Player of the Match
Player of the Match

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Best performances - Batsmen

ADS Fletcher
ADS Fletcher
68(45) 4x4 - 4x6
Control %77%
  • Productive Shot
  • cut shot
  • 15 runs
  • 3x4 - 0x6
5 0 8 11 2 22 13 7
N Pooran
N Pooran
66(36) 3x4 - 5x6
Control %89%
  • Productive Shot
  • pull
  • 26 runs
  • 1x4 - 3x6
1 0 7 6 31 4 12 5

Best performances - Bowlers

TA Boult
TA Boult
O4
M0
R19
W2
Eco4.75
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
Rashid Khan
Rashid Khan
O4
M0
R20
W2
Eco5.00
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W

Scorer: @Thilak_Rama | Commentator: Andrew Miller

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
0
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:
16 | 10 Runs | MIE: 149/2 (3 runs required from 24 balls, RR: 9.31, RRR: 0.75)

  • Andre Fletcher66 (43b)
  • Nicholas Pooran65 (34b)
  • Hazrat Luqman2-0-17-0
  • Akif Raja3-0-18-0

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

International League T20 News

MI Emirates 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st2ADS FletcherMuhammad Waseem
2nd46ADS FletcherLJ Tucker
3rd104ADS FletcherN Pooran

International League T20

TeamMWLPTNRR
GG1071161.258
DV1073140.399
MIE1054111.059
DC10459-0.386
SW10367-0.522
ADKR10183-1.784