Tossed up on leg, yanks his front leg out of the way and swung hard but hasn't got all of it, a simple catch for Muhammad Waseem at midwicket region. MI Emirates make it to the final with a domineering win!
MI Emirates vs Giants, Qualifier 1 at Dubai, ILT20, Feb 14 2024 - Match Result
Thank you so much, everyone, who followed the game and sent comments! We'll be back tomorrow for the second Qualifier. For now, on behalf of Binoy George, this is Rvel Zahid waving goodbye
Akeal Hosein, Player of the Match (2/13): I mean we have to do what we have to do, right? (on coming back from Australia to rejoin MI Emirates). Just about trying to get accustomed as fast as possible and put in as much recovery as possible on your off days. The last two games played here was maybe like 10 days ago, thought it would be a green surface...came today, first ball spun so I said I am going to run with that today.
That was a high-intensity game where MI Emirates strategically outsmarted Gulf Giants and exploited the conditions well by relying predominantly on spin. The decision from James Vince to bat first backfired as Emirates spinners spun a web around the batters. Viyaskanth, the supersub, took three wickets, Hosein struck on the first ball with a beauty to dismiss Vince, Rohid got one wicket, and Salamkheil, consistent as ever, chipped in with two scalps as well. DJ Bravo was economical with his bag of tricks; amazing how he is still going strong in this format. 164 wasn't an imposing total but enough on the wicket. One big knock from any of those top-order batters from Giants could have pushed the game closer, but it was not their day and their progress was beset by frequent loss of wickets. They'll have one more opportunity to make it to the final in the second Qualifier against Dubai Capitals tomorrow. That is the privilege of a side that finishes in the top two positions in this tournament.
Googly turning away outside off, Salamkheil drops the catch after his follow-through, it was firmly hit
Tossed up on off, tapped to extra cover and doesn't take the run
Launches miles into the night sky and lands to the left of Trent Boult at deep midwicket, massive hit but didn't get the distance
Bowls another wide outside leg stump
Low full toss dipping at leg stump, cloths it down to deep square's left
Flighted ball down the leg side, gotta reload, that was a flipper
Tossed on middle, lashes it down the ground and looks like it brushed Viyaskanth's fingertips
Tossed up on middle, down on one knee and pulled to midwicket
Prances down the track to manufacture his own length, worked down the ground to deep midwicket
Round the wicket again, tossed and turning away from off, blocked towards first slip
Tossed up on middle and off, scythes it to down the ground towards cover-point
Floats up a wrong'un on off, launches the ball straight into the hands of Trent Boult at long-off who hangs onto it brilliantly, Jordan's ebullience comes to end; was an entertaining knock! He swing big but couldn't control it well
Spanked with insolence over long-off for a six! In his hitting arc and he swings big down the ground, turning out to be a great came from Jordan
Length and turning away outside off, hits it with a lot of oomph through cover and a fumble at deep extra cover leaks a boundary
Over the wicket, tossed up on off, hangs back and is content to just guide it away towards long-off for a run
Oh, that's a pitch-perfect yorker on middle and off, digs it out back to the bowler and Bravo is having a friendly banter with Jordan; he's giving him a taste of his own medicine. Timeout
Over the wicket, shortish and held its line outside off, play and a miss, appeal from Bravo for a caught behind but nobody else is interested
Rams the wide yorker on fifth stump line, stabbed away to deep point
Fortuitous but they all count! Length and arcing away outside off, swings leisurely and gets a decent chunk of it, thick edge flies away to third man boundary
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Dubai International Cricket Stadium | |
Toss | Gulf Giants, elected to field first |
Series | |
Season | 2023/24 |
Player Of The Match | |
Series result | MI Emirates advanced |
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 | 14 February 2024 - night (20-over match) |
GG Player Replacement | Impact player: in, out (2nd innings, 0.1 ov) |
MIE Player Replacement | Impact player: in, out (1st innings, 19.6 ov) |
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Over 19 • GG 118/10