- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR0.3 ballooned for mid-off! Milne strikes in the first over, and Fletcher departs without scoring. Milne angled this in, and again went on the slightly shorter side of a length. This pitched on leg stump, though, and straightened to finish on middle and leg. But by then, Fletcher had already closed the face of his bat to try and clip it to the leg side. He seemed to have done that too early, however - or maybe it was the slowness of the pitch - as it resulted in a leading edge for Southee 0/15.3 gone! Chopped on! Jacks departs after looking to capitalise in the last over of the powerplay. Agar fired it quicker, and went for the arm ball. It went on with the angle from around the wicket, and pitched on a length around middle. But the angle meant it came back in, and as Jacks was looking to cut away after making room, he ended up getting a bottom edge on to leg stump 34/29.2 sharp return catch nabbed by Mustafa! He hardly had any time to react, but he dangled his right hand out, and the ball stuck after being bashed back by Banton. Mustafa got it to dip on a length just on middle and leg as he followed Banton, who had made room, and Banton went crashing at it. But that seemed to have come off the inside half of the bat 73/312.4 taken by Seifert! It was a well-judged catch, as he kept his eyes on the ball all along while moving to his left. In fact, he finished at short fine leg. An earlier top edge today had fallen short of the man at deep square leg, but this time Pooran runs out of luck. Another bouncer from Madushanka, who banged the ball around off, and got some zip off the surface. Top edge from Pooran, and gone! 95/413.4 a high-ish full toss... and he hits to long-on! It was a ball to de deposited deep into the stands, but Jacobs' expression made it clear where it was going the moment it left his bat. The ball arrived on off, and he only managed to swing it to the fielder, who only seemed to be halfway back towards the boundary. A missed chance for Jacobs, and delight for Warriorz 101/516.2 taken at deep midwicket! A very similar-looking shot to the previous ball, except that this landed into lap of the fielder. Southee again went short in length, but this time kept it tight on a stump-to-stump line. Perera wasn't coming forward, and was hence cramped for room. But he still went for the pull, and the ball took off from the top half of the bat for the sub fielder to take it while moving forward 121/619.5 run-out by a big distance! Hosein had to push for two, and failed. He went pulling at this short ball outside off, and the ball went on the bounce to Wade, who was rushing forward from fine leg. The throw was accurate to the keeper, and even if it would have been wide, I think there was plenty of time for the latter to find Hosein short 144/818.2 good catch by D'Souza! Shepherd's fortunes come to an end. D'Souza was placed at deep square leg, and moved and slid to his right as the ball dipped on to his lap. It was bowled on a short of a length from Southee, who once again got the ball to jump on to Shepherd. The latter went with the pull, though, and got it off the top half of the bat to return to the dressing room 133/7Extras5 (b 1, lb 4)TOTAL146/8 (20 Overs, RR: 7.3)Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Andre Fletcher, 0.3 ov), 2-34 (Will Jacks, 5.3 ov), 3-73 (Tom Banton, 9.2 ov), 4-95 (Nicholas Pooran, 12.4 ov), 5-101 (Bevon Jacobs, 13.4 ov), 6-121 (Kusal Perera, 16.2 ov), 7-133 (Romario Shepherd, 18.2 ov), 8-144 (Akeal Hosein, 19.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB AF Milne 4 0 29 1 7.25 10 4 0 0 0 TG Southee 4 0 24 2 6 13 2 1 0 0 D Madushanka 4 0 31 1 7.75 8 4 0 0 0 AC Agar 2 0 20 1 10 6 3 1 0 0 Harmeet Singh 3 0 17 1 5.66 5 1 0 0 0 Rohan Mustafa 3 0 20 1 6.66 4 2 0 0 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR16.1 bottom edge, and bowled him! MIE seem to strike each time we feel this is in Warriorz's bag. Farooqi bowled on a fullish length, and quite wide of off. TKC went slashing far away from his body, and reached out without any foot movement. As a result, a bottom edge hit off stump 124/44.5 extra bounce, and Charles departs! The fun ends, as Charles gets a top edge, and Pooran does well to leap and catch that. Charles had backed away early, and Rohid bowled on a short of a length around off. The ball jumped off the surface, and as Charles looked to ramp, the bounce proved to be his undoing, as he got a top edge to Pooran 49/112.3 bowled him! Maybe time for a bit of momentum which MIE desperately needed?! Rohid bowled this on a length, and a little wide of off. It was bowled seam up, and shaped back in to hit off stump even as it kept low - like the previous ball. Roy had left a gap between bat and pad while looking to push it away, and was beaten as a result 101/212.5 chipped to cover! Rohid turning it around within the space of three balls! Good work by Jacks, who had to hop and stretch his hands up to grab this. Rohid bowled on the shorter side of a length, and just outside off. Wade, who had missed out on the previous delivery, now looked to punch at this one. But all he could do was play aerially towards the fielder to keep MIE hopeful 101/3Extras5 (b 1, lb 2, w 2)TOTAL149/4 (18.5 Overs, RR: 7.91)Fall of wickets: 1-49 (Johnson Charles, 4.5 ov), 2-101 (Jason Roy, 12.3 ov), 3-101 (Matthew Wade, 12.5 ov), 4-124 (Tom Kohler-Cadmore, 16.1 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB AS Joseph 4 0 35 0 8.75 10 5 1 1 0 Muhammad Rohid 4 0 32 3 8 12 6 0 0 0 Fazalhaq Farooqi 4 0 27 1 6.75 12 3 1 1 0 AJ Hosein 2.5 0 35 0 12.35 3 3 2 0 0 Zahoor Khan 4 0 17 0 4.25 11 1 0 0 0
Match Details
Toss
Sharjah Warriorz , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Series result
Sharjah Warriorz advanced
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
6 February 2025 - night match (20-over match)
Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 48 runs, 2 wickets)
- MI Emirates: 50 runs in 6.2 overs (38 balls), Extras 0
- Strategic Timeout: MI Emirates - 56/2 in 7.0 overs (T Banton 18, N Pooran 20)
- Strategic Timeout: MI Emirates - 98/4 in 13.0 overs (BJ Jacobs 6, MDKJ Perera 1)
- MI Emirates: 100 runs in 13.2 overs (80 balls), Extras 2
- Over 14.3: Review by Sharjah Warriorz (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - AG Wharf, Batter - MDKJ Perera (Struck down)
- Innings Break: MI Emirates - 146/8 in 20.0 overs (AS Joseph 3, Zahoor Khan 2)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 58 runs, 1 wicket)
- Sharjah Warriorz: 50 runs in 5.1 overs (31 balls), Extras 3
- Strategic Timeout: Sharjah Warriorz - 64/1 in 7.0 overs (T Kohler-Cadmore 19, JJ Roy 6)
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 44 balls (T Kohler-Cadmore 24, JJ Roy 24, Ex 2)
- Sharjah Warriorz: 100 runs in 12.2 overs (74 balls), Extras 5
- Strategic Timeout: Sharjah Warriorz - 101/3 in 13.0 overs (T Kohler-Cadmore 34, TL Seifert 0)
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