• BATSMEN
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    15.5 cleans him up! Sizzling yorker that hones in on the batter's toes. Munro tries to work it away into the on side but is beaten for pace. The ball jams into his pad and then deflects onto the stumps. Ali Khan is pumped, and this is a crucial scalp, with more than four overs still left in this innings! 126/6
    2.2 straight up, and Hales perishes for a duck! Fairly innocuous delivery on a length on middle and leg. Hales looks for the big slog sweep but the ball sticks in the surface just a shade. Swipes too early and the ball spoons up off the top edge. Willey settles under it at mid wicket and does the rest! 9/1
    4.2 stumped by a mile! Flighted up deliciously on a length just outside off. Hose hares down the track, trying to flick it through mid wicket. He is beaten in the air completely, though, and is nowhere close to the pitch of the ball. Rips past the outside edge and Gous whips off the bails after gathering it cleanly. ADKR have two in the powerplay! 24/2
    6.4 soft dismissal! Slower ball on a length way outside off. Hasaranga is intent on swinging at everything and does so again. Does not pick the variation, though, and is early into the stroke. Has to reach out too because of how wide it is and clinks it off the toe-end, straight to extra cover. The Knight Riders keep chipping away! 45/3
    9.3 hot knife through butter! Slowed up on a length on middle and leg. Pitches and nips back in. Azam is playing for the one that comes straight through and is beaten on the inside on his flick. Flicks the pads and then thuds into middle stump! 61/4
    12.1 edged and taken! Full and enticing the drive outside off. Shadab cannot resist the temptation and wafts at it, without any sort of footwork. All he manages is a faint nick through to the keeper, and this promising partnership has been cut short! 90/5
    18.1 holes out to long on! Low full toss on middle and off that seems to just curve in late. Rutherford, trying to go downtown, cannot extend his arms fully and arrows it off the lower part of the bat towards the sweeper. Sharafu runs in from the fence, dives forward and snaffles up a sharp chance! 138/7
    19.3 Shaheen has been run out chasing the second! Right up in the blockhole on middle and off. Shaheen helicopters it down to long on and knows he has to anyhow come back for two. Puts in the dive but in vain because the throw is accurate and the keeper was quick enough to whip off the bails. Handy cameo, though! 151/8
    not out
    4
    5
    0
    0
    80.00
    not out
    2
    2
    0
    0
    100.00
    Extras
    13 (b 4, lb 2, w 7)
    TOTAL
    154/8 (20 Overs, RR: 7.7)
    Fall of wickets: 1-9 (Alex Hales, 2.2 ov), 2-24 (Adam Hose, 4.2 ov), 3-45 (Wanindu Hasaranga, 6.4 ov), 4-61 (Azam Khan, 9.3 ov), 5-90 (Shadab Khan, 12.1 ov), 6-126 (Colin Munro, 15.5 ov), 7-138 (Sherfane Rutherford, 18.1 ov), 8-151 (Shaheen Shah Afridi, 19.3 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
    Imad Wasim401924.75142020
    DJ Willey302909.6663110
    M de Lange2023111.5043100
    AD Russell402927.2591140
    SP Narine402315.75123000
    Ali Khan302518.3343000
  • BATSMEN
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    3.4 Amir stings the Knight Riders again! Length delivery pushed across the batter outside off. Gous' feet are stuck in concrete and he reaches out for it away from his body. A faint tickle and Azam gobbles it up. Amir is jubilant, and this is a vital wicket inside the powerplay! 17/2
    1.2 has Clarke been run out at the bowler's end?! Length on middle and leg. Gous pushes it back towards Amir, who gets a hand to it and deflects it onto the stumps. The question now is whether Clarke was inside his crease. Nope, he was not. Inches short of his ground, and the Vipers strike early! 3/1
    not out
    82
    47
    11
    4
    174.46
    5.3 does him all ends up! Beautifully-disguised googly that pitches on off stump and spins back sharply. Hain is rooted to his crease and does not pick the variation. Misses it completely and gets pinned right in front. The umpire raises his finger without any hesitation and Hain does not bother with the review either! 34/3
    14.3 Imad takes a risk, and pays the price! Dangles the carrot on middle and leg, and Imad bites. He looks at this full delivery and thinks he can get six. Swings at it but the angle into him means he cloths it off the inside half of the bat. Rutherford takes it reverse-cupped in front of his face. Is there another twist in this game? 113/4
    not out
    24
    10
    0
    3
    240.00
    Extras
    10 (lb 6, w 4)
    TOTAL
    160/4 (17.2 Overs, RR: 9.23)
    Fall of wickets: 1-3 (Joe Clarke, 1.2 ov), 2-17 (Andries Gous, 3.4 ov), 3-34 (Sam Hain, 5.3 ov), 4-113 (Imad Wasim, 14.3 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
    Shaheen Shah Afridi403107.75124100
    Mohammad Amir302217.3394000
    TS Mills3045015.0054330
    PW Hasaranga401223.00140000
    Shadab Khan3036012.0042300
    Aryan Lakra0.208024.0000100

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

27 January 2024 - day/night match (20-over match)

TV Umpires

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

Points

Abu Dhabi Knight Riders 2, Desert Vipers 0

Match Notes

International League T20 News

KnightRiders 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st3AGS GousJM Clarke
2nd14AGS GousA Sharafu
3rd17SR HainA Sharafu
4th79Imad WasimA Sharafu
5th47AD RussellA Sharafu

International League T20

TeamMWLPTNRR
MIE1064121.469
GG1064120.386
ADKR105510-0.084
DC105510-0.203
DV10468-0.01
SW10468-1.608