- BATSMENRB4s6sSR3.4 This time, the pull is edged straight to midwicket. Oh yeah, cross-seamer for the win, baby! 131ks but likely hit the seam and picked up pace off the pitch. Hurried the batter, who tried to whack it from around chest-height. 15/40.4 Boundary and gone. Amir bowls to his field and reaps reward/ Charles, for his part, took the chance and skied it to deep square leg. Was a length ball on leg to which he cleared the front leg and whacked. Vertical bat, high-powered swing, seemed to aim over midwicket, certainly over the boundary. Ball got height but went in Lawrence's direction. He went back and forth, got low and clasped it with both hands, which ensured ball didn't pop out of the right hand as it hit the ground 5/10.6 Softie! Spooned straight to point. All smiles from Amir and Co. Was a wide, full ball for which the flourishing cover drive seemed appropriate. Avishka got on one knee and tried to muscle it, but sliced it. Perhaps lack of pace off the pitch. Any which way, Warriors are two down after the first over 5/22.6 Three in two overs for Amir, could be a match-defining spell! He's using the pitch to his advantage. Bowls a three-quarter length on middle and leg, Mustafa tries to clip it through square leg. So, the bat-face closed fully and the ball didn't arrived later than he expected. Leading edge ballooned towards mid-off. Three fielders converged but Curran called and took it easily 15/310.1 Oh that is so very out! 81ks, short length even for a pacer, spins back in towards middle. Not sure if the googly was delivered without control or if Hasaranga just wanted it to be super-slow. Judging by the length, it was perhaps a case of the former but the direction was right. Seifert went square-on and wanted to muscle a pull, square of the wicket. Despite waiting, he was too early on the shot. Hit around the top of the pad, Hawk-Eye shows it'd go on to hit middle of middle 43/66.3 Knocked over, thanks for coming. Wells set up for the googly, tried to push it straight, but the length ball landed around middle and spun back in, went through the gap between bat and pad to rattle top of leg stump. Five down, seven overs, table-toppers might get the work gone quick tonight. 30/510.4 That looks out too. Stumping appeal, sent upstairs. Agar's back foot slid out after being beaten on the flick, he tried to plant it back in but the keeper whipped off the bails in no time and Hasaranga now has 300 T20 wickets. Loopy 82ks length ball landed around off and spun away as Agar tried to nudge it with a closed bat face. Went straight on actually 45/713.2 Ooh, nearly a run out, but was that out caught? Given out caught, Harmeet walks. The doubt was whether the ball hit bat or helmet but that was right off the bat's toe. Curran likely didn't see it in his follow-through but took the catch, ran towards the stumps as the batter ran back after taking off. Harmeet, in reflex, tried to run back, which created a bit of confusion. Was a short ball around shoulder-height, slowy. He tried to pull it but was too early into the shot 62/817.5 Back-of-hander is pulled straight to deep-mid. Lawrence did not have to move. Was a shortish slowy that angled in. Southee stood tall and swung across the line, decent connection but caught a foot or two in front of the ropes. On replay, it looks like the line made the difference. Southee tried giving himself room but the ball was outside off and he dragged it with limited power 85/919.1 Warriorz get close but don't bat out their innings. Amir, who started their misery, ends it. With a slower ball, which has been the order of the day, on this two-paced pitch. Was a length ball angling in towards fourth. Milne tried to lift a drive over cover but toed it to the infielder at cover. 91/10Extras3 (w 3)TOTAL91 all out (19.1 Overs, RR: 4.74)Did not bat: Junaid SiddiqueFall of wickets: 1-5 (Johnson Charles, 0.4 ov), 2-5 (Avishka Fernando, 0.6 ov), 3-15 (Rohan Mustafa, 2.6 ov), 4-15 (Tom Kohler-Cadmore, 3.4 ov), 5-30 (Luke Wells, 6.3 ov), 6-43 (Tim Seifert, 10.1 ov), 7-45 (Ashton Agar, 10.4 ov), 8-62 (Harmeet Singh, 13.2 ov), 9-85 (Tim Southee, 17.5 ov), 10-91 (Adam Milne, 19.1 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB Mohammad Amir 3.1 0 24 4 7.57 9 4 0 0 0 D Parashar 1 0 3 0 3 4 0 0 0 0 DA Payne 4 0 23 1 5.75 13 3 0 0 0 SM Curran 4 0 14 2 3.5 12 0 0 1 0 PW Hasaranga 4 0 10 3 2.5 16 0 0 0 0 LH Ferguson 1 0 5 0 5 3 0 0 2 0 DW Lawrence 2 0 12 0 6 2 0 0 0 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRB4s6sSRExtras1 (lb 1)TOTAL95/0 (10 Overs, RR: 9.5)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB TG Southee 3 0 27 0 9 4 4 0 0 0 AF Milne 2 0 11 0 5.5 9 1 1 0 0 Junaid Siddique 2 0 24 0 12 4 3 1 0 0 AC Agar 2 0 28 0 14 4 1 3 0 0 Harmeet Singh 1 0 4 0 4 2 0 0 0 0
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
22 January 2025 - night match (20-over match)
Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Desert Vipers 2, Sharjah Warriorz 0
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 29 runs, 4 wickets)
- Strategic Timeout: Sharjah Warriorz - 38/5 in 9.0 overs (TL Seifert 5, JJ Roy 5)
- Sharjah Warriorz: 50 runs in 11.2 overs (68 balls), Extras 2
- Over 12.5: Review by Desert Vipers (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - Aasif Iqbal, Batter - Harmeet Singh (Struck down - Umpires Call)
- Strategic Timeout: Sharjah Warriorz - 61/7 in 13.0 overs (JJ Roy 12, Harmeet Singh 11)
- Innings Break: Sharjah Warriorz - 91/10 in 19.1 overs (JJ Roy 30)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 50 runs, 0 wicket)
- Desert Vipers: 50 runs in 5.5 overs (35 balls), Extras 1
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 35 balls (Fakhar Zaman 33, AD Hales 16, Ex 1)
- Fakhar Zaman: 50 off 30 balls (6 x 4, 2 x 6)
- Strategic Timeout: Desert Vipers - 75/0 in 8.0 overs (Fakhar Zaman 54, AD Hales 20)
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