Gulf Giants Vs Sharjah Warriors 14th Match 23 January 2023

14th T20 • Dubai International Cricket Stadium • Dubai

Sharjah Warriors

151/7 (20)

Gulf Giants

130/10 (19.4)

SWR won by 21 runs

Info

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Scorecard

Playing XI

Player of the Match Naveen ul Haq

5/38

Player of the Series Carlos Brathwaite

SWR

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Sharjah Warriors

151/7 (20)

Batters

Rahmanullah Gurbaz

75.00

c CA Lynn b D Wiese

Tom Kohler-Cadmore

180.00

c T Banton b RJ Gleeson

Dawid Malan

62.50

c S Hetmyer b S Sharma

Moeen Ali

133.33

c S Hetmyer b R Ahmed

Joe Denly

134.88

c D Wiese b C Jordan

Mohammad Nabi

125.00

c T Banton b C Jordan

Chris Woakes

44.44

c & b C Jordan

Noor Ahmad

166.67

Not out

Junaid Siddique

0.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 1, LB: 0, NB: 0, W: 0)

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 7.5)

151/7

Did not Bat

Naveen ul Haq, Muhammad Jawadullah

Bowlers

EXT

6.75

8.33

8.25

6.25

7.67

8.50

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Rahmanullah Gurbaz

c CA Lynn b D Wiese

1-12

2.2

Tom Kohler-Cadmore

c T Banton b RJ Gleeson

2-44

5.1

Dawid Malan

c S Hetmyer b S Sharma

3-50

6.2

Moeen Ali

c S Hetmyer b R Ahmed

4-87

10.5

Mohammad Nabi

c T Banton b C Jordan

5-127

16.1

Joe Denly

c D Wiese b C Jordan

6-145

19.1

Chris Woakes

c & b C Jordan

7-150

19.5

Gulf Giants

130/10 (19.4)

Batters

Rehan Ahmed

0.00

c JL Denly b C Woakes

James Vince

50.00

c TK Cadmore b N Haq

Chris Lynn

90.91

c C Woakes b N Ahmad

Tom Banton

50.00

c M Nabi b J Siddique

Aayan Afzal Khan

16.67

c TK Cadmore b C Woakes

Shimron Hetmyer

66.67

c Rahmanullah Gurbaz b J Siddique

Liam Dawson

42.86

c TK Cadmore b N Haq

David Wiese

120.69

c C Woakes b N Haq

Chris Jordan

142.31

c M Nabi b N Haq

Sanchit Sharma

75.00

Not out

Richard Gleeson *

0.00

b N Haq

Extras

(B: 1, LB: 2, NB: 0, W: 17)

TOTAL

(19.4 Ov, RR: 6.61)

130/10

Bowlers

EXT

Chris Woakes

2.75

Naveen ul Haq

3.4

10.36

Junaid Siddique

4.50

Noor Ahmad

8.00

Muhammad Jawadullah

7.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Rehan Ahmed

c JL Denly b C Woakes

1-0

0.4

James Vince

c TK Cadmore b N Haq

2-7

1.3

Tom Banton

c M Nabi b J Siddique

3-21

3.5

Aayan Afzal Khan

c TK Cadmore b C Woakes

4-22

4.5

Shimron Hetmyer

c Rahmanullah Gurbaz b J Siddique

5-26

5.3

Liam Dawson

c TK Cadmore b N Haq

6-30

7.1

Chris Lynn

c C Woakes b N Ahmad

7-71

12.1

David Wiese

c C Woakes b N Haq

8-98

16.2

Chris Jordan

c M Nabi b N Haq

9-130

19.3

Richard Gleeson

b N Haq

10-130

19.4

Match Info

Date & Time

23 Jan, 07:30 PM IST

Venue

Dubai International Cricket Stadium

Match

14th T20,

International League T20

Umpires

Akbar Ali (United Arab Emirates), Richard Kettleborough (England), Martin Saggers (England, TV)

Referee

Simon Taufel (Australia)

Toss

Gulf Giants elected to bowl

Player of the Match Naveen ul Haq

5/38

Player of the Series Carlos Brathwaite

Commentary

That's it from this one- thanks for joining me, Mohul Bhowmick and my partner Rajarshi Das. Until next time, goodbye!

Naveen-ul-Haq, player of the match: This is how cricket is- sometimes you bowl well but don't get wickets and somedays you are just lucky. I think that is how it was for me today. I felt well while I was bowling. I had a good time. Good result, and hopefully, we can carry this forward.

Moeen Ali, Sharjah Warriors' captain: Great win in the end. Woakes was outstanding tonight. Hopefully, we are peaking at the right time. Felt that today I was not needed to bowl. The ball was swinging around quite well early on.

James Vince, Gulf Giants' captain: Not really used to the conditions here. At the halfway mark, it seemed like we had a decent total. The ball swung a little less, and for not as long. 150-odd on this surface is not really ideal. A few soft dismissals at the top. We approach every game trying to win it. We have to move on fairly quickly.

Sharjah Warriors beat Gulf Giants by 21 runs!

Joe Denly 58 (43) | Chris Jordan 3/25
Tom Kohler-Cadmore 36 (20) | Chris Woakes 3/26

The Giants crumbled to the pressure put up by the bowlers of the Warriors. Wickets fell at regular intervals and this ensured that the former did not get going at all. Chris Woakes bowled a fantastic spell and made sure that the backbone of the Giants was broken in the early stages of this game.

Naveen-ul-Haq and Junaid Siddique too put up a stellar showing with the ball in hand, and ensured that the game went the way of the Warriors. Moeen Ali will be extremely happy with the way his team performed. Joe Denly scored an eventful half-century with the bat and made sure that the Warriors managed to score as much as they did.

All in all, this was a stupendous performance, and the Sharjah Warriors will be extremely pleased with the way they have outperformed the Gulf Giants here today in Dubai!

Ah, the game is wrapped up now!

19.4 Naveen-ul-Haq to Richard Gleeson, OUT, BOWLED HIM! That's the match for the Giants, the Warriors shock the table toppers! This was the slower one, pitched on a good length outside off stump, Gleeson was early onto his shot trying to fend it away, the ball sneaked past his bat and crashed into his off stump! The Sharjah Warriors are well and truly alive in this competition, they take this game by 21 runs!

Richard Gleeson b Naveen-ul-Haq 0 (1b 0x4 0x6)

Oops! Is this game gone from the Giants' grasp now? Superb few balls from Jordan.

19.3 Naveen-ul-Haq to Chris Jordan, in the airrrr....and Jordan departs! He tried for a long, long time, but he falls short! This was the slower one, pitched on a good length, cramping him for room, Jordan tried to clear long on but got too much height on this one, far more height than distance, and the man at long on stationed himself and took the catch!

Chris Jordan c Mohammad Nabi b Naveen-ul-Haq 37 (26b 2x4 2x6)

19.2 Naveen-ul-Haq to Chris Jordan, SIX again! Now then......Jordan's not giving up just yet! This was full, dished out in the slot, Jordan merely lofts this one with a straight bat, times it to perfection, and the ball flies into the gallery at long off again!

19.1 Naveen-ul-Haq to Chris Jordan, SIX, back of a length on off stump from round the wicket, Jordan stays deep in his crease, makes room for himself and flat bats this one into the stands at long off!

overs

118 /8 score

runs

Sanchit Sharma *

6 (8)

Chris Jordan

25 (23)

Junaid Siddique

2 /18

18.6 Junaid Siddique to Sanchit Sharma, slower one pitched on a good length outside off, Sanchit swings but is far, far from making contact with it. Mathematically, the game's almost out of the Giants' hands, 34 needed off the final over!

18.5 Junaid Siddique to Chris Jordan, full and straight, Jordan manages to drill this one down to the man at long off for a single

18.4 Junaid Siddique to Sanchit Sharma, slower one outside off, Sanchit bunts this one on the bounce to the man at cover, they hare through for a single

18.3 Junaid Siddique to Chris Jordan, right up there in the blockhole again, Jordan manages to get an inside edge to the left of Gurbaz, who dives to his left to make the stop, they get a single

18.2 Junaid Siddique to Sanchit Sharma, on the body, Sanchit dabs this one towards the leg side and gets a single

18.1 Junaid Siddique to Chris Jordan, back of a length on off, Jordan slaps it aerially towards the man at cover who doesn't go for the catch, gathers it on the bounce, they get a single

Junaid Siddique (3-0-13-2) comes back into the attack.

Things are only going downhill for the Giants here. However, is the incident with the bail telling us something? Is fortune turning in their favour at last?

overs

113 /8 score