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By  K.R. Nayar Chief Content Writer, DPWorld ILT20 (Please click ILT20 official website  www.ilt20.ae  for official release of this report and more pictures and videos) Abu Dhabi. England’s Michael Pepper’s 59 off 40 balls peppered with seven boundaries and three sixes steered Abu Dhabi Knight Riders, who were tottering at the bottom of the points table to rise and outplay defending champions and third placed Gulf Giants by six wickets in the 16th match of the DP World ILT20 season 2 at the Zayed Cricket Stadium. The victory has lifted Knight Riders to the third slot while Giants slipped to fourth. Gulf Giants was restricted to 161 for 6 despite Chris Lynn’s 67 off 48 balls with six boundaries and three sixes. He had put on 72 runs in 58 balls for the third wicket with Jordan Cox who hit 21 off 27 balls with one boundary and a six. Lynn also added 39 runs for the fourth wicket with Usman Khan (23).  Chasing the target, Knight Riders needed a good start. Openers Joe Clarke and P

By  K.R. Nayar Chief Content Writer, DPWorld ILT20 (Please click ILT20 official website  www.ilt20.ae  for official release of this report and more pictures and videos) Dubai. Desert Vipers produced a nail-biting two-wicket win off the last ball after a fierce battle against MI Emirates  in the 14th match of the DP World ILT20 season 2 at the Dubai International Stadium.  MI Emirates was restricted to 149 for 9 in 20 overs, but they fought back to reduce Vipers to 62 for 5. The fate of the match swung like a pendulum till the last over. Vipers’s Sherfane Rutherford lit up hopes of a victory through a quick 35 runs after taking 17 runs off Boult’s 17 th  over with a six and two boundaries. Then Bravo had Rutherford caught by Kusal Perera at mid-on off a slower delivery. Shaheen Afridi (17n.o) and Luke Wood (6n.o) took up the challenge of scoring 17 runs from the last 12 balls and ten off the last over from Trent Boult to win off the last ball. They ran for the three runs needed to

By K.R. Nayar Chief Content Writer, DPWorld ILT20 (Please click ILT20 official website  www.ilt20.ae  for official release of this report and more pictures and videos) Sharjah.   Sharjah Warriors’s Sri Lankan off spinner Maheesh Theekshana weaved magic with the ball producing unplayable deliveries to bag four wickets for 20 runs. His guile and artistry with the ball resulted in Dubai Capitals being bowled out for 104 runs in 18.2 overs. Theekshana was well backed by Daniel Sams, who bagged 3 for 28 with his accurate left-arm medium pace. Together they helped Warriors register an emphatic nine-wicket win in the 14th match of the DP World ILT20 season 2 at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium.  Chasing the moderate target, Warriors raced to victory in 13.1 overs through an opening partnership of 70 runs in 8.2 overs between Niroshan Dickwella and Johnson Charles. Niroshan Dickwella scored a 30-ball 37 runs before getting caught by Sam Billing at long on off Haider Ali. Charles went on to

By K.R. Nayar Dubai.   The England & Wales Cricket Board (ECB) will stage a T20 tournament featuring retired and non-contracted players from July 3, 2024. Legends like Yuvraj Singh, Shahid Afridi, and Kevin Pietersen will be in action alongside some of the great cricketers who had created great moments in the game.    This T20 tournament will light up the historic Edgbaston ground. Soon this venue will dress up to stage this tournament. WCL, crafted by Zabawa Entertainment, will be welcoming renowned stars for epic clashes. It will be an extraordinary gathering of cricketing excellence. This tournament will be the highlight of the oncoming summer.   Almost all the legendary cricketers from cricketing powerhouses like England, India, Pakistan, Australia, West Indies, and South Africa will take part in this tournament. Edgbaston   Harshit Tomar, Director of Zabawa Entertainment shared his view about the event: "The current announcement strengthens WCL's status as a top

By  K.R. Nayar Chief Content Writer, DPWorld ILT20 (Please click ILT20 official website  www.ilt20.ae  for official release of this report and more pictures and videos) Sharjah. Skipper Tom-Kohler Cadmore, through an aggressive 68 off 34 balls studded with eight sixes and two boundaries, guided his team to a hard fought seven-run win over Desert Vipers in the 13th match of the DP World ILT20 season 2 at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium. His 101 runs partnership in 53 balls for the third wicket with Martin Guptill, who scored 39 off 32 balls with four fours and one six, gave his team a challenging total of 174 for 7 in 20 overs.   The Sunday crowd of nearly 13,000 were in for a great treat when Vipers tried to chase the target through Alex Hales’s 61 off 40 balls with five sixes and three boundaries and Azam Khan’s fighting 35 off 22 balls. Together, the pair  put 52 runs in 33 balls for the fifth wicket but failed to carry their team to victory. Earlier, Wanindu Hasaranga had put the

By  K.R. Nayar Chief Content Writer, DPWorld ILT20 (Please click ILT20 official website  www.ilt20.ae  for official release of this report and more pictures and videos) Abu Dhabi. UAE’s 21-year-old Alishan Sharafu stole the thunder by cracking a stupendous unbeaten 82 runs and steered Abu Dhabi Knight Riders to a six-wicket win over Desert Vipers in the tenth match of the DP World ILT20 season 2 at the Zayed Cricket Stadium. Sharafu’s knock was a dazzling display of knightly valor crafted out of 47 balls with 11 boundaries and four sixes. With support from experienced and senior players like Imad Wasim (25) and Andre Russell (24n.o), he helped chase down Desert Vipers total of 154 for 8 with 16 balls to spare.   Desert Vipers' batting had also failed before the tight bowling of Wasim, who took two wickets for 19 during the powerplay and Russell (2 for 29). Except for Colin Munro’s 50 off 44 balls with six boundaries and a six, none of the other batters rose to the challenge

By  K.R. Nayar Chief Content Writer, DPWorld ILT20 (Please click ILT20 official website  www.ilt20.ae  for official release of this report and more pictures and videos) Sharjah. Left-arm spinner Akeal Hosein, through a display of masterful spin bowling, bowled out Sharjah Warriors for a paltry 74 runs and guided MI Emirates to a 106 runs win in the ninth match of the DP World ILT20 season 2 at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium. He wreaked havoc with a spell of 4 for 23 through his guile and precision and bowled out Warriors in 12.1 overs. MI Emirates had posted a total of 180 for 7 in 20 through Andre Fletcher, who hit 42 off 31 balls with four boundaries and two sixes.  Kusal Perera too scored 42 runs off 25 balls with three boundaries and three sixes. Together they put on 93 runs off 56 balls for the second wicket. Skipper Nicholas Pooran then cracked 37 runs off 29 balls with two sixes and a boundary. Sharjah Warriors’ Muhammad Jawadullah stood out taking three wickets for 31.