Sharjah Warriors’ Naveen-ul-Haq’s five-wicket spell wrecks table toppers Gulf Giants’ batting for a stunning second win
By K.R. Nayar
Chief Content Writer, DPWorld ILT20
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Dubai. Medium pacer Naveen-ul-Haq’s deadly spell of 5 for 38 wrecked table toppers Gulf Giants’ batting to help Sharjah Warriors record a stunning 21-runs victory in the 14th match of the DP World ILT20 at the Dubai International Stadium on Monday night. Naveen-ul-Haq was backed by Chris Woakes (2 for 11) and Junaid Siddiqui (2 for 18). They all bowled with clinical accuracy and bowled out Gulf Giants for 130 in 19.4 overs.
Naveen Ul Haq... deadly five-wicket spell
Sharjah had posted only a moderate
total of 151 for 7 in 20 overs. They came into this match defeating Dubai
Capitals and thus recorded their second win while Gulf Giants’ four match
winning streak came to an end. Despite the defeat Gulf Giants remains on top
of the table and Sharjah is now in the fourth slot.
Despite heavy rains toss and match takes place on time
It
was surprising that despite the heavy rains till one hour before the start, the
match could commence on time. It was mainly due to Dubai International
Stadium’s superb drainage system. The result of the match was even more
surprising. For Sharjah Warriors Joe Denly top scored with 58 runs off 43 balls
with four boundaries and two sixes. Chris Jordan had bagged three wickets for
25 runs to restrict the run flow.
Joe Denly... valuable half century
Gulf
Giants won the toss and elected to bowl. Sharjah opener Rahmanullah Gurbaz got
out to the second ball of the third over, hitting David Wiese high to Chris
Lynn at deep backward square for 8. Opener Tom Kohler-Cadmore, with scores of
55 and 106n.o from his last two matches, hit Wiese for a six over square leg
and then hit two consecutive sixes off Sanchit Sharma in the fourth over.
Richard Gleeson struck in the sixth over to take the prize wicket of
Kohler-Cadmore for 36. Going for a pull he gloved the ball to wicketkeeper Tom
Banton. His 20-ball knock had two fours and three sixes.
Gulf Giants fans cheer
Sharjah
lost their third wicket at the score on 50 in 6.2 overs when one-drop Dawid
Malan flicked Sharma to Shimron Hetmyer at deep backward square for 5. Skipper
Moeen Ali and Joe Denly began the damage control. Chris Jordan bowled a tight
eighth over giving away just four runs. Denly hit Rehman Ahmed for a six over
the bowler’s head in the ninth over. Ali too hit a six off Wiese over long-on
and by the half way mark, Sharjah were 78 for 3. In the 11th over, Ahmed
removed Ali caught by Hetmyer at deep mid-wicket for 16. This squashed
Sharjah’s chances of a big score.
UAE's Sanchit Sharma in action
Mohammad
Nabi joined Denly and the score reached the 100 run mark in 13 overs. In the
17th over Sharjah lost Nabi to Jordan for 20 after he had added 40 runs in 32
deliveries with Denly for the fifth wicket. Denly continued to hit freely and
reached his half century in 37 balls. Jordan had Denly hit straight to Wiese at
long off to the first ball of the last over for 58 and also had Chris Woakes
caught and bowled for 4 to the fifth ball. In the last five overs, Sharjah
could score only 33 runs and posted 151 for 7.
Cream of Gulf Giants batting wiped off
Chris Woakes gave Sharjah a brilliant start by having opener Rehan Ahmed on 4, slice to Denly at backward point to the fourth ball of the first over. Naveen inflicted another big blow on Gulf Giants by dismissing skipper James Vince caught at first slip by Kohler-Cadmore for 1. In the fourth over, UAE’s Junaid Siddiqui struck to have Tom Banton drive in the air to Nabi at mid-off for 5. When Woakes struck again in the fifth over to have Afzal Khan edge to Kohler-Cadmore to take another catch at slip, Gulf Giants were tottering at 22 for 4 in 4.5 overs.
UAE's Junaid Siddiqui ... bags valuable wickets
Half
the Gulf Giants batsmen were back in the dug-out for 26 when Siddiqui took the
prize wicket of Hetmyer, caught behind, off an edge to his pad on its way to
wicketkeeper Gurbaz for 2. The cream of Gulf Giants batting were wiped off in a
flash.
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Sharjah Warriors fans gets ready to celebrate
Naveen
struck again to force Liam Dawson play into the hands of Kohler-Cadmore at
backward point. At the half way mark, Gulf Giants were 46 for 6. Lynn and Wiese
put on 41 runs for the seventh wicket before Noor Ahmed had Lynn on 20 caught
at long-on by Woakes. Naveen picked his third wicket removing David Wiese
caught by Woakes at long off for 35. Wiese had put on 27 runs with Chris Jordan
for the eighth wicket and that was the last of the Gulf Giants resistance.
Jordan delayed Sharjah’s victory through a fighting 37 runs before falling to
Naveen.
Chris Jordan... holder of white belt for most wickets
Speaking
about their victory, Sharjah Warriors’ captain Moeen Ali said, “We spoke among
ourselves that we have a score and we bowled really well tonight. We've got
three big games coming up in Sharjah. Hopefully we can win two out of those.”
Sharjah Warriors bt Gulf Giants by 21
runs. Sharjah Warriors 151 for 7 in 20 overs
(Tom Kohler-Cadmore 36, Joe Denly 58, Mohammad Nabi 20, Chris Jordan 3 for 25)
Gulf Giants 130 in 19.4 overs (Chris Lynn 20, David Wiese 35, Chris Jordan 37,
Chris Woakes 2 for 11, Naveen-ul-Haq 5 for 38, Junaid Siddiqui 2 for 18)
DP World Smart delivery of the day
($1500): Junaid Siddiqui to Shimron Hetmyer
Fairplay News biggest hit of the match
($ 1500): Joe Denly’s six of 90 mts.
Skytech.Net Super 4s of the match
($1500): Joe Denly (four boundaries)
Sportsbuzz Buzzmaker of the match
($1500): Chris Jordan
Green Belt Holder:
Alex Hales
Schedule for 24 January 2023:
MI
Emirates vs Desert Vipers – 6 pm GST (7:30 pm IST) – Zayed Cricket Stadium
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