• BATSMEN
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    0.5 Wizardry from Willey! This was a perfect length, just enough to entice Smith to drive but still enough time to travel and get some movement. It shapes in on middle and then seams in just a touch. Smith goes for the drive, but plays all around it. Crashes into middle via the front pad 2/1
    3.2 Chipped straight to mid-off! Willey's pressure pays dividends here. This was a length, on the stumps. Not a special delivery by any means, as Vince backs away and looks to clatter down the ground but only manages to slice it straight to the man 21/2
    67
    48
    73
    6
    3
    139.58
    16.6 Khan gets the big wicket of Lynn! Polar opposite over to the last from Ali Khan and its pays off. Another yorker and this one, even though a low full-toss, is good enough to beat Lynn who has backed away too much on to the leg side. Crashes into the base of middle stump 132/4
    12.6 And Imad has struck on one leg! Cox, who has struggled to get going, sees this in the slot and goes for the slog sweep over deep midwicket. But this is into the wind and so it only goes as far as De Lange a few metres in from the boundary 93/3
    17.4 Bizarre dismissal! Usman clatters his off stump! This was a wide yorker. Usman is batting extremely deep in the crease and looks to get low and carve this away but is stopped abrupty as his whacks off stump with the swing of his bat 134/5
    19.2 Hetmyer cries out in frustration as he falls for the trap! Holes out at deep midwicket! This was another low full-toss just outside off. Hetmyer once more gets low and heaves this onside, but this time he doesn't get the distance and there's an extra man out on the leg side t 157/6
    not out
    6
    6
    13
    0
    0
    100.00
    not out
    1
    1
    2
    0
    0
    100.00
    Extras
    12 (lb 2, nb 1, w 9)
    TOTAL
    161/6 (20 Overs, RR: 8.05)
    Fall of wickets: 1-2 (Jamie Smith, 0.5 ov), 2-21 (James Vince, 3.2 ov), 3-93 (Jordan Cox, 12.6 ov), 4-132 (Chris Lynn, 16.6 ov), 5-134 (Usman Khan, 17.4 ov), 6-157 (Shimron Hetmyer, 19.2 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
    DJ Willey401814.50162030
    AD Russell403929.7574120
    Imad Wasim403127.7593100
    SP Narine402205.50110120
    M de Lange1017017.0031210
    Ali Khan3032110.6641211
  • BATSMEN
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    6.1 And the breakthrough comes straight after the strategic timeout! But Mujeeb looks almost sheepish having picked up a wicket here. This was a length ball sliding well down leg. Clarke however looks to glance it fine and gets a tickle through to the keeper 62/1
    11.4 Pepper drags it on! This was a length, but doesn't bounce as much as Pepper anticipates. Looks to pull and ends up under edging it on to the stumps. Gleeson lets out a roar 110/3
    10.6 Top edged and gone! Looks to swing this onside but Mujeeb has slowed it up. Is forced to reach for this and ends up skying it straight to Brathwaite at midwicket 106/2
    not out
    17
    16
    34
    1
    0
    106.25
    14.4 And does he have him this time? Yes he does! Again comes down the track and looks to loft it. Drakes run in from long-off and dives forward for the take. Drakes is unsure, as he has taken this just above ground. Does he have enough under the ball? Just the fingers according to the replay. And it gets the third umpire's okay! 122/4
    not out
    30
    13
    17
    1
    3
    230.76
    Extras
    27 (lb 12, w 15)
    TOTAL
    164/4 (18.2 Overs, RR: 8.94)
    Fall of wickets: 1-62 (Joe Clarke, 6.1 ov), 2-106 (Alishan Sharafu, 10.6 ov), 3-110 (Michael Pepper, 11.4 ov), 4-122 (Laurie Evans, 14.4 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
    RJ Gleeson403017.50124100
    DC Drakes2021010.5052120
    Mujeeb Ur Rahman3.203129.3083120
    CR Brathwaite2028014.0052140
    J Overton402506.25130210
    Zuhaib Zubair301715.6651000

Match Details

Toss

Abu Dhabi Knight Riders , 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

31 January 2024 - night match (20-over match)

Twenty20 debut

TV Umpires

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

Points

Abu Dhabi Knight Riders 2, Gulf Giants 0

Match Notes

International League T20 News

KnightRiders 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st62JM ClarkeMS Pepper
2nd44MS PepperA Sharafu
3rd4SR HainMS Pepper
4th12LJ EvansSR Hain
5th42AD RussellSR Hain

International League T20

TeamMWLPTNRR
MIE1064121.469
GG1064120.386
ADKR105510-0.084
DC105510-0.203
DV10468-0.01
SW10468-1.608