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DUBAI CAPITALS 104 (18.2 OVERS)
- Roelof van der Merwe21 (14)
- Sikandar Raza22 (25)
- Daniel Sams3/28 (4)
- Maheesh Theekshana4/20 (4)
SHARJAH WARRIORS 105/1 (13.1 OVERS)
- Johnson Charles*43 (33)
- Niroshan Dickwella37 (30)
- Dushmantha Chameera0/21 (2)
- Haider Ali1/21 (4)
Scorer: @Thilak_Rama | Commentator: Rvel Zahid
And that brings the curtain down on the 14th game of ILT20. Join us tomorrow for the match between Desert Vipers and MI Emirates in Dubai but for now, from Rvel Zahid and our scorer Thilak Ramamurthy, it's goodbye and thank you for joining us!
David Warner, Dubai Capitals Captain: We weren't good enough with bat again, wicket played little bit different to what we thought, got to give credit to how the bowled, executed very well but we got to be better with the bat....our shot selection was not good enough, we know the Dubai surface better. We were little bit conservative, they are allowed to bowl good balls but I think we lacked intent
Tom-Kohler-Cadmore, Sharjah Warriors Captain: Bowlers made our job easier, it's not the easiest pitch to play spin, Watt bowling three overs in the powerplay wasn't easy, but he got them right behind in the run rate. Everyone chipping in (batting) Guptill is okay, he will get scans and get checked out, he looks optimistic which is good.
Mahsesh Theekshana, Player of the Match: After the powerplay, Watt bowled three overs and got momentum, I wanted to bowl more dot balls and built pressure, bowled wicket to wicket, surface was little bit slower, got little bit turn but not much. I think because we've got experienced players like Woakes and Sams, so we are performing as a team and our performances were good collectively. In Abu Dhabi, I was bowling at the T10 and bowled in T20 World Cup 2021, I know the wickets.
Sharjah Warriors win by nine wickets in a completely one-sided affair. Dubai Capitals just couldn't get accustomed to the conditions and got bowled out for a paltry 104, which proved to be a walk in the park affair for Warriors. This resounding win will give them a massive boost to their NRR. The David Warner-led side will go back to the drawing board and see where it went wrong. It was a mighty powerful bowling display from Warriors and as a result of that, they made life easier for the batters, who weren't perturbed in pursuit of 105. Charles slammed 43, and Denly got 23 to cap off an easy win. Can't really blame Capitals' bowlers, who had a low total to defend. Theekshana had a ball today and nearly picked up a fifer; he mixed it up really nicely and exploited the conditions superbly. Sharjah win their third and jump to No.2 on the points table and Capitals plunge to No.4 after a crushing defeat
Akif into the attack, packed off-side field
END OF OVER:13 | 7 Runs | SW: 104/1 (1 run required from 42 balls, RR: 8.00, RRR: 0.14)
- Joe Denly23 (16b)
- Johnson Charles42 (32b)
- Haider Ali4-0-21-1
- Roelof van der Merwe2-0-21-0
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