- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR4.1 straight down deep backward square leg's throat! Half-tracker outside off and Munro's eyes light up. He absolutely smashes this but the only problem is that he hits it straight to Evans. Munro cannot believe what he has done; Little cannot believe his luck either. Second wicket for the Knight Riders in the powerplay! 44/22.3 Willey has the last laugh! Length on leg stump and this seems to stick in the surface. Hales, trying to work to leg, closes the bat face early and the ball loops up off the leading edge for cover to gobble it up. Hales looked at the pitch immediately after, but for now, he has to walk back! 33/17.2 goes straight up, and Imad gets Lawrence! Fired into the track on a length on middle and leg. Sticks in the surface. Lawrence, trying to hack it over cow corner, swings a tad early and skies it. The keeper calls for it early and gets the job done, eventually! 69/313.6 Knight Riders go up in appeal again but it is turned down! Holds that wide line outside off. Hose, tired of that line, tries to manufacture something. Shapes for the reverse paddle and there is a noise as the ball passes the bat. Was it the bat hitting the ground, or did the ball graze the outside edge? We go upstairs to find out. There is a slight spike when the ball is next to the back of the bat, and Hose has to go! 126/414.1 and Narine gets Hasaranga! Length delivery on leg stump, bowled from around the wicket to cramp the batter for room. Hasaranga looks to go over deep mid wicket nevertheless but cannot generate the power to clear Willey at deep mid wicket. A simple enough catch, and the Vipers have lost two in two! 126/514.6 no need for DRS this time! Floated up full outside off. Rutherford is completely done in by the flight and has to reach out well in front of his pad to meet it. Cannot keep it down and offers the easiest of return catches to Narine. Might have curved back in late too, and this two-wicket over might just have tilted this game the Knight Riders' way! 127/619.1 goes a mile up, and taken at mid off! Length on middle and off. de Leede tries to slog it over long on but loses his shape. Slices across the ball. Sharafu calls early at mid off, settles under it and does the rest! 151/719.3 cleans him up! Excellent yorker that hones in on off stump. Amir, having backed away, throws his hands at it and misses it completely. The ball kisses the outside of off stump, and Ali Khan has three! 155/8Extras7 (lb 4, w 3)TOTAL164/8 (20 Overs, RR: 8.2)Fall of wickets: 1-33 (Alex Hales, 2.3 ov), 2-44 (Colin Munro, 4.1 ov), 3-69 (Dan Lawrence, 7.2 ov), 4-126 (Adam Hose, 13.6 ov), 5-126 (Wanindu Hasaranga, 14.1 ov), 6-127 (Sherfane Rutherford, 14.6 ov), 7-151 (Bas de Leede, 19.1 ov), 8-155 (Mohammad Amir, 19.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB DJ Willey 3 0 24 1 8.00 6 4 0 0 0 Imad Wasim 4 0 45 1 11.25 3 1 3 1 0 AD Russell 3 0 18 0 6.00 7 2 0 0 0 JB Little 2 0 21 1 10.50 6 3 1 0 0 SP Narine 4 0 23 2 5.75 8 1 0 0 0 Ali Khan 4 0 29 3 7.25 9 3 0 1 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR1.2 Sharafu perishes! And the Cottrell salute is out! Back of a length just outside off. Sharafu continues swinging like a rusty gate and this time, the ball skews up off the leading edge. Mills at short third man camps under it and completes the catch! 4/19.1 Mills breaks through! Full on off stump, and this seems to move away late. Might have been a change-up. Pepper tried to hack it over the on side but sliced across the ball. Skewed up off the leading edge and Munro did the rest at extra cover! 89/210.1 and he gets Hain straightaway! Flighted on a length on middle and off. Hain makes room and tries to go inside out. Nowhere close to the pitch of the ball, though, and it spins past the bat, crashing into the stumps soon after. The Vipers are inching their way back into this contest! 91/317.2 straight to long on! Back of a length outside off. Holds in the surface just a shade and meddles with Evans' timing, who was looking to slam it over long on. Clothed it in the end, and Hose was never going to drop that on the fence! 162/4Extras8 (lb 1, w 7)TOTAL166/4 (17.4 Overs, RR: 9.39)Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Alishan Sharafu, 1.2 ov), 2-89 (Michael Pepper, 9.1 ov), 3-91 (Sam Hain, 10.1 ov), 4-162 (Laurie Evans, 17.2 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB Mohammad Amir 4 0 35 0 8.75 9 3 1 3 0 SS Cottrell 2 0 24 1 12.00 5 0 3 1 0 PW Hasaranga 4 0 38 0 9.50 6 3 2 0 0 TS Mills 3.4 0 21 2 5.72 13 3 0 1 0 DW Lawrence 2 0 12 1 6.00 6 0 1 0 0 BFW de Leede 1 0 22 0 22.00 0 4 0 2 0 Rohan Mustafa 1 0 13 0 13.00 1 1 1 0 0
Match Details
Toss
Abu Dhabi Knight Riders , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Season
Hours of play (local time)
14.30 start, First Session 14.30-16.00, Interval 16.00-16.20, Second Session 16.20-17.50
Match days
21 January 2024 - day/night match (20-over match)
Twenty20 debut
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Abu Dhabi Knight Riders 2, Desert Vipers 0
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 56 runs, 2 wickets)
- Desert Vipers Impact Player Subs: Tymal Mills, Michael Jones, Nathan Sowter, Matheesha Pathirana, Luke Wood, Aryan Lakra and Karthik Meiyappan
- Abu Dhabi Knight Riders Impact Player Subs: Sam Hain, Ravi Bopara, Marchant de Lange, Sabir Ali, Sagar Kalyan, Adhitya Shetty and Jake Lintott
- Desert Vipers: 50 runs in 5.0 overs (30 balls), Extras 5
- Strategic Timeout: Desert Vipers - 78/3 in 9.0 overs (AJ Hose 18, PW Hasaranga 3)
- Desert Vipers: 100 runs in 11.3 overs (69 balls), Extras 5
- 4th Wicket: 50 runs in 32 balls (AJ Hose 31, PW Hasaranga 19, Ex 0)
- Over 13.6: Review by Abu Dhabi Knight Riders (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - Aasif Iqbal, Batter - AJ Hose (Upheld)
- Over 14.5: Review by Desert Vipers (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - Aleem Dar, Batter - SE Rutherford (Upheld)
- Strategic Timeout: Desert Vipers - 127/6 in 15.0 overs (BFW de Leede 1)
- Desert Vipers: 150 runs in 18.5 overs (113 balls), Extras 5
- Innings Break: Desert Vipers - 164/8 in 20.0 overs (Rohan Mustafa 13, T Suri 5)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 53 runs, 1 wicket)
- Over 2.4: Review by Desert Vipers (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - Aleem Dar, Batter - AGS Gous (Struck down)
- Abu Dhabi Knight Riders: 50 runs in 5.1 overs (31 balls), Extras 4
- Strategic Timeout: Abu Dhabi Knight Riders - 53/1 in 6.0 overs (AGS Gous 37, MS Pepper 11)
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 29 balls (AGS Gous 36, MS Pepper 11, Ex 3)
- Over 8.1: Review by Desert Vipers (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - Aleem Dar, Batter - AGS Gous (Struck down - Umpires Call)
- Abu Dhabi Knight Riders: 100 runs in 11.1 overs (67 balls), Extras 8
- AGS Gous: 50 off 28 balls (2 x 4, 5 x 6)
- Strategic Timeout: Abu Dhabi Knight Riders - 136/3 in 14.0 overs (AGS Gous 76, LJ Evans 14)
- 4th Wicket: 50 runs in 28 balls (AGS Gous 36, LJ Evans 14, Ex 0)
- Abu Dhabi Knight Riders: 150 runs in 15.3 overs (93 balls), Extras 8
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