3.6 Banton gobbles up the chance this time! Hope has been put out of his misery! Slower ball on a length just outside off. Hope thinks he can smash this over cow corner but the lack of pace means he drags it squarer than he would have wanted. That brings Banton into play, who covers ground from deep square leg and slides to his left to complete the catch. MI Emirates have something to show for the early pressure! 14/1

6.6 full, straight and the stumps go splat! Like a perfectly-guided missile. Rossington, after failing the previous ball, chances his arm with the scoop again. Gets into an awkward position and almost ends up helping it into his stumps. Rossington departs after a scratchy 16-ball 9, and the Capitals are in a spot of bother! 34/2

16.3 taken, eventually! And Farooqi has done McMullen all ends up here! Another slower ball bowled into the track outside off. The ball holds in the surface and McMullen, unaware of the variation, just dangles his bat, having waited an eternity for it. Chips it towards Waseem, who comes charging in from mid off and nearly drops it, only holding onto it one-handed on the second attempt! 107/4

10.1 And Zahoor into the wickets straightaway! He completely deceives Sikandar Raza. This is a slower ball, pitching on a back of a length outside off. Raza is a week early into the stroke and ends up spooning it straight down Banton's throat at long on. Excellent deception and by extension, an excellent outcome for MI Emirates! 54/3

18.1 cleans him up with a corker! Wasim Akram in the commentary box would have been proud of this. Angling into middle stump. Right under the bat and Powell cannot jam it out. Not many could have jammed it out, to be honest, and the Capitals lose another! 122/5

18.5 another high ball and this time, Shanaka perishes! Banged into the track outside off. Shanaka has a wild whoosh across the line and the ball goes nowhere. Pollard settles under it at extra cover and takes it. Third time lucky for the veteran and that is wicket no.4 on the night for Farooqi! 129/6

19.4 a run-out, and the wheels are falling off now! Full and wide again. McCoy cannot dig it out and Naib, watching this unfold from the other end, decides to take a chance. Bad idea. Very bad idea. Pooran collects cleanly, lines up his throw and hits the stumps at the batter's end, with Naib well short! 130/8

18.6 Farooqi gets five, and that is an emphatic end to an exceptional spell! Another heat-seeking missile, which has its eyes set on middle stump. Stone tries, rather ambitiously, to lap it away and that effort ends up in vain. Misses it completely and he hears the death artle soon after. Farooqi performs the Sajda in celebration and everyone on his team is thrilled to bits, as would be thousands of MI Emirates fans! 129/7

0.2 chopped on! What a start for the Capitals! Hard length just outside off. Bounces a little extra and Waseem cannot contend with it. He tries to play it with soft hands but the ball rolls off the splice and into the stumps. Stone is pumped, the Capitals are pumped - this is just what they would have wanted! 0/1

4.4 more catching practice, and MI Emirates are four down! Dug into the track outside off. Perera shapes for the pull and gets a decent chunk of it. The only problem, though, is that he hits it straight down Farhan's throat at deep backward square leg. The youngster got into a slight tangle but got his hands where they needed to be. McCoy among the wickets too, and MI Emirates in deep, deep trouble! 23/4

2.2 Stone has two, the Capitals have two, and MI Emirates are reeling early! Full just outside off, tempting and almost daring Fletcher to go downtown. He tries to do so but the ball comes off the inside half of the bat. Arrows towards Powell at mid on, who holds onto the chance smartly, high to his left! 4/2

3.6 straight to deep third! Farhan gets Banton! Hard length outside off. Banton looks at the width and throws his hands at it. Slices it, though, and he could not have picked out the fielder better. Farily regulation chance, and MI Emirates sink further into trouble! 17/3

17.3 Pooran skies it, and Pooran bites the dust! Now then. Now then! Slower ball on a length outside off. Pooran looks to smash this into next week and loses his shape, also because of the lack of pace. Goes a mile up and when it comes down, it lodges firmly in Stone's palms. Naib brings out his trademark bicep-flexing celebration, and the Capitals might still be in this! 120/6

15.2 caught in the deep this time! And Naib flexes his biceps in celebration! Banged into the track outside off. Hosein cannot get on top of it and swipes it tamely towards deep mid wicket. McMullen settles under it and makes no mistake. Is that the window of opportunity the Capitals were after, or is it too little, too late? 102/5

17.5 gloved and taken! Naib is turning this game around! Banged into the track on middle and leg. Climbs onto Josepha and gets very big on him. He tries to hook it away but all he manages is a glove through to the keeper. The Capitals are excited, and they perhaps sense a window of opportunity now! 120/7