on a short length around middle, and nudged behind to short fine leg to wrap the game for MIE, who win by 26 runs, and draw level against DC this season
MI Emirates vs DC, 4th Match at Abu Dhabi, ILT20, Jan 13 2025 - Ball by Ball Commentary
MIE get going this season to register their first points. DC, meanwhile, lose one after starting their campaign with a win against MIE. So the ILT20's off to a competitive start, but keep following the T20 action with the SA20, where MICT's Rabada and Linde break Paarl Royals' back in a chase of 173. Until next time, see you and take care!
Tom Banton is the Player of the Match: "It was obviously tricky... pre-game and before the first game we had a chat someone's got to bat through. I just took my time. When the ball was in my area, I looked to put pressure on the bowlers. It's my first year here - I was with MI Cape Town last year. Every game someone's got to put his hand up."
Nicholas Pooran, MIE captain: "It feels good. Nothing comes easy... it was really nice to put some runs on the board. That over Farooqi bowled turned the game for us. [On Tom Banton] Over the last couple of months, he has been batting fantastic. We know how talented [he is], and the amount of potential he has."
Sikandar Raza, DC captain: "I thought we pulled the game back nicely with the ball... 200 was looking on the cards. I thought that was fantastic. Momentum is a big thing in T20s. It hurts [with Hope having a scored and DC having lost]. Of course losing hurts all the time. It should have been Shai getting Man of the Match."
Time for the presentations
SMS: "What is the minimum runs a team scored in 20 overs with one batter scoring 100?" --- Sampath, our statsman, says Thisara Perera scored 103* out of Dhaka Capital's total of 153 only ten days back in the BPL
10.17pm With 66 runs left to get from 30 balls but with eight wickets in hand for DC, this game could have probably gone anywhere. Hope hit four and six, and you thought it was DC's; but three wickets fell off the next six legal balls, and you all but knew it would be MIE's. Hope ended with 101 out of his side's total of 161, but DC fell 26 short of MIE. Farooqi and Salamkheil led MIE's efforts with the ball, after Banton got 74, and Pooran pinged 59 with the bat. Join us for the presentation soon.
short in length, and just outside off. Pushed towards deep midwicket
another wide. This is on a short of a length around off, and cutting in to arrive outside leg, as Powell looks to swipe but misses
short ball around off, and shaping in to finish outside leg. Powell ducked to let it go. It is called wide for height, and not for line
much fuller, and toe-ended over mid-off for a single
he backs away to try and punch, but misses this quick delivery
Stone backs away early, and Joseph follows. He bowls shortish on the stumps, and gets it to finish outside leg, with Stone looking to jab and missing
on the bounce to long leg! Lovely sound off the bat, though. Short ball outside off from Joseph, and pulled hard and flat by Powell
Free hit
a high low full toss on the stumps. Powell goes pulling, but gets a top edge over the wicketkeeper. No-ball for being a full toss above waist
DC need six sixes off Joseph to win this
another yorker wide of off, as Stone looks to slap it away but misses
very full outside off, and sliced towards deep-backward point
missed by Pooran! A low full toss around off, and Powell went sweeping but got a top edge. Pooran had to moved well to his left, and he dived full stretch to end halfway towards short fine leg. But the ball landed wide of his gloves
ooh, a faint outside edge... but Powell reviews the out decision! The ball is angled in, and arrives full and wide outside off. Powell is standing leg side of the ball, and looks to loft it away from his body. The ball seams away a bit, and the third umpire, after looking at the meter, concludes that it was instead the bat hitting the ground. So the decision is reversed
quite full, and around sixth stump. Drilled to extra cover for another dot
very full, and angled into a wide line. It swings in nicely, before shaping away, as Powell looks to loft but misses
angles this in, and bowls very wide of off. Left alone by Powell
Zahoor returns
sharp short ball angling into arrive on leg, as Stone can only tap this down with his bottom hand off
Stone
taken at deep midwicket! Good little leap by Waseem there, as he took it with a reverse cup. Joseph bowled on a length, and outside off. Naib went heaving at it across the line, and although the sound off the bat indicated that the ball was travelling far, it had actually come off the inside half of the bat. So DC unravelling here, as MIE inch closer to a win
short delivery around sixth stump, and pulled to deep midwicket's left. Quick running gives them two
pumped back down the ground! Fuller ball around sixth stump from Joseph, and Naib, from deep in the crease, drives back aerially to beat Joseph to his right
Over 20 • DC 161/6
MI Emirates won by 26 runs