Statistics
Best performances - Batsmen
DW Lawrence
56(31) 6x4 - 2x6
Control %81%
- Productive Shot
- pull
- 13 runs
- 1x4 - 1x6
08/12Result
8th Match (N), International League T20 at Dubai, Dec 8 2025
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![Gulf Giants]( "Gulf Giants")
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![Desert Vipers]( "Desert Vipers")
179/9 (20 ov)
Player of the Match
08/12Result
8th Match (N), International League T20 at Dubai, Dec 8 2025
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![Gulf Giants]( "Gulf Giants")
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![Desert Vipers]( "Desert Vipers")
179/9 (20 ov)
Player of the Match
Match Centre
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
8 December 2025 - night match (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Desert Vipers 2, Gulf Giants 0
Scorecard Summary
GULF GIANTS 179/5 (20 OVERS)
- Rahmanullah Gurbaz41 (31)
- Pathum Nissanka56 (29)
- Noor Ahmad2/47 (4)
- Khuzaima Tanveer2/23 (4)
DESERT VIPERS 179/9 (20 OVERS)
- Dan Lawrence56 (31)
- Sam Curran44 (36)
- Azmatullah Omarzai4/32 (4)
- Nuwan Thushara2/33 (4)
Scorer: Harshith Gowda | Commentator: Shashwat Kumar
END OF OVER:1 | GG: 8/0
Dan Lawrence, Player of the Match: (On if he decided to attack from the first ball) No, not really. It was a bit of panic stations. Dawson bowled a couple of good overs. Then thought I have to go, and fortunately it came off. I did not feel calm at the start. We needed 12.5 an over on a slow surface. One of those pitches, once you got in, it was nice to bat on. We have played a lot of games and good that we are on a winning run.
Sam Curran, Desert Vipers captain: (On Vipers leaving things late) Has been the trend recently, but not complaining - three from three (smiles). Both games, needing 30 off 12 and somehow, done it. The way they bowled in the powerplay, they bowled really well. Couple of nice partnerships through the middle. Couple of nice hits (in the Super Over) by Dan. (On Tanveer) He is working really hard on his batting in the nets. To hit six off one and to bowl really well, really good signs. Still think we can do fractionally better with the bat. Early wickets, has been tough to rebuild (from that).
Moeen Ali, Gulf Giants captain: (On if they had it in the bag) Just made a couple of mistakes at the wrong time and allowed them to get back in the game. Just when we needed a couple of good balls, gave them (one to hit). Game is never over until it is over. There is so much good hitting now. Never safe with one side smaller than the other. Great game of cricket and one of those we could have easily won.
10:51pm Phew. Some game, wasn't it? It seemed the Giants had it under control but a salvo at the death salvaged a tie for the Vipers. Hetmyer and Lawrence then ransacked 13 off the Super Over and the Giants, hamstrung (literally perhaps) by Nissanka's absence, just could not muster the requisite firepower to chase that down.
Given how far ahead they seemed at one stage, the Giants will feel they have let one slip. The Vipers were not perfect today but like in each game previously this season, they found a way to get past the finish line. And they now end this evening at the top of the table and as the only side to boast an unbeaten record this season.
0.7
1
Naseem Shah to Ali, 1 run, And the Vipers win, finally! It seems like an age ago when the game got tied, but the Vipers have done just enough at the very end to clinch a thriller! Very full delivery wide outside off. Moeen peels the outer cover off the ball but only scythes it on the bounce to deep backward point. The Vipers are thrilled to bits. The Giants, not quite. But everyone who witnessed this game will go home happy because this was a proper humdinger!
0.6
1
Naseem Shah to Moores, 1 run, Not quite a yorker outside off but this low full toss is still tough to get under. Moores clinks it off the toe-end and jams it towards long off
7 needed off 2 now. Moores, eyeing a redemption arc, on strike
0.5
1
Naseem Shah to Ali, 1 run, low full toss outside off. Moeen keeps swinging but cannot get it near the middle of the bat. Slices it towards sweeper cover and has to settle for a single
0.4
2
Naseem Shah to Ali, 2 runs, full and wide again. Moeen cannot quite get under it but still throws everything at it. Slices it towards deep point and gets two for his toil
0.3
2w
Naseem Shah to Moores, 2 wides, Slower ball hung up a mile outside off. Moores swishes at it and misses. The ball bobbles through to Gous and that is Moeen's cue to pinch an extra run
0.2
1
Naseem Shah to Ali, 1 run, Another full toss outside off but this is not as high as the previous one. Near the thigh and Moeen cloths it to long off
0.1
0
Naseem Shah to Ali, no run, Full and wide outside off. Moeen jams down on it and the ball seems to scrape the outside edge through to the keeper. Gous appeals, perhaps forgetting that this was a Free hit. But hang on. There is no bat involved, and the ball was beyond the tramlines too. Wide not called, though. Interesting…
0.1
1nb
Naseem Shah to Ali, 1 no ball,
10:38pm And the Giants batters finally make their way out. With a surprise too. Moeen and Moores will be opening the batting. Omarzai was stood on the stairs with his full gear on, which indicates that Nissanka might not be batting. Is he battling an injury? Also, there is still some confusion and plenty of chatting between the umpires and Curran. Might have been something to do with which end the Vipers need to bowl from. Naseem was stood at the other end and has now been called over to the right end. All happening...
END OF OVER:1 | DV: 13/1
10:34pm A pretty handy score to have for the Vipers. But they will have to bowl well. Early signs are that Naseem might be trusted with that responsibility. The Giants do have a lot of firepower and Nissanka, in particular, has been in splendid touch.
And we have another little delay now. This Super Over has taken a LONG time to materialize. Not sure that should ideally be the case. Vince is now chatting to the fourth umpire. Vince, remember, is not a part of this game anymore having been substituted.
0.6
W
Thushara to Lawrence, OUT, Lawrence holes out, and the Vipers finish their Super Over with 13! Slanted in full on leg stump. Lawrence wants to smash this over the batter's head but the bat face opens upon contact. A bit of a slice in the end and Dawson tears in from long off and then lunges forward to snare the chance smartly!
DW Lawrence c Dawson b Thushara
0.5
6
Thushara to Lawrence, SIX, Fetch that, says Dan Lawrence! Back of a length outside off and this sits up to be hit. Lawrence obliges and with a solid base established from deep within the crease, he pounds it over long on!
0.4
2
Thushara to Lawrence, 2 runs, Sizzling yorker tailing into the pads. Lawrence rolls his wrists and helps it behind square for a couple of runs
0.3
2
Thushara to Lawrence, 2 runs, Back of a length outside off. Lawrence sits deep in his crease and heaves it across the line towards deep mid wicket
0.2
1lb
Thushara to Hetmyer, 1 leg bye, massive lbw shout, and this is very close! Giants review! Zipped in very full. Slightly marginal on whether it pitched on leg stump, but Hetmyer does walk across his stumps a fair bit before swinging and missing. Key question is where the ball pitched because it did seem to be heading into the stumps. Thushara was adamant he had his man. But Ball Tracking says the ball pitched a smidgen outside leg. Hetmyer survives!
0.1
2
Thushara to Hetmyer, 2 runs,
10:25pm Right. We are finally getiing underway after what seems like an eternity. Thushara to bowl the Super Over. Hetmyer is one of the batters, and Lawrence, unsurprisingly, is the other.
END OF OVER:20 | DV: 179/9 (1 run required, RR: 8.95)
10:21pm Hetmyer and Lawrence are indulging in some stretching, and they could be two of the three Vipers batters that might feature. James Foster, the Vipers head coach, is engaged in some discussion with the umpires. Not sure what that is about, but it is delaying proceedings a touch. And those chats are still ongoing. We really should have gotten cracking by now.
10:17pm Wow. What a game. And we are still not done yet. This game had everything. The Vipers were rocked early and were drifting out of the game until Lawrence and Curran got together. The former did the bulk of the heavy lifting but perished before the end, meaning the rest then had to set up with cameos, and that they did.
The Giants will look back at the five wides they conceded in the penultimate over as a possible turning point. Prior to that, they had held their nerve, with Omarzai the pick of the bowlers. But those extra runs conceded at the end means that they now have to navigate through a Super Over to ensure that their record remains spotless.
19.6
W
Azmatullah Omarzai to Aravind, 2 runs, OUT, oh my - we are going to have a Super Over! What drama in Dubai, and an ILT20 game, for the first time ever, will be decided in the Super Over! Shortish again, on middle and off. Aravind backs away and lofts it over extra cover. Mid off hunts it down and ensures the third is not on. Not entirely sure if the batters could have gone for the third anyway, but we do end up with the scores tied, and with no winner yet!
Naseem Shah run out 2 (3b 0x4 0x6) SR: 66.66
3 off 1. Super Over seems like the likeliest outcome at this stage
19.5
1
Azmatullah Omarzai to Naseem Shah, 1 run, safe! Dug into the track on middle and off. Naseem has a huge mow at it but cloths it terribly. On the bounce to long on. Just a single
4 off 2. Super Over, anyone?
19.4
1b
Azmatullah Omarzai to Aravind, 1 bye, hard length, slanting into leg stump. Aravind backs away, swishes and misses. Moores gets something behind it but the collection is not clean, meaning the Vipers sneak in a bye
19.3
2
Azmatullah Omarzai to Aravind, 2 runs, zipped in on a length on middle and off. Aravind backs away and chips it over extra cover. Enough to mid off's left too and the batters dash back for two
Right. What do you have up your sleeve here, Vriitya Aravind? 7 off 4
19.2
W
Azmatullah Omarzai to Khuzaima Tanveer, OUT, Gurbaz charges in, and Gurbaz takes the catch! Yet another twist in this contest! Slower bumper wide outside off and Tanveer sees his name up in lights. Tries to finish off this contest with one blow but he loses his shape in the process. An ungainly tug in the end and Gurbaz, originally stationed at long on, sprints in like there is no tomorrow. Throws himself at the ball and makes it stick. Vipers eight down now, but still seven away!
Khuzaima Tanveer c Rahmanullah Gurbaz b Azmatullah Omarzai 7 (3b 0x4 1x6) SR: 233.33
7 off 5 and this is the Vipers' game to lose now
19.1
6
Azmatullah Omarzai to Khuzaima Tanveer, SIX, right out of the screws! Bring out an airplane to fetch that one! Slot ball on middle and off, and Tanveer climbs into it. Even that would be an understatement, to be fair. Clears his front leg and clatters it a mile over deep mid wicket. Does not even look up to see where the ball has gone, because he knew how pure the connection was!
Over 40 of 40. 13 off 6. Tanveer can find the fence. Do the Giants have enough still to play with? Omarzai to bowl
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