DC vs MI Emirates, Eliminator at Sharjah, ILT20, Feb 09 2023 - Match Result

RESULT
Eliminator (N), Sharjah, February 09, 2023, International League T20
(16.4/20 ov, T:152) 152/2

MI Emirates won by 8 wickets (with 20 balls remaining)

Player Of The Match
66* (36)
nicholas-pooran
Cricinfo's MVP
80.12 ptsImpact List
andre-fletcher
Match centre 
Scores: @Thilak_Rama | Comms: Andrew Miller
Scorecard summary
Dubai Capitals 151/5(20 overs)
2/19 (4)
2/20 (4)
MI Emirates 152/2(16.4 overs)
1/23 (3)
Cricinfo’s Most Valuable Players of the Match
PlayerTeam
TI
Runs
I. Runs
B. Impact
Bowl
I. Wkts
Bo. Impact
MIE80.1268(45)74.2580.12---
MIE77.7966(36)7077.79---
MIE75.8---2/192.3475.8
MIE60.47---2/201.7760.47
DC46.5651(43)49.7646.56---

9.41pm I would bring you the presentations, but it seems my feed is now showing La Liga highlights... them's the breaks. Anyhow, the long and the short of it is that Emirates will take on Gulf Giants in Dubai tomorrow, for the right to meet Desert Vipers in Sunday's inaugural ILT20 final. And on today's evidence, they'll proceed with oodles of confidence. From Miller, Thilak and Ekanth, good night!

9.29pm Well, that was clinical. A middling target of 152 was made to look about 50 runs shy of competitive. MI cruise home in exactly 100 balls, thanks to a West Indian third-wicket partnership of 104 from 65 balls between Fletcher and Pooran. Nothing much for Capitals to take home there. George Munsey made a battling fifty but his tempo always seemed too slow for the occasion, and once the newcomer Rashid Khan had claimed 2 for 20 in his first appearance in the competition, the rest was clinical. Think he's got a future, that lad.

Ishan: "How come Rashid Khan is playing for MI Emirates? Wasnt he the captain of MI Team in SA20? Then how is he allowed to play here? I mean can include anybody in the middle of the tournament?" I guess the clue is in the "MI" part of that statement... you pays the bills, you makes the rules

Asahel: "So pleasing to see two WI players rotating the strike every now and then and picking the balls to smash (something we never doubt)"

16.4
1
Akif Raja to Fletcher, 1 run

patted to mid-on off the back foot. And that is a very thumping win indeed

16.3
1
Akif Raja to Pooran, 1 run

finds the gap in the covers, just the single this time out to deep cover. Scores level...

16.2
Akif Raja to Pooran, no run

full toss, and somehow wriggles through from round the wicket, no contact on the flashing drive

16.1
1
Akif Raja to Fletcher, 1 run

back of a length, rolls the wrists on a pull to square leg

end of over 1610 runs
MIE: 149/2CRR: 9.31 RRR: 0.75 • Need 3 from 24b
Andre Fletcher66 (43b 4x4 4x6)
Nicholas Pooran65 (34b 3x4 5x6)
Hazrat Luqman 2-0-17-0
Akif Raja 3-0-18-0

And now they've called a Strategic Time Out... give me strength. Not a lot to discuss on this occasion. But the sponsors will be delighted

15.6
1
Hazrat Luqman to Fletcher, 1 run

full face of the bat, solid defence into the covers to keep the strike with three to win

15.5
4
Hazrat Luqman to Fletcher, FOUR runs

width this time, and flashed away through backward point! Easy pickings at that pace

15.4
Hazrat Luqman to Fletcher, no run

back of a length outside off, chopped to point off the toe of the bat

15.3
2
Hazrat Luqman to Fletcher, 2 runs

back of a length again, rolls the wrists on a firm pull to deep midwicket. Two more to take the target into single figures

15.2
1
Hazrat Luqman to Pooran, 1 run

outside off, thumped into the off side, another single for the miscue

15.1
2
Hazrat Luqman to Pooran, 2 runs

smashed off the back foot, and a fine tumbling intercept at wide long-on, more of a goalkeeper save than a piece of fielding

Luqman is back

end of over 159 runs
MIE: 139/2CRR: 9.26 RRR: 2.60 • Need 13 from 30b
Nicholas Pooran62 (32b 3x4 5x6)
Andre Fletcher59 (39b 3x4 4x6)
Akif Raja 3-0-18-0
Ravi Bopara 1-0-15-0

13 to win. All over in the next six balls? I wouldn't bet against it...

14.6
1
Akif Raja to Pooran, 1 run

flicked off the toes, yorker length, gathered at long-on

14.5
1
Akif Raja to Fletcher, 1 run

full face of the bat on a solid push to long-off

14.4
1
Akif Raja to Pooran, 1 run

round the wicket, dipping yorker, punched to long-off. Decent over so far in the circumstances, but they are very bleak circumstances...

14.3
1
Akif Raja to Fletcher, 1 run

Fletcher advances, the bowler sees him coming, bangs the ball in short, and gets deflected down to deep third instead

14.2
1
Akif Raja to Pooran, 1 run

shaping back in on a full length, poked to the off side

14.2
1w
Akif Raja to Pooran, 1 wide

bouncer, but too short. Reload! Way over Pooran's head, he barely needed to duck

14.1
2
Akif Raja to Pooran, 2 runs

round the wicket, hauled out to the leg side

14.1
1w
Akif Raja to Pooran, 1 wide

too much width outside off

end of over 1415 runs
MIE: 130/2CRR: 9.28 RRR: 3.66 • Need 22 from 36b
Andre Fletcher57 (37b 3x4 4x6)
Nicholas Pooran57 (28b 3x4 5x6)
Ravi Bopara 1-0-15-0
Jake Ball 3-0-23-1
13.6
Bopara to Fletcher, no run

attempted yorker, squeezed out to backward point. The end is nigh

13.5
6
Bopara to Fletcher, SIX runs

lumped through the line! Picked up on the good length, hard lines from Fletcher, back over the bowler's head and just over the rope

Best performances - batters
Spike Graph
Wagon Zone
ADS Fletcher
68 runs (45)
4 fours4 sixes
Productive shot
cut shot
15 runs
3 fours0 six
Control
78%
N Pooran
66 runs (36)
3 fours5 sixes
Productive shot
pull
26 runs
1 four3 sixes
Control
89%
Best performances - bowlers
TA Boult
O
4
M
0
R
19
W
2
ECO
4.75
FTYFGSGS
OFFLEG
RHB
1W
1W
LEGOFF
LHB
Rashid Khan
O
4
M
0
R
20
W
2
ECO
5
FTYFGSGS
OFFLEG
RHB
1W
LEGOFF
LHB
1W
Match details
Sharjah Cricket Stadium
TossMI Emirates, elected to field first
Series
Season2022/23
Player Of The Match
Series resultMI Emirates advanced
Match days9 February 2023 - night (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpire
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Language
English
Win Probability
MIE 100%
DCMIE
100%50%100%DC InningsMIE Innings

Over 17 • MIE 152/2

MI Emirates won by 8 wickets (with 20 balls remaining)
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