- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR5.2 Knocked him over! Fired full, yorker-length, was looking to swing this down the ground but is late on the shot. Timber. 61/111.4 sliced to short third! Was looking to heave it leg side over long-on but the full ball swerved away a hint to take the edge. Excellent from Theekshana. 114/213.4 looks to play the reverse scoop over short third, ends up feathering one to the keeper. 140/411.5 Hetmyer may have been done in by some outstanding bowling! Theekshana's fizz. Given out lbw, he reviews. It's futile. The ball cuts back in to beat the inside edge and hit him plumb in front of the line. Grave misjudgment. Played down the wrong line. 114/316.4 outstanding bowling, firing them in and not allowing the batters to get underneath the length as he finds Yorker-length, Usman looks to clear long-off but ends up hitting it straight to the fielder as he can't get any timing behind it. 168/519.5 looked to swing this over midwicket but ended up slicing it to cover off a leading edge. The ball held on to the surface, Janat was hit on the top part of the bat as he was cramped for room. 197/718.3 the mistimed heave is well taken at deep square leg. Looked to fetch the pull from outside off, ended up getting more height than distance. It was an absolute swirler, also adding to the challenge was a series of cables from spider cam that came in the way, but he kept his eyes on the ball and took it well as it descended. 184/6Extras13 (lb 3, w 10)TOTAL198/7 (20 Overs, RR: 9.9)Fall of wickets: 1-61 (Jamie Smith, 5.2 ov), 2-114 (James Vince, 11.4 ov), 3-114 (Shimron Hetmyer, 11.5 ov), 4-140 (Jordan Cox, 13.4 ov), 5-168 (Usman Khan, 16.4 ov), 6-184 (Jamie Overton, 18.3 ov), 7-197 (Karim Janat, 19.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB CR Woakes 4 0 35 2 8.75 7 3 1 2 0 CB Sole 2 0 29 0 14.50 3 3 2 1 0 M Theekshana 4 0 15 4 3.75 13 1 0 1 0 DR Sams 4 0 47 1 11.75 4 5 2 0 0 Muhammad Jawadullah 2 0 22 0 11.00 2 2 1 0 0 Qais Ahmad 3 0 38 0 12.66 3 0 3 2 0 L Gregory 1 0 9 0 9.00 2 0 1 0 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR10.3 helped straight to third man. Giants needed that. Guptill arches back and tries to help it along to clear the fielder but hits it straight down his throat. 93/112.2 heaved straight to deep midwicket! The change in length did the trick. Charles expected it fuller and straighter but ended up fetching this from way outside off. Didn't time it as well as he would've liked. Charles was key to the chase, he's gone. Big wicket. 105/214.1 luck smiles Drakes' way finally. A catch was put down off his bowling earlier by Jordan, but skipper Vince positioned himself to patrol the ropes specifically and takes a good catch running to his left. Cadmore was beginning to look very dangerous. 124/315.5 the pressure was building and Sams has let it show. Looked to go down town but this yorker kept coming back in to sneak under the bat and crash into the stumps. Massive wicket fort Overton! What a night he's having, third wicket of the night. 130/416.1 new stumps needed, please! Jordan goes full and straight, Gregory swings blind, misses it altogether and sees the middle of middle pegged back. 'You miss, I hit' stuff. 134/516.3 drags it back onto the stumps! Dickwella went for a wild heave across the lines as Jordan slanted that away, and ended up getting a thick inside edge. Dickwella was in no position to play that stroke. Warriors are on a freefall now. 136/618.2 he simply had to go after the bowling, and has perished trying to belt it over long-off. Looked to hit through the line but the ball nipped away a hint off the deck and he ended up slicing it wide of mid-off, good catch running back by Vince. 149/7Extras9 (lb 4, w 5)TOTAL167/7 (20 Overs, RR: 8.35)Fall of wickets: 1-93 (Martin Guptill, 10.3 ov), 2-105 (Johnson Charles, 12.2 ov), 3-124 (Tom Kohler-Cadmore, 14.1 ov), 4-130 (Daniel Sams, 15.5 ov), 5-134 (Lewis Gregory, 16.1 ov), 6-136 (Niroshan Dickwella, 16.3 ov), 7-149 (Basil Hameed, 18.2 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB RJ Gleeson 4 0 35 1 8.75 12 2 3 0 0 Aayan Afzal Khan 3 0 25 0 8.33 6 1 2 0 0 Mujeeb Ur Rahman 2 0 20 0 10.00 4 3 0 3 0 DC Drakes 2 0 10 1 5.00 6 1 0 0 0 CJ Jordan 4 0 35 2 8.75 9 6 0 1 0 Karim Janat 1 0 9 0 9.00 3 2 0 0 0 J Overton 4 0 29 3 7.25 10 3 1 1 0
Match Details
Toss
Sharjah Warriors , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Season
Hours of play (local time)
18.30 start, First Session 18.30-20.00, Interval 20.00-20.20, Second Session 20.20-21.50
Match days
19 January 2024 - night match (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Gulf Giants 2, Sharjah Warriors 0
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 64 runs, 1 wicket)
- Gulf Giants: 50 runs in 4.5 overs (29 balls), Extras 2
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 29 balls (JL Smith 36, JM Vince 16, Ex 2)
- Strategic Timeout: Gulf Giants - 64/1 in 6.0 overs (JM Vince 18, JM Cox 1)
- Over 7.2: Review by Sharjah Warriors (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - Aleem Dar, Batter - JM Cox (Struck down)
- Gulf Giants: 100 runs in 9.6 overs (60 balls), Extras 8
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 32 balls (JM Vince 27, JM Cox 17, Ex 6)
- Over 11.5: Review by Gulf Giants (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - Aleem Dar, Batter - SO Hetmyer (Struck down)
- Gulf Giants: 150 runs in 14.5 overs (89 balls), Extras 11
- Strategic Timeout: Gulf Giants - 151/4 in 15.0 overs (Usman Khan 19, Karim Janat 2)
- Innings Break: Gulf Giants - 198/7 in 20.0 overs (CJ Jordan 11, Mujeeb Ur Rahman 1)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 56 runs, 0 wicket)
- Sharjah Warriors: 50 runs in 5.4 overs (34 balls), Extras 3
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 34 balls (MJ Guptill 20, J Charles 28, Ex 3)
- Strategic Timeout: Sharjah Warriors - 61/0 in 7.0 overs (MJ Guptill 22, J Charles 36)
- J Charles: 50 off 34 balls (6 x 4, 2 x 6)
- Over 11.1: Review by Gulf Giants (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - SJA Taufel, Batter - J Charles (Struck down)
- Sharjah Warriors: 100 runs in 11.6 overs (72 balls), Extras 6
- Sharjah Warriors: 100 runs in 12.1 overs (73 balls), Extras 6
- Strategic Timeout: Sharjah Warriors - 130/4 in 15.5 overs (L Gregory 3)
- Sharjah Warriors: 150 runs in 18.3 overs (111 balls), Extras 8
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