- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR0.2 LBW appeal is turned down, Giants discuss and take a review. Was there an inside edge? The length ball looked to have come back in and beat the full-faced defence. No contact with the bat. Deflected to short third and they took a run. Technical glitch with Hawk-Eye leads to more replays. The ball hit the back pad, went parallel to the knee roll and rose just a bit. Ball-tracking finally loads up and shows three reds. Landed in line with leg stump, impact and projection were on middle and leg. No big score for the Spiceman this time. 4/111.2 Waseem makes room but to get caught in two minds. Indecision leads to the ball hitting top of middle. He was expecting the shorter ball, Jordan went length and hit the wicket. Looked like a skiddy ball, Waseem then tried to adjust late and block it on the move. Missed, to Jordan's delight. 88/33.4 Bouncer rises, Hameed balloons a pull to short fine. Was around chest-height, the batter wanted to go square but was late on it. The pace did him and Wiese has his first. Hameed's tough stay at the crease ends. Wasn't a pacy ball but Hameed was slow on the shot. 27/212.3 Pulled in the air, holed out to deep midwicket. Big boundary does the trick. Was slow at 84 kph and short, Pooran rocked back and tried muscling it, got only as far as Hetmyer. Key blow 98/414.3 'Oh no', says Pollard after pulling the short ball. Finds deep midwicket! Pollard went back to the ball after seeing it land, lost balance but managed to not trudge onto the stumps. Goes flat towards Drakes, who doesn't spot it at first but manages to cling on. 120/515.4 Top edge off the pull, taken brilliantly by Banton. The keeper ran back, adjusted for the swirl of the ball, took it and slid on through the grass for a safe landing. Jordan was all over Najib this over. His pace was too high to handle. This time, the batter went back into his crease and tried to pull it fine. Went off the top edge 122/619.1 Get Bravo is what Jordan can do, holed out to deep cover. Bravo made ample room, Jordan followed him with a shortish ball. Tried to open up the off side with a carve off the back foot, aimed over cover. Got it off the top edge. Easy catch 139/916.4 Leading edge, taken at point. Done by pace and bounce. Was a shortish ball that was coming towards the body, Thompson was hopping, tried to awkwardly turn it to the leg side. Partly in self-defence. Ball ballooned off the sticker, replays show, for an easy catch 126/717.4 Slashes, top edge, taken at mid-off. Short ball just outside off, Boult tried to stay leg side and slap it over the in-field on the off side. But it got very little timing. Easy catch 128/819.5 Tahir takes off, Farooqi has no chance of making it after driving the full ball straight to point. Fielder was smart, threw it to Jordan, who went to the non-striker's end and broke the stumps. 139/10Extras20 (lb 7, w 13)TOTAL139 all out (19.5 Overs, RR: 7)Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Andre Fletcher, 0.2 ov), 2-27 (Basil Hameed, 3.4 ov), 3-88 (Muhammad Waseem, 11.2 ov), 4-98 (Nicholas Pooran, 12.3 ov), 5-120 (Kieron Pollard, 14.3 ov), 6-122 (Najibullah Zadran, 15.4 ov), 7-126 (Jordan Thompson, 16.4 ov), 8-128 (Trent Boult, 17.4 ov), 9-139 (Dwayne Bravo, 19.1 ov), 10-139 (Fazalhaq Farooqi, 19.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB DC Drakes 4 0 21 2 5.25 15 2 0 3 0 SM Sharma 4 0 38 0 9.50 10 4 0 2 0 D Wiese 4 0 14 2 3.50 18 1 1 0 0 CJ Jordan 3.5 1 12 3 3.13 17 2 0 0 0 Rehan Ahmed 4 0 47 2 11.75 11 1 6 0 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR12.1 High in the air and taken! That was full on leg, pace off, Banton looks to flick off his pads but doesn't time it and it balloons up and is a simple catch for Waseem at deep midwicket. That's both openers gone now 76/28.6 Holes out to long-off! That was full on middle and leg, Vince backed away and looked to drive it inside out. Doesn't time it and it's straight to DJ Bravo, who takes one of the easier catches of his career. Jordan Thompson has given MI Emirates the first breakthrough 61/118.1 Full and wide, Lynn goes inside out and that's gone straight to deep extra cover! Lynn sliced it as he reached out for the wide delivery and Waseem does well to take the catch under pressure 123/417.1 Banged in short and Erasmus skies it as he looks to pull. Bravo takes an easy catch at point and MI Emirates have a glimmer of hope 118/318.6 Mix-up and Wiese is gone! That was full on off, Wiese tried to drive it but the ball popped up to the leg side off him. Wiese had taken off for the single. Hetmyer did not move at all but Wiese was still intent on running. By the time he turned back, it was too late and Bravo had run in run him out 129/5Extras5 (lb 1, w 4)TOTAL143/5 (20 Overs, RR: 7.15)Fall of wickets: 1-61 (James Vince, 8.6 ov), 2-76 (Tom Banton, 12.1 ov), 3-118 (Gerhard Erasmus, 17.1 ov), 4-123 (Chris Lynn, 18.1 ov), 5-129 (David Wiese, 18.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB TA Boult 4 0 14 0 3.50 12 0 0 0 0 Fazalhaq Farooqi 4 0 31 1 7.75 9 5 0 0 0 DJ Bravo 4 0 32 2 8.00 9 4 0 2 0 Imran Tahir 4 0 28 0 7.00 8 1 1 0 0 JA Thompson 4 0 37 1 9.25 8 4 1 2 0
Match Details
Toss
Gulf Giants , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Season
Match days
1 February 2023 - night match (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Gulf Giants 2, MI Emirates 0
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 36 runs, 2 wickets)
- Over 0.2: Review by Gulf Giants (Bowling), Umpire - MJ Saggers, Batter - ADS Fletcher (Upheld)
- MI Emirates: 50 runs in 8.1 overs (49 balls), Extras 12
- Strategic Timeout: MI Emirates - 68/2 in 9.0 overs (Muhammad Waseem 15, N Pooran 28)
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 39 balls (Muhammad Waseem 18, N Pooran 30, Ex 2)
- Strategic Timeout: MI Emirates - 98/4 in 13.0 overs (KA Pollard 2, Najibullah Zadran 0)
- MI Emirates: 100 runs in 13.1 overs (79 balls), Extras 12
- Innings Break: MI Emirates - 139/10 in 19.5 overs (Imran Tahir 10)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 35 runs, 0 wicket)
- Gulf Giants: 50 runs in 7.4 overs (46 balls), Extras 0
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 46 balls (T Banton 28, JM Vince 23, Ex 0)
- Strategic Timeout: Gulf Giants - 57/0 in 8.0 overs (T Banton 34, JM Vince 23)
- Gulf Giants: 100 runs in 14.6 overs (90 balls), Extras 0
- Strategic Timeout: Gulf Giants - 102/2 in 15.0 overs (CA Lynn 21, MG Erasmus 10)
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