• BATSMEN
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    4.1 straight down deep backward square leg's throat! Half-tracker outside off and Munro's eyes light up. He absolutely smashes this but the only problem is that he hits it straight to Evans. Munro cannot believe what he has done; Little cannot believe his luck either. Second wicket for the Knight Riders in the powerplay! 44/2
    2.3 Willey has the last laugh! Length on leg stump and this seems to stick in the surface. Hales, trying to work to leg, closes the bat face early and the ball loops up off the leading edge for cover to gobble it up. Hales looked at the pitch immediately after, but for now, he has to walk back! 33/1
    7.2 goes straight up, and Imad gets Lawrence! Fired into the track on a length on middle and leg. Sticks in the surface. Lawrence, trying to hack it over cow corner, swings a tad early and skies it. The keeper calls for it early and gets the job done, eventually! 69/3
    13.6 Knight Riders go up in appeal again but it is turned down! Holds that wide line outside off. Hose, tired of that line, tries to manufacture something. Shapes for the reverse paddle and there is a noise as the ball passes the bat. Was it the bat hitting the ground, or did the ball graze the outside edge? We go upstairs to find out. There is a slight spike when the ball is next to the back of the bat, and Hose has to go! 126/4
    14.1 and Narine gets Hasaranga! Length delivery on leg stump, bowled from around the wicket to cramp the batter for room. Hasaranga looks to go over deep mid wicket nevertheless but cannot generate the power to clear Willey at deep mid wicket. A simple enough catch, and the Vipers have lost two in two! 126/5
    14.6 no need for DRS this time! Floated up full outside off. Rutherford is completely done in by the flight and has to reach out well in front of his pad to meet it. Cannot keep it down and offers the easiest of return catches to Narine. Might have curved back in late too, and this two-wicket over might just have tilted this game the Knight Riders' way! 127/6
    19.1 goes a mile up, and taken at mid off! Length on middle and off. de Leede tries to slog it over long on but loses his shape. Slices across the ball. Sharafu calls early at mid off, settles under it and does the rest! 151/7
    not out
    13
    13
    24
    1
    0
    100.00
    19.3 cleans him up! Excellent yorker that hones in on off stump. Amir, having backed away, throws his hands at it and misses it completely. The ball kisses the outside of off stump, and Ali Khan has three! 155/8
    not out
    5
    2
    3
    1
    0
    250.00
    Extras
    7 (lb 4, w 3)
    TOTAL
    164/8 (20 Overs, RR: 8.2)
    Fall of wickets: 1-33 (Alex Hales, 2.3 ov), 2-44 (Colin Munro, 4.1 ov), 3-69 (Dan Lawrence, 7.2 ov), 4-126 (Adam Hose, 13.6 ov), 5-126 (Wanindu Hasaranga, 14.1 ov), 6-127 (Sherfane Rutherford, 14.6 ov), 7-151 (Bas de Leede, 19.1 ov), 8-155 (Mohammad Amir, 19.3 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
    DJ Willey302418.0064000
    Imad Wasim4045111.2531310
    AD Russell301806.0072000
    JB Little2021110.5063100
    SP Narine402325.7581000
    Ali Khan402937.2593010
  • BATSMEN
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    1.2 Sharafu perishes! And the Cottrell salute is out! Back of a length just outside off. Sharafu continues swinging like a rusty gate and this time, the ball skews up off the leading edge. Mills at short third man camps under it and completes the catch! 4/1
    not out
    95
    50
    82
    5
    7
    190.00
    9.1 Mills breaks through! Full on off stump, and this seems to move away late. Might have been a change-up. Pepper tried to hack it over the on side but sliced across the ball. Skewed up off the leading edge and Munro did the rest at extra cover! 89/2
    10.1 and he gets Hain straightaway! Flighted on a length on middle and off. Hain makes room and tries to go inside out. Nowhere close to the pitch of the ball, though, and it spins past the bat, crashing into the stumps soon after. The Vipers are inching their way back into this contest! 91/3
    17.2 straight to long on! Back of a length outside off. Holds in the surface just a shade and meddles with Evans' timing, who was looking to slam it over long on. Clothed it in the end, and Hose was never going to drop that on the fence! 162/4
    not out
    4
    2
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    1
    0
    200.00
    Extras
    8 (lb 1, w 7)
    TOTAL
    166/4 (17.4 Overs, RR: 9.39)
    Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Alishan Sharafu, 1.2 ov), 2-89 (Michael Pepper, 9.1 ov), 3-91 (Sam Hain, 10.1 ov), 4-162 (Laurie Evans, 17.2 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
    Mohammad Amir403508.7593130
    SS Cottrell2024112.0050310
    PW Hasaranga403809.5063200
    TS Mills3.402125.72133010
    DW Lawrence201216.0060100
    BFW de Leede1022022.0004020
    Rohan Mustafa1013013.0011100

Match Details

Toss

Abu Dhabi Knight Riders , elected to field first

Player Of The Match

Season

Hours of play (local time)

14.30 start, First Session 14.30-16.00, Interval 16.00-16.20, Second Session 16.20-17.50

Match days

21 January 2024 - day/night match (20-over match)

Twenty20 debut

TV Umpires

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

Points

Abu Dhabi Knight Riders 2, Desert Vipers 0

Match Notes

International League T20 News

KnightRiders 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st4AGS GousA Sharafu
2nd85AGS GousMS Pepper
3rd2AGS GousSR Hain
4th71LJ EvansAGS Gous
5th4Imad WasimAGS Gous

International League T20

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