- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR0.3 Gone! What a start for Farhan Khan. A beauty this is. He bowls right into the grass to extract that lateral movement, pitches it on good length outside off and forces Gurbaz to drive. He ends up getting a thick edge to keeper. Excellent start for Capitals 2/18.6 Naib gets the breakthrough! Leg cutter from around the wicket with no pace on it, angling away, Hales looks to hit this across but there's no timing on it. It goes up and up and straight into the hands of Naib! 100/210.1 Holden departs! Fuller outside off, googly, he gets down on one knee and looks to hit this big but comes off the edge. Goes high in the air before Naib, who runs in a few yards, completes the catch from long on 107/319.1 Chameera strikes first ball! Good running catch from Shanaka. Full length ball outside off, Lawrence slices this one towards deep point where Shanaka takes a good catch 173/715.6 It's Naib again! Catch number three for him. Fuller, quicker, around off stump, Curran tries to go big but his bat turns and he ends up holing out to Naib at extra cover 150/417.4 Rutherford gone! This time straight into the hands of Billings. Full length ball pitched outside off, Rutherford miscues it to long on 160/518.1 Naib takes two! Fuller around middle stump, slow delivery, Hasaranga is cramped for room. He ends up heaving it straight to Qais at long off 163/6Extras4 (b 1, lb 1, nb 1, w 1)TOTAL189/7 (20 Overs, RR: 9.45)Fall of wickets: 1-2 (Rahmanullah Gurbaz, 0.3 ov), 2-100 (Alex Hales, 8.6 ov), 3-107 (Max Holden, 10.1 ov), 4-150 (Sam Curran, 15.6 ov), 5-160 (Sherfane Rutherford, 17.4 ov), 6-163 (Wanindu Hasaranga, 18.1 ov), 7-173 (Dan Lawrence, 19.1 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB Farhan Khan 2 0 16 1 8 5 2 0 0 1 OC McCoy 4 0 45 1 11.25 5 4 2 0 0 PVD Chameera 4 0 41 1 10.25 7 4 2 1 0 Sikandar Raza 1 0 20 0 20 1 0 3 0 0 Qais Ahmad 4 0 29 2 7.25 10 1 2 0 0 Gulbadin Naib 3 0 25 2 8.33 4 3 0 0 0 Haider Ali 2 0 11 0 5.5 3 0 0 0 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR9.1 Cleaned him up! Ferguson's slow yorker does the trick. It drifts in late to disturb Rossington stumps who is late to the shot 67/26.4 Hasaranga strikes! Full length delivery, pace off, pitched just around off stump, Hope doesn't middle this one, lofts it towards long off where Khuzaima takes a clean catch 51/119.5 Gone! Outstanding catch from Lawrence. It's a full ball wide of off, slower ball, Naib hits this straight towards mid off where Lawrence dives to his right and completes the catch 189/512.6 Billings is run out and he is furious! Short ball outside off, he goes back and drags this to deep midwicket. Naib wants a second run and is halfway down the pitch. Billings hesitates and then takes off but is too late to get to the crease at striker's end. A 50-run stand is broken 117/317.4 wide line has worked! Payne gets the crucial breakthrough. It's a length ball with no pace on it, he shuffles and looks to hit this across but it comes off the edge to Amir at short third! 164/4Extras4 (lb 2, w 2)TOTAL193/5 (20 Overs, RR: 9.65)Fall of wickets: 1-51 (Shai Hope, 6.4 ov), 2-67 (Adam Rossington, 9.1 ov), 3-117 (Sam Billings, 12.6 ov), 4-164 (Rovman Powell, 17.4 ov), 5-189 (Gulbadin Naib, 19.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB Mohammad Amir 3.1 0 36 0 11.36 7 6 1 0 0 DA Payne 4 0 31 1 7.75 12 4 0 1 0 SM Curran 4 0 44 0 11 5 6 1 0 0 LH Ferguson 3.5 0 32 2 8.34 10 4 0 1 0 PW Hasaranga 4 0 40 1 10 8 5 1 0 0 Khuzaima Tanveer 1 0 8 0 8 3 0 1 0 0
Match Details
Toss
Dubai Capitals , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Series result
Dubai Capitals advanced
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
5 February 2025 - night match (20-over match)
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 64 runs, 1 wicket)
- Desert Vipers: 50 runs in 4.5 overs (30 balls), Extras 1
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 27 balls (AD Hales 33, MDE Holden 16, Ex 1)
- AD Hales: 50 off 25 balls (5 x 4, 4 x 6)
- Strategic Timeout: Desert Vipers - 84/1 in 7.0 overs (AD Hales 64, MDE Holden 18)
- Desert Vipers: 100 runs in 8.5 overs (54 balls), Extras 1
- Strategic Timeout: Desert Vipers - 129/3 in 14.0 overs (DW Lawrence 14, SM Curran 10)
- Desert Vipers: 150 runs in 15.4 overs (95 balls), Extras 2
- Innings Break: Desert Vipers - 189/7 in 20.0 overs (Khuzaima Tanveer 15, LH Ferguson 0)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 47 runs, 0 wicket)
- Dubai Capitals: 50 runs in 6.1 overs (37 balls), Extras 1
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 37 balls (AM Rossington 32, SD Hope 17, Ex 1)
- Strategic Timeout: Dubai Capitals - 61/1 in 8.0 overs (AM Rossington 39, Gulbadin Naib 3)
- Dubai Capitals: 100 runs in 12.1 overs (73 balls), Extras 2
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 23 balls (Gulbadin Naib 12, SW Billings 38, Ex 0)
- Over 15.5: Review by Desert Vipers (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - RSA Palliyaguruge, Batter - R Powell (Struck down)
- Strategic Timeout: Dubai Capitals - 146/3 in 16.0 overs (Gulbadin Naib 32, R Powell 13)
- Dubai Capitals: 150 runs in 16.1 overs (97 balls), Extras 2
- Gulbadin Naib: 50 off 32 balls (6 x 4, 1 x 6)
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