9.3 holes out to deep mid wicket! Vipers chip away again! This is slower and on a length wide outside off. Perera looks to swipe it over cow corner but cannot generate the power because of the lack of pace. Easy catch for Rutherford on the fence, and MI Emirates are losing momentum in the middle overs! 64/2

6.1 plumb with a capital P! Hasaranga with an instant impact! Googly floated up beautifully on a full length just outside off. Waseem has no clue about it and plays for the turn. The ball spins past his inside edge and raps him right in front. Hasaranga does not even look back at the umpire as he sets off on his celebratory run and Waseem, after chatting to Perera, decides against the review, which also seems like the right call. Vital breakthrough for the Vipers! 48/1

12.3 dropped - oh dear! But Banton has been run out - it is all happening here in Dubai! Slanted in full on middle and off. Pollard comes forward and pops it straight back to the bowler, who grasses a chance low to his right. Pollard, perhaps feeling the nerves, calls Banton through for the run, despite the ball within bounds of the cut strip, although it must be added that Banton was late to react as well. Hasaranga swoops in from extra cover, picks it up and throws down the stumps at the batter's end, with Banton just about in the frame. An excellent passage of play for the Vipers; not great from an MI Emirates POV! 86/4

12.2 caught on the fence! Ferguson takes out his opposite number! Full on the pads and Pooran's eyes light up. He thinks he can play his favourite pick-up stroke over deep square leg but he was always going to the longer side of the ground. Made decent contact but not decent enough to get it over Lawrence on the fence. Another regulation catch, and Ferguson is absolutely pumped! 86/3

18.6 cracked straight to deep mid wicket! Ferguson keeps banging it short and he keeps taking the pace off, meaning that Pollard has to muster all the power. He gets a fair chunk of it, but he also picks out Wood to absolute perfection. A sprightly cameo comes to an end, and now, someone else will have to take MIE to 150! 139/6

17.2 Mousley perishes! Payne digs it in short after seeing Mousley advance. The batter still has width to work with and tries to carve it over cover. Slices it a little too much, though, and he is subsequently unable to generate the requisite power. Straight to Lawrence at sweeper cover and MI Emirates lose their fifth! 123/5

16.6 Zahoor knocks over Fakhar Zaman! And the MI Emirates are still alive! Zipped in full on off. Fakhar gets his front foot out of the way and swings at it with all his might. Perhaps aims too square and misses the ball completely. Sees his off stump flattened moments later and Fakhar walks back for a well-made 67! 136/4

7.1 hot knife through butter! Fizzed through on a back of a length, pitching on off. Hales has no clue this is the conventional leg-spinner and leaves a huge gap between bat and ball. Gets cut in half and sees his middle stump knocked back soon after. What a beauty to begin his spell, and MI Emirates have finally broken this opening stand! 62/1

8.3 a fabulous grab, and MI Emirates have two wickets in quick succession! Back of a length in and around off. The ball stops in the surface and Lawrence, trying to knock it down the ground, ends up plonking it towards the bowler. Mousley leaps low to his right and picks it up inches off the turf. The Vipers are wobbling! 69/2

10.1 soft, soft dismissal! Pushed in full on the stumps. Azam, like Lawrence before him, wants to ease this down the ground for a single. All he manages, though, is a simple chip back to Mousley, who cannot believe his luck. Three wickets in quick succession, and MI Emirates are turning the screw now! 71/3

18.1 Curran bites the dust, and Zahoor has another! Full outside off and Curran thinks he can smash this downtown. The ball, though, is just full enough to disallow him from getting under it completely. Shanks it straight to Pollard, and MI Emirates keep on fighting! 147/5