediately! He doesn't even review it, as he knew he was a goner 50/310.5 bowled him! This hits the off stump. He gave the ball some air, as it dipped while being angled into the batter. It pitched on a fullish length on off, and almost went on straight after pitching, with Hose driving from middle stump, perhaps expecting it to turn in 57/59.3 Appeal for run-out on both ends! And well, Denly is gone at the striker's end, so Hose will survive! But Denly won't. He looked to come forward to defend and it pops up to the wicketkeeper's right and Billings is quick to take get to the ball and flick it behind him onto the stumps. Denly's bat was far from being grounded. There was a throw to the non-striker's end as well, but that doesn't matter now 53/415.6 chipped to mid-off! Warriors' last possible hope is gone. On the shorter side of a length just outside off, and with a scrambled seam. The length was not full enough to loft down the ground, and the ball went off the higher side of the bat to mid-off, who took a few steps back to nab the ball 101/712.1 wow, another good ball fetches a wicket! He slowed it down, and Nabi had no idea of that. Turns back in sharply, and does that pretty late, by which time Nabi has already pushed at the ball. Hasaranga gave the ball some air - and also slowed it down - to go on a fullish length outside off, with the ball again dipping. Nabi missed, and the ball went on to hit middle stump 65/617.4 gone, the leg stump is hit at 140kph! Noor cleared his front leg at this shortish ball, which was moving into leg. The ball didn't bounce all that well though, as he got a bottom edge on to the stumps. Warriors wrapping up quickly now 112/8Extras10 (b 4, lb 2, w 4)TOTAL126/8 (20 Overs, RR: 6.3)Did not bat: Muhammad JawadullahFall of wickets: 1-16 (Rahmanullah Gurbaz, 1.3 ov), 2-18 (Tom Kohler-Cadmore, 2.1 ov), 3-50 (Marcus Stoinis, 8.1 ov), 4-53 (Joe Denly, 9.3 ov), 5-57 (Adam Hose, 10.5 ov), 6-65 (Mohammad Nabi, 12.1 ov), 7-101 (Paul Walter, 15.6 ov), 8-112 (Noor Ahmad, 17.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB SS Cottrell 4 0 34 0 8.50 10 4 1 1 0 AAP Atkinson 4 0 24 1 6.00 14 4 0 0 0 L Wood 4 0 20 3 5.00 11 2 0 1 0 PW Hasaranga 4 0 13 3 3.25 14 0 0 0 0 BAC Howell 3 0 23 0 7.66 6 1 1 0 0 Shiraz Ahmed 1 0 6 0 6.00 3 0 0 2 0
Match Details
Toss
Desert Vipers , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Season
Match days
31 January 2023 - night match (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Desert Vipers 2, Sharjah Warriors 0
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 37 runs, 1 wicket)
- Over 3.4: Review by Sharjah Warriors (Bowling), Umpire - RJ Tucker, Batter - C Munro (Struck down)
- Over 6.5: Review by Desert Vipers (Batting), Umpire - MJ Saggers, Batter - C Munro (Struck down)
- Desert Vipers: 50 runs in 7.1 overs (43 balls), Extras 9
- Strategic Timeout: Desert Vipers - 57/3 in 8.4 overs (SW Billings 2)
- Wicket keeper change: CG Benjamin kept wickets for Rahmanullah Gurbaz from 14.1 overs to 15.6 overs
- Desert Vipers: 100 runs in 15.1 overs (91 balls), Extras 12
- Strategic Timeout: Desert Vipers - 107/5 in 16.0 overs (SW Billings 15, BAC Howell 14)
- 6th Wicket: 50 runs in 28 balls (SW Billings 22, BAC Howell 25, Ex 4)
- Innings Break: Desert Vipers - 148/6 in 20.0 overs (BAC Howell 34, AAP Atkinson 7)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 39 runs, 2 wickets)
- Sharjah Warriors: 50 runs in 7.6 overs (48 balls), Extras 3
- Strategic Timeout: Sharjah Warriors - 50/2 in 8.0 overs (MP Stoinis 17, AJ Hose 14)
- Over 11.1: Review by Desert Vipers (Bowling), Umpire - RJ Tucker, Batter - PI Walter (Struck down)
- Sharjah Warriors: 100 runs in 15.4 overs (94 balls), Extras 8
- Strategic Timeout: Sharjah Warriors - 101/7 in 16.0 overs (Noor Ahmad 14)
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