- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR1.1 and he strikes instantly! Back of a length on middle and leg. Dickwella, like he did in the last over, tries to lap the left-arm pacer. Makes contact this time, but only a bit of glove that Azam snares with the minimal of fuss. The Vipers, after a very indifferent first over, sting the Warriors in the second! 14/11.4 two in the over for Wood! Hard length on middle and off. Charles comes down the track and has an agricultural hack across the line. Skews off the top edge and third man, running to his left, does the rest! 19/214.5 goes straight up, and Shaheen gets rid of Guptill! Angles this across the batter on a hard length. Guptill tries to access the leg side but the angle is always against it. Spoons up off the outside edge and Wood completes a regulation catch at backward point! 146/410.3 Wood breaks through again! Full and speared into leg stump. TKC tries to give himself room to go over extra cover. Cannot manufacture enough swinging room, though, and the bat turns upon impact too. Pops it straight to extra cover, and TKC has to depart after a sensational knock! 120/315.1 and he flummoxes Sams totally! Googly given a bit of air outside off. Sams' eyes light up and he comes down the track, trying to smash it over long on. Gets nowhere close to the pitch of the ball and gets beaten on the inside. Azam keeps his eyes on the ball this time, gathers and whips off the bails! 147/515.3 Gregory bites the dust too! Beautifully-disguised googly on a length just outside off. Gregory, like Sams, has no clue about it, yet, hares down the track trying to tonk it into next week. Misses wildly and his off stump is rattled. The Vipers have come right back into this contest! 147/615.4 Hasaranga goes bang, bang, bang! Wrong'un on a full length on off stump and by this point, the Warriors should have just been expecting it. Instead, Hameed plonks his front foot and then plays all over it. Gets pinned on the pads and Hasaranga does not even look back at the umpire raising his finger! Hameed was asked by Denly to review but the time to review had elapsed by then! 147/7Extras19 (lb 5, nb 1, w 13)TOTAL174/7 (20 Overs, RR: 8.7)Fall of wickets: 1-14 (Niroshan Dickwella, 1.1 ov), 2-19 (Johnson Charles, 1.4 ov), 3-120 (Tom Kohler-Cadmore, 10.3 ov), 4-146 (Martin Guptill, 14.5 ov), 5-147 (Daniel Sams, 15.1 ov), 6-147 (Lewis Gregory, 15.3 ov), 7-147 (Basil Hameed, 15.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB Shaheen Shah Afridi 4 0 34 1 8.50 9 1 0 3 1 L Wood 4 0 33 3 8.25 12 3 2 1 0 M Pathirana 4 0 30 0 7.50 11 3 0 4 0 PW Hasaranga 4 0 30 3 7.50 13 1 3 0 0 Shadab Khan 2 0 25 0 12.50 3 0 3 0 0 Rohan Mustafa 2 0 17 0 8.50 5 0 2 0 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR0.2 straight to deep backward square leg! Back of a length on the pads, and that is crying out to be hit. Munro, though, picks out Charles on the fence to absolute perfection. He will be gutted with this stroke. It is usually one of his more productive shots but tonight, it has led to his downfall! 0/113.5 gone this time! Short and wide outside off. Hales cannot resist the temptation to have a pop at it. Has to reach out very far, though, and ends up slicing it towards deep backward point. Gregory settles under it and holds on, just. A return to form for Hales, but the Vipers would have loved for him to hang around a little longer! 120/53.5 knocks him over! Length on middle and leg. Hose, ambitiously, decides to lap it over fine leg. Gets into posotion but misses the ball completely. Middle stump is knocked back and Jawadullah is pumped! 26/25.3 soft dismissal! Hard length, angling into leg stump. Hasaranga is cramped for room but decides to go through with his lofted stroke anyway. Gets no power behind it and chips it very tamely to Kohler-Cadmore at mid on. Vipers lose their third inside the powerplay! 46/38.2 chops it on! Length just outside off. Mustafa gets his front foot out of the way and swings for the hills. Loses shape completely and all he manages is an inside edge that smashes into leg stump. The Warriors keep chipping away! 68/417.3 Azam has been run out! What a moment in the game! Full and wide outside off. Azam drills it to mid off and sets off for a single. He is always struggling, though, and his misery is compounded by the fact that TKC hits the stumps at the bowler's end. Short by a yard, and that is just what the Vipers did not need at this stage! 147/715.5 huge appeal, and the umpire raises his finger! Excellently-disguised slower ball that lands on a full length on off stump. Grips in the surface and spins back, beating Rutherford all ends up. The umpire, after some deliberation, gave it out but Rutherford wants to have another look. Unless he has hit it, this could be curtains. Nothing on UltraEdge. Three reds on Ball Tracking, and Rutherford is outta here! 136/6Extras11 (lb 7, nb 1, w 3)TOTAL167/7 (20 Overs, RR: 8.35)Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Colin Munro, 0.2 ov), 2-26 (Adam Hose, 3.5 ov), 3-46 (Wanindu Hasaranga, 5.3 ov), 4-68 (Rohan Mustafa, 8.2 ov), 5-120 (Alex Hales, 13.5 ov), 6-136 (Sherfane Rutherford, 15.5 ov), 7-147 (Azam Khan, 17.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB CR Woakes 4 0 26 2 6.50 13 1 2 1 0 MRJ Watt 3 0 28 0 9.33 9 4 1 0 0 Muhammad Jawadullah 3 0 23 1 7.66 8 4 0 0 0 DR Sams 4 0 29 2 7.25 11 1 2 0 0 M Theekshana 4 0 33 0 8.25 8 2 1 0 1 L Gregory 2 0 21 1 10.50 4 3 0 2 0
Match Details
Toss
Desert Vipers , 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
28 January 2024 - night match (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Sharjah Warriors 2, Desert Vipers 0
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 55 runs, 2 wickets)
- Sharjah Warriors: 50 runs in 5.4 overs (34 balls), Extras 9
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 31 balls (MJ Guptill 25, T Kohler-Cadmore 25, Ex 2)
- Strategic Timeout: Sharjah Warriors - 72/2 in 7.0 overs (MJ Guptill 26, T Kohler-Cadmore 26)
- Sharjah Warriors Impact Player Subs: Dilshan Madushanka, Junaid Siddique, James Fuller, Qais Ahmad, Chris Sole, Nilansh Keswani and Mark Watt
- Desert Vipers Impact Player Subs: Alex Hales, Dinesh Chandimal, Tanish Suri, Bas de Leede, Sheldon Cottrell, Karthik Meiyappan and Michael Jones
- Sharjah Warriors: 100 runs in 9.1 overs (55 balls), Extras 11
- T Kohler-Cadmore: 50 off 26 balls (2 x 4, 5 x 6)
- 3rd Wicket: 100 runs in 51 balls (MJ Guptill 28, T Kohler-Cadmore 68, Ex 5)
- Strategic Timeout: Sharjah Warriors - 147/5 in 15.1 overs (JL Denly 14)
- Sharjah Warriors: 150 runs in 16.1 overs (98 balls), Extras 14
- Innings Break: Sharjah Warriors - 174/7 in 20.0 overs (JL Denly 22, CR Woakes 14)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 48 runs, 3 wickets)
- Over 6.2: Review by Sharjah Warriors (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - Ahmed Shah Pakteen, Batter - Rohan Mustafa (Struck down)
- Desert Vipers: 50 runs in 6.3 overs (39 balls), Extras 5
- Strategic Timeout: Desert Vipers - 56/3 in 6.5 overs (AD Hales 27, Rohan Mustafa 6)
- Desert Vipers: 100 runs in 11.4 overs (71 balls), Extras 8
- AD Hales: 50 off 37 balls (2 x 4, 4 x 6)
- Over 13.1: Review by Sharjah Warriors (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - RJ Tucker, Batter - Azam Khan (Struck down)
- 5th Wicket: 50 runs in 32 balls (AD Hales 32, Azam Khan 18, Ex 2)
- Strategic Timeout: Desert Vipers - 136/6 in 15.5 overs (Azam Khan 29)
- Over 15.5: Review by Desert Vipers (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - RJ Tucker, Batter - SE Rutherford (Struck down)
- Desert Vipers: 150 runs in 17.5 overs (108 balls), Extras 11
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