- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR0.3 Gottim with an absolute jaffa! Lands it on a hard length and it jags back sharply to hit the middle stump! Joe Clarke backed away to the leg side and exposed his stumps, Woakes bowls a scorcher that nipped and went through the gate. Warriors off to a brilliant start! 0/18.6 Pearler! Dangles a biting legbreak and outfoxes the batter completely! Gave himself room and exposed his stumps to play it through covers, early through the shot and the ball clatters the off-stump, Rashid loved it and raises the finger in air, completely outsmarted him on this occasion 62/38.3 Gone! Lots of air and lands fuller on off stump line, goes for the sweep and hasn't got all of it, top-edge balloons up and Dickwella takes a regulation catch, making no mistake whatsoever. Sharafu goes after a fighting 26-run-knock 61/212.1 Got toe-end of the bat and miscues the skier! Tossed up outside off, not that shot, lunges forward and pushes at it, gives a simple catch to Joe Denly at long-off. Ball hung in the air for a while before Denly came in and he hangs on brilliantly 79/511.3 Vociferous appeal for an lbw and a prolonged appeal convinced the umpire to raise the dreaded finger! Imad refers it upstairs. Tossed up on a length and straightening at the line of off stump, he gets squared up a touch and couldn't connect before the ball hit the front pad. No bat involved as confirmed by the ultra-edge. Pitching in line, impact umpire's call and wickets also umpire's call so that did turn a lot but given out on umpire's call, hard luck 75/413.6 Mix-up! Lobbed up from round the wicket, gets it to spin away outside off, Evans was running aimlessly down the track, Willey wasn't interested. Fielder hits the bull's eye and that's an easy decision for the third umpire as the OUT switch is flipped on and Evans slowly moves back to the dressing room. 90/712.2 Adil Rashid is on fire! No signs of jet-lag anymore, makes a strong impact in his second game. 74kph and gets it to turn away extravagantly outside off, draws him forward and the ball scratches his outside edge, Cadmore takes a sharp catch at slip and Rashid is on a hattrick! Turning out to be a match-turning spell 79/617.1 Willey goes! Over the wicket, slung fuller and offers some width, looked to muscle it past long-off and didn't get all of it, Basil Hameed takes a fabulous catch to his right at his head height and the entire Knight Riders team is out for a mere 94 runs! Tables have turned quickly, it was Warriors who got bundled out for 75 the other day and now ADKR fail to turn up with the bat 94/1016.1 Looking to go over square leg but doesn't connect well! Comes over the wicket. Tossed up fuller on middle and leg with little bit of spin, goes for big yawning sweep and finds deep backward square, Jawadullah tracks the ball from the bat, through the air, towards him and then into his hand! Spin continue to dominate the proceedings 94/816.2 Adjudged lbw! Inverses his stance and tries to play an ambitious switch hit without sizing up Denly at all and it looks stone dead, umpire didn't hesitate at all but he takes the review, hoping against hope. Ball tracking say pitching in line, impact in line and wickets hitting and that's that. Goes for golden duck. Joe Denly on a hattrick, Rashid didn't get it, can he? 94/9Extras5 (lb 2, w 3)TOTAL94 all out (17.1 Overs, RR: 5.47)Did not bat: JB LintottFall of wickets: 1-0 (Joe Clarke, 0.3 ov), 2-61 (Alishan Sharafu, 8.3 ov), 3-62 (Michael Pepper, 8.6 ov), 4-75 (Imad Wasim, 11.3 ov), 5-79 (Sam Hain, 12.1 ov), 6-79 (Ravi Bopara, 12.2 ov), 7-90 (Laurie Evans, 13.6 ov), 8-94 (Sagar Kalyan, 16.1 ov), 9-94 (Sunil Narine, 16.2 ov), 10-94 (David Willey, 17.1 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB CR Woakes 3 1 16 1 5.33 9 2 0 0 0 Muhammad Jawadullah 1 0 6 0 6.00 4 1 0 0 0 DR Sams 2.1 1 14 1 6.46 10 2 1 0 0 Junaid Siddique 1 0 8 0 8.00 3 1 0 0 0 JK Fuller 1 0 12 0 12.00 2 2 0 0 0 AU Rashid 4 1 12 4 3.00 14 0 0 2 0 LS Livingstone 4 0 24 1 6.00 9 2 0 1 0 JL Denly 1 1 0 2 0.00 6 0 0 0 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR9.4 Stumped! Fired it quicker on a full length just outside off, jogs down the track to thump it over leg side but is befuddled by the quicker one, excellent work from Pepper who collects the ball cleanly and quickly removes the bails, Dickwella goes after an enterprising 30 run-knock. Should have started with the spin to create more panic 72/31.1 Over the wicket, an absolute snorter that shatters the stumps, what a sight for Josh Little! Continues from where he left the last game! TKC chipped down the track and chopped it back onto the middle and leg stump, ugly shot! 4/15.3 oh dear me! Skedaddling down the wicket and throws the kitchen sink at it, an overconfident shot and Imad winks, saw him advancing down and zipped it quicker and away from his bat swing, keeper quickly whips off the bails and he is miles out of the crease so gotta go 56/2Extras3 (lb 1, w 2)TOTAL95/3 (13.5 Overs, RR: 6.86)Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Tom Kohler-Cadmore, 1.1 ov), 2-56 (Liam Livingstone, 5.3 ov), 3-72 (Niroshan Dickwella, 9.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB DJ Willey 3 0 24 0 8.00 8 2 1 0 0 JB Little 2 0 31 1 15.50 5 3 3 0 0 Imad Wasim 4 0 20 2 5.00 13 0 1 1 0 SP Narine 4 0 14 0 3.50 12 0 0 0 0 JB Lintott 0.5 0 5 0 6.00 1 0 0 0 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
7 February 2024 - night match (20-over match)
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Sharjah Warriors 2, Abu Dhabi Knight Riders 0
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 37 runs, 1 wicket)
- Abu Dhabi Knight Riders Impact Player Subs: Adhitya Shetty, Sabir Ali, Matiullah Khan, Andries Gous, Jake Lintott, Ali Khan and Marchant de Lange
- Sharjah Warriors Impact Player Subs: Martin Guptill, Mark Watt, Basil Hameed, Lewis Gregory, Chris Sole, Nilansh Keswani and Peter Hatzoglou
- Strategic Timeout: Abu Dhabi Knight Riders - 37/1 in 6.0 overs (MS Pepper 13, A Sharafu 23)
- Abu Dhabi Knight Riders: 50 runs in 7.2 overs (44 balls), Extras 2
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 41 balls (MS Pepper 23, A Sharafu 25, Ex 2)
- Over 11.3: Review by Abu Dhabi Knight Riders (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - RSA Palliyaguruge, Batter - Imad Wasim (Struck down - Umpires Call)
- Over 14.2: Review by Sharjah Warriors (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - Aleem Dar, Batter - S Kalyan (Struck down)
- Strategic Timeout: Abu Dhabi Knight Riders - 94/7 in 16.0 overs (DJ Willey 5, S Kalyan 1)
- Over 16.2: Review by Abu Dhabi Knight Riders (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - Aleem Dar, Batter - SP Narine (Struck down)
- Innings Break: Abu Dhabi Knight Riders - 94/10 in 17.1 overs (JB Little 0)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 57 runs, 2 wickets)
- Sharjah Warriors: 50 runs in 4.4 overs (28 balls), Extras 0
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 22 balls (N Dickwella 20, LS Livingstone 30, Ex 0)
- Strategic Timeout: Sharjah Warriors - 70/2 in 9.0 overs (N Dickwella 29, MJ Guptill 8)
- Over 10.5: Review by Abu Dhabi Knight Riders (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - RSA Palliyaguruge, Batter - MJ Guptill (Struck down)
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