Tossed up slower through the air on leg, dabbed to square leg and jogs through a run to complete a comprehensive win over Knight Riders
KnightRiders vs Warriors, 25th Match at Abu Dhabi, ILT20, Feb 07 2024 - Match Result
Warriors won by 7 wickets (with 37 balls remaining)
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Sharjah Warriors coasted home by seven wickets and had a wonderful outing, but they might have left it too late in the tournament. Even though this win will give a lift to their net run rate, they'll be relying on other results to make it to the final four. Adil Rashid looks like the strongest candidate for the Player of the Match award; he picked 4/12 in his spell and brought the Knight Riders' innings to a grinding halt. Chasing the below-par target, Niroshan Dickwella and Liam Livingstone put any thoughts of a hiccup to bed by going hard in the powerplay, breaking the back of the chase
It hasn't spun like that in the entire tournament. We gave a good fight and didn't let them get away. We couldn't adjust fast, says Knight Riders captain Sunil Narine
Nice to bounce back, nice to win the toss and be able to react to how much it was spinning. We have got so many spin options, we even have five seamers so it was nice to get it right with the ball. We were just making sure we win, -2 was quite far away anyway (net run rate), says Sharjah Warriors captain Tom Kohler-Cadmore
Adil Rashid, Player of the Match: Felt pretty nice, seamers set up nicely which allowed me and rest of the spinners to come on our own. Fortunately for me and the team it worked well.
Floated up just outside off, made room to thwack a cut and gets an inside-edge that skews away towards fine leg
Lobbed up fuller right up the toes, a googly, punched to long-on
Drops short and gets it to turn back from outside off, makes room and fiercely spanks it away towards Bopara and it hit him on the left hand; he's getting some attention from the physio
Short and wide, slapped off the backfoot straight to cover
Tossed up gently on off, leans forward to defend, just a hit away from an emphatic win
Tossed fuller on middle, lunges forward and clips it away towards midwicket area
Touch short and room on offer, carves it away adeptly to deep point's right, allowed it to spin
Tossed up slower on middle, eased off the pads towards midwicket
Oh, that one moved back viciously and brought a smile on Narine's face, can't flick it away cleanly
Nicely lobbed up at a quicker pace targeting the pads, quickly whips it away to midwicket
Round the wicket, length outside off, scythes it away to deep point
Tossed up on a length and gets a hint of away shape, springs down the track and clubs it over long-off for a six
Dances down the track and calmly taps it uppishly into the covers
Length ball on middle and turning away from there, steps away to the on side and punches it to covers
Looped up fuller and angling into the pads, tucked away to midwicket and insouciantly walks through a run
Round the wicket, tossed up stumps to stumps line, dead bats it
Looped up, pitching just outside leg and then came back towards middle, takes the outer half of the bat and drops down at the vacant silly point area
Huge appeal for an lbw, umpire shakes his head, hits his pads and rolls over to square of deep third. They take the review, looked close. Looks to defend it to the off side, big gap between bat and pad. Pitching outside off, impact in line but missing the stumps, rose over the stumps
Lobbed up slower on a length around off stump line, mows it down in the V, long-off cuts it off
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Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi | |
Toss | Sharjah Warriors, elected to field first |
Series | |
Season | 2023/24 |
Player Of The Match | |
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 | 7 February 2024 - night (20-over match) |
ADKR Player Replacement | Impact player: in, out (1st innings, 17.1 ov) |
SW Player Replacement | Impact player: in, out (2nd innings, 5.3 ov) |
Umpires | Aleem DarDRS |
TV Umpire | |
Reserve Umpire | |
Match Referee | |
Points | Sharjah Warriors 2, Abu Dhabi Knight Riders 0 |
Over 14 • SW 95/3
Warriors won by 7 wickets (with 37 balls remaining)