BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Muhammad Waseem	c Holder b Sikandar Raza	51	26	46	2	4	196.15

Will Smeed	c Billings b Holder	5	6	9	1	0	83.33

Andre Fletcher †	c Powell b Akif Raja	30	18	25	3	2	166.66

Nicholas Pooran (c)	b Sikandar Raza	21	23	29	1	1	91.30

Ambati Rayudu	c & b Sikandar Raza	1	2	3	0	0	50.00

Tim David	c Holder b Chameera	27	22	44	0	2	122.72

Corey Anderson	c Billings b van der Merwe	1	2	4	0	0	50.00

Dwayne Bravo	lbw b Holder	2	4	4	0	0	50.00

Akeal Hosein	c Billings b Holder	7	15	16	0	0	46.66

Trent Boult	not out	6	3	8	0	1	200.00
Zahoor Khan	not out	1	1	1	0	0	100.00
Extras	(lb 2, nb 2, w 3)	7
TOTAL	20 Ov (RR: 7.95)	159/9
Fall of wickets: 1-7 (Will Smeed, 1.2 ov), 2-79 (Andre Fletcher, 6.5 ov), 3-103 (Muhammad Waseem, 9.3 ov), 4-105 (Ambati Rayudu, 9.6 ov), 5-120 (Nicholas Pooran, 13.4 ov), 6-123 (Corey Anderson, 14.2 ov), 7-126 (Dwayne Bravo, 15.1 ov), 8-140 (Akeal Hosein, 18.3 ov), 9-158 (Tim David, 19.5 ov) • DRS

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Dushmantha Chameera	4	0	26	1	6.50	15	2	2	1	0
19.5 to TH David, David departs! Full and speared into middle and off. David sits back in his crease, looking to hit the sightscreen. Slices across it a little too much, though, and Holder accepts the offering gleefully at long off!. 158/9
Jason Holder	4	0	36	3	9.00	12	1	3	1	1
1.2 to WCF Smeed, back of a length outside off. Shapes away and Smeed goes fishing at it. Gets a healthy outside edge that flies towards Billings, who takes a superb diving catch to his right. Billings was standing wide of first slip, and that is just the start the Capitals would have wanted!. 7/1 15.1 to DJ Bravo, Holder traps Bravo in front! Length on middle and off, and this seems to nip back sharply. Bravo is caught on the crease, perhaps expecting the short ball. Beaten for pace and by the movement and gets pinned, right in front. The umpire raises his finger and Bravo does not even bother with the review!. 126/7 18.3 to AJ Hosein, straight up, and taken at long on! Fullish on leg stump. Hosein opens up his stance and aims for the moon. Clinks it off the bottom part of the bat and Billings does the rest. MI Emirates slide further!. 140/8
Roelof van der Merwe	3	0	28	1	9.33	5	1	2	0	0
14.2 to CJ Anderson, Anderson bites the dust! Full on middle and leg, and this seems to cramp Anderson for room. He tries to heave it over cow corner but the lack of room, plus how full the ball was, meant that he could not get the elevation he was after. Arrowed it to Billings at deep mid wicket, who made no mistake!. 123/6
Paul van Meekeren	2	0	26	0	13.00	4	3	1	1	1
Akif Raja	3	0	20	1	6.66	5	0	1	0	0
6.5 to ADS Fletcher, holes out to long on! Hard length outside off. Fletcher advances and tries to smash it over long on. For a change, though, he miscues his shot, with the ball coming right off the toe-end. Powell settles himself and completes a regulation catch!. 79/2
Sikandar Raza	4	0	21	3	5.25	8	0	1	0	0
9.3 to Muhammad Waseem, Raza gets Waseem! Dangles the carrot outside off and Waseem bites. Tries to fetch it and go over long off but has to reach out too far. Shanks it off the toe-end and Holder does the rest standing at long off. Vital breakthrough!. 103/3 9.6 to AT Rayudu, the softest of dismissals! Length outside off and this seems to just hold in the surface a shade. Rayudu is too early into the stroke and all he does is offer the simplest of return catches to Raza! MI Emirates in a spot of bother now!. 105/4 13.4 to N Pooran, cleans him up with an absolute corker! Fired in on a length on off stump. Grips in the surface and straightens just a smidgen. Pooran plays for the ball coming in with the angle and watches in dismay as his off stump is uprooted. Massive, massive moment in the game!. 120/5

Dubai Capitals (T: 160 runs from 20 ovs)

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
David Warner (c)	c Zahoor Khan b Boult	1	7	12	0	0	14.28

Rahmanullah Gurbaz †	c Muhammad Waseem b Fazalhaq Farooqi	81	39	62	8	4	207.69

Jake Fraser-McGurk	c Anderson b Boult	54	25	43	4	4	216.00

Sam Billings	not out	13	17	26	0	0	76.47
Rovman Powell	not out	7	9	18	0	0	77.77
Extras	(nb 1, w 3)	4
TOTAL	16 Ov (RR: 10.00)	160/3
Did not bat: Sikandar Raza, Jason Holder, Rahul Chopra, Roelof van der Merwe, Akif Raja, Dushmantha Chameera
Fall of wickets: 1-15 (David Warner, 2.2 ov), 2-129 (Jake Fraser-McGurk, 10.4 ov), 3-140 (Rahmanullah Gurbaz, 12.2 ov) • DRS

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Trent Boult	4	0	23	2	5.75	11	2	0	0	0
2.2 to DA Warner, Boult rips out Warner! Back of a length in the channel. Shapes away late and squares Warner up completely. He dangles his bat and the ball flies off the outside edge towards short third, who snaffles it up. Just the wicket MI Emirates would have wanted early in the powerplay!. 15/1 10.4 to J Fraser-McGurk, straight to long off! In the slot outside off. JFM swings through the line and gets a decent piece of it too. The only problem, though, is that he cannot generate the elevation he is after. Anderson takes it reverse-cupped in front of his face. Take nothing away from this extraordinary knock, and it has put the Capitals on the cusp of victory!. 129/2
Fazalhaq Farooqi	4	0	39	1	9.75	9	1	3	2	0
12.2 to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Gurbaz falls for 81! Length delivery angled into the batter's pads. Gurbaz, having backed away, is cramped for room and cannot extend his arms fully. Cloths it a touch towards deep mid wicket, where Waseem runs to his left and completes a smart catch!. 140/3
Akeal Hosein	4	0	39	0	9.75	7	2	3	0	0
Zahoor Khan	2	0	35	0	17.50	1	5	1	0	1
Dwayne Bravo	2	0	23	0	11.50	2	2	1	0	0
Tim David	0	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0	1	0

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MI Emirates innings
Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 75 runs, 1 wicket)
Dubai Capitals Impact Player Subs: Ben Dunk, Vriitya Aravind, Max Holden, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Abdul Ghaffar, Kane Richardson and Haider Ali
MI Emirates Impact Player Subs: Kusal Perera, Asif Khan, Muhammad Rohid, Odean Smith, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Nosthush Kenjige and Jordan Thompson
MI Emirates: 50 runs in 4.6 overs (31 balls), Extras 5
2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 25 balls (Muhammad Waseem 32, ADS Fletcher 18, Ex 3)
Muhammad Waseem: 50 off 24 balls (2 x 4, 4 x 6)
Strategic Timeout: MI Emirates - 96/2 in 9.0 overs (Muhammad Waseem 51, N Pooran 4)
MI Emirates: 100 runs in 9.1 overs (56 balls), Extras 6
Strategic Timeout: MI Emirates - 126/6 in 15.0 overs (TH David 9, DJ Bravo 2)
MI Emirates: 150 runs in 19.2 overs (118 balls), Extras 7
Innings Break: MI Emirates - 159/9 in 20.0 overs (TA Boult 6, Zahoor Khan 1)

Dubai Capitals innings
Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 67 runs, 1 wicket)
Dubai Capitals Impact Player Sub: Jake Fraser-McGurk in for Paul van Meekeren (MI Emirates innings, 19.2 ov)
MI Emirates Impact Player Sub: Fazalhaq Farooqi in for Ambati Rayudu (MI Emirates innings, 19.6 ov)
Dubai Capitals: 50 runs in 4.5 overs (29 balls), Extras 2
2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 21 balls (Rahmanullah Gurbaz 19, J Fraser-McGurk 32, Ex 1)
Strategic Timeout: Dubai Capitals - 67/1 in 6.0 overs (Rahmanullah Gurbaz 32, J Fraser-McGurk 32)
J Fraser-McGurk: 50 off 21 balls (4 x 4, 4 x 6)
Dubai Capitals: 100 runs in 8.5 overs (54 balls), Extras 3
Rahmanullah Gurbaz: 50 off 26 balls (7 x 4, 2 x 6)
2nd Wicket: 100 runs in 44 balls (Rahmanullah Gurbaz 46, J Fraser-McGurk 54, Ex 2)
Dubai Capitals: 150 runs in 14.4 overs (89 balls), Extras 3
Strategic Timeout: Dubai Capitals - 159/3 in 16.0 overs (SW Billings 13, R Powell 7)
Over 16.0: Review by MI Emirates (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - RJ Tucker, Batter - SW Billings (Struck down)

MATCH DETAILS

Dubai International Cricket Stadium
Toss	Dubai Capitals, elected to field first
Series	International League T20
Season	2023/24
Player Of The Match	Sikandar Raza
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	20 January 2024 - night (20-over match)
MIE Player Replacement	Impact player: Fazalhaq Farooqi in, Ambati Rayudu out (1st innings, 19.6 ov)
DC Player Replacement	Impact player: Jake Fraser-McGurk in, Paul van Meekeren out (1st innings, 19.2 ov)
T20 debut	Rahul Chopra
Umpires	Rod TuckerDRS Ruchira PalliyagurugeDRS
TV Umpire	Leslie Reifer
Reserve Umpire	Ahmed Shah Pakteen
Match Referee	Simon Taufel
Points	Dubai Capitals 2, MI Emirates 0

Win Probability

DC 100%

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Over 17 • DC 160/3

DC won by 7 wickets (with 24 balls remaining)

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DC Innings

PLAYER NAME		R	B
DA Warner	caught	1	7
Rahmanullah Gurbaz	caught	81	39
J Fraser-McGurk	caught	54	25
SW Billings	not out	13	17
R Powell	not out	7	9
Extras	(nb 1, w 3)
Total	160(3 wkts; 16 ovs)

PLAYER NAME	O	R	W	Econ
TA Boult	4	23	2	5.75
Fazalhaq Farooqi	4	39	1	9.75
AJ Hosein	4	39	0	9.75
Zahoor Khan	2	35	0	17.5 (1 nb)
DJ Bravo	2	23	0	11.5
TH David	0	1	0	0

WKT	RUNS	PLAYERS
1st	15	David Warner	Rahmanullah Gurbaz
2nd	114	Rahmanullah Gurbaz	Jake Fraser-McGurk
3rd	11	Sam Billings	Rahmanullah Gurbaz
4th	20	Sam Billings	Rovman Powell

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TEAM	M	W	L	PT	NRR
MIE	10	6	4	12	1.469
GG	10	6	4	12	0.386
ADKR	10	5	5	10	-0.084
DC	10	5	5	10	-0.203
DV	10	4	6	8	-0.010
SW	10	4	6	8	-1.608

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