MIE vs DV Today's Match Expert Fantasy Tips & Player Stats, International League T20

7th T20 • Dubai International Cricket Stadium • Dubai

MI Emirates

159/6 (20)

Desert Vipers

161/5 (19.1)

DV won by 5 wickets

Info

Fantasy

Live

Scorecard

Stats

Playing XI

Table

Date & Time

16 Jan, 08:00 PM IST

Venue

Dubai International Cricket Stadium

TV/Streaming

FanCode

Match

7th T20,

International League T20

Points Table

Schedule

Stats

Umpires

Alex Wharf (England), Shiju Sam (United Arab Emirates), Leslie Reifer (West Indies, TV)

Referee

Roshan Mahanama (Sri Lanka)

Toss

MI Emirates elected to bat

Pitch Report

This pitch is slightly dry, so there will be less seam movement. It's well rolled in. It might help the ball grip a bit. Should be a good contest between bat and ball.

1st Innings

151Avg Runs

7Avg Wkts

126.88Avg SR

2nd Innings

138Avg Runs

6Avg Wkts

125.03Avg SR

Playing XILineups Out

Points Table

Head To Head (Last 10 Matches)

2- 2

MIE

Team Form (Recent 5 Matches, Latest First)

Desert Vipers

MI Emirates

Players to Watch

Top Batters

Nicholas Pooran

MIE . WK

120 Runs

2 Matches

Tom Banton

MIE . WK

81 Runs

2 Matches

Dan Lawrence

DV . ALL

70 Runs

1 Match

Top Bowlers

Fazalhaq Farooqi

MIE . BOWL

7 Wkts

2 Matches

Lockie Ferguson

DV . BOWL

1 Wkt

1 Match

Waqar Salamkheil

MIE . BOWL

1 Wkt

2 Matches

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Venue Details

Dubai International Cricket Stadium

This pitch is slightly dry, so there will be less seam movement. It's well rolled in. It might help the ball grip a bit. Should be a good contest between bat and ball.

1st Innings

151Avg Runs

7Avg Wkts

126.88Avg SR

2nd Innings

138Avg Runs

6Avg Wkts

125.03Avg SR

Toss winners opt to

32%Bat First Bowl First67%

Team Batting First

45%Wins Losses55%

Recent Matches on venue

27th Match • Feb 9 • International League T20

DV 171/7 (20)

DC 172/5 (20)

DC won by 5 wickets

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19th Match • Feb 3 • International League T20

DV 161/4 (16.5)

GG 160/7 (20)

DV won by 6 wickets

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17th Match • Feb 1 • International League T20

DC 170/6 (20)

DV 169/6 (20)

DC won by 4 wickets

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15th Match • Jan 30 • International League T20

DV 150/8 (20)

MIE 149/9 (20)

DV won by 2 wickets

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7th Match • Jan 24 • International League T20

GG 160/6 (20)

DV 162/4 (18.4)

DV won by 6 wickets

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3rd Match • Jan 21 • International League T20

DV 164/8 (20)

ADKR 166/4 (17.4)

ADKR won by 6 wickets

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Final • Feb 12 • International League T20

DV 146/8 (20)

GG 149/3 (18.4)

GG won by 7 wickets

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Qualifier 1 • Feb 8 • International League T20

GG 159/10 (19.4)

DV 178/7 (20)

DV won by 19 runs

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27th Match • Feb 4 • International League T20

GG 180/6 (20)

DV 155/6 (20)

GG won by 25 runs

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25th Match • Feb 2 • International League T20

DV 182/7 (20)

DC 160/7 (20)

DV won by 22 runs

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Team Form (Last 5 Matches, Most recent first)

Team Form (Last 5 Matches)

Desert Vipers

MI Emirates

Head To Head (Last 10 Matches)

2- 2

MIE

Team Comparison (Last 10 Matches)

Matches Played

Matches Won

158

Average Score

163

171/7

Highest Score

208/3

123/4

Lowest Score

128/8

Player of the Match Fakhar Zaman

67(52)

MIE

Info

MI Emirates

159/6 (20)

Batters

Kusal Perera

113.79

c SE Rutherford b DW Lawrence

Waseem Muhammad

105.88

lbw b W Hasaranga

Tom Banton

88.24

runout (W Hasaranga / L Ferguson)

Nicholas Pooran

(C)

136.36

c DW Lawrence b L Ferguson

Kieron Pollard

156.52

c L Wood b L Ferguson

Dan Mousley

107.14

c DW Lawrence b DA Payne

Romario Shepherd

200.00

Not out

Akeal Hosein

400.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 1, LB: 1, NB: 0, W: 5)

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 7.95)

159/6

Did not Bat

Zahoor Khan, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Waqar Salamkheil, Allah Ghazanfar

Bowlers

EXT

7.67

9.75

9.33

6.25

7.00

7.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Waseem Muhammad

lbw b W Hasaranga

1-48

6.1

Kusal Perera

c SE Rutherford b DW Lawrence

2-64

9.3

Nicholas Pooran

c DW Lawrence b L Ferguson

3-86

12.2

Tom Banton

runout (W Hasaranga / L Ferguson)

4-86

12.3

Dan Mousley

c DW Lawrence b DA Payne

5-123

17.2

Kieron Pollard

c L Wood b L Ferguson

6-139

18.6

Desert Vipers

161/5 (19.1)

Batters

Fakhar Zaman

128.85

b Z Khan

Alex Hales

154.55

b Waqar Salamkheil

Dan Lawrence

100.00

c & b D Mousley

Azam Khan

66.67

c & b D Mousley

Sam Curran

121.74

c K Pollard b Z Khan

Sherfane Rutherford *

262.50

Not out

Wanindu Hasaranga

100.00

Not out

Extras

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

TOTAL

(19.1 Ov, RR: 8.4)

161/5

Did not Bat

Tanish Suri, David Payne, Ali Naseer, Lockie Ferguson, Luke Wood

Bowlers

EXT

Fazalhaq Farooqi

10.00

Akeal Hosein

9.00

Allah Ghazanfar

2.1

10.62

Zahoor Khan

8.00

Waqar Salamkheil

7.25

Dan Mousley

6.75

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Alex Hales

b Waqar Salamkheil

1-62

7.1

Dan Lawrence

c & b D Mousley

2-69

8.3

Azam Khan

c & b D Mousley

3-71

10.1

Fakhar Zaman

b Z Khan

4-136

16.6

Sam Curran

c K Pollard b Z Khan

5-147

18.1

Match Info

Date & Time

16 Jan, 08:00 PM IST

Venue

Dubai International Cricket Stadium

TV/Streaming

FanCode

Match

7th T20,

International League T20

Points Table

Schedule

Stats

Umpires

Alex Wharf (England), Shiju Sam (United Arab Emirates), Leslie Reifer (West Indies, TV)

Referee

Roshan Mahanama (Sri Lanka)

Toss

MI Emirates elected to bat

1 1 1 1 1 W

Over 17

Runs: 5

1 4 1 1 4 0

Over 18

Runs: 11

W 1 1 1 4 1

Over 19

Runs: 8

Over 20

Runs: 6

All Overs

Player of the Match Fakhar Zaman

67(52)

Commentary

That is all then from the action here. Vipers go 3 in 3 and strengthen their position at the top of the table. We have games coming thick and fast from all around the world. Here's where you can follow the SA20 action where rain is threatening to play spoilsport. From here, this is Sourabh signing off on behalf of Bidipto and the entire team. Good night!

Fakhar Zaman (Player Of The Match): I think the fast bowlers were easy but we were struggling to play the spinners to be very honest. We planned to play their overs, to take it deep. The bowlers were bowling really good and the leg side boundary was very big, I was not going there and targeted the short side. It was really good (his partnership with Curran), he batted really well and even though I was the set batter he took the pressure off me. The way he has been batting in this tournament has been brilliant. No (if the heart rate was up towards the end), the management and team just wants us to olay good cricket and we are doing that.

Lockie Ferguson (Desert Vipers captain): It was a strong MI Emirates side that we beat, so yes, we're happy! Collectively, different guys are standing up. Fakhar Zaman and Sam Curran were excellent with the bat. Dan Lawrence with those overs of his helped us immensely. The batters worked out the conditions really well. I was always confident of our boys getting the job done at the halfway stage.

Nicholas Pooran (MI Emirates' captain): Felt like we were in the game, it was a decent total, 160 was par but then the dew came in too in the second half. Credit goes to Fakhar and Sam, they got two big overs in the middle and made the difference. But that is okay. Definitely batting (areas to improve), try to get more wickets in the powerplay and keep improving. He (Pollard) has been hitting sixes since the start.

Time for the post-match presentations

22:02 Local Time (23:32 IST): Desert Vipers beat MI Emirates by 5 wickets and extend their unbeaten streak

Fakhar Zaman 67(52) | Lockie Ferguson 2/25(4)
Kieron Pollard 36(23) | Zahoor Khan 2/24(3)

A comfortable win in the end, much more comfortable than the scoreboard would suggest, and Desert Vipers continue their reign at the top of the points table, this win being the third win for them on the trot in as many matches.

The run chase of 160 was completed in pretty clinical way by the Vipers barring a little period in the middle when they lost 3 wickets for 9 runs in 3 overs. The openers, Fakhar and Hales, did exactly what the openers are supposed to do in a 160-chase. Gave the team a fifty-plus stand in the powerplay.

However, things did get tricky when spin was introduced in the 8th over in the form of Salamkheil. He undid Hales with a ripper and then a couple of wickets were taken from the other end by part-timer Mousley as the Vipers went from 62/0 in 7 overs to 71/3 in the 11th.

Fakhar Zaman saw it all from the other end and then found an able partner in Sam Curran and the duo took matters in their own hands. They stitched a 65-run partnership in 41 balls laced with some terrific shots and pretty much sealed the game for the Vipers.

Even though both of them got out towards the end to Zahoor Khan, they had done enough as Rutherford sealed the game.

19.1 Allah Ghazanfar to Sherfane Rutherford, round the wicket, THAT DOES IT FOR THE MATCH! DESER VIPERS WIN THREE MATCHES IN A ROW! Dragged down on middle-and-leg. Rutherford, in this kind of touch, was not missing out on that! He went deep in his crease, swiveled on the back foot and powered it away over deep backward square-leg for a maximum to end the game in style!

Allah Ghazanfar [2.0-0-17-0] to bowl the final over

Good over from Zahoor, he did all he could but Vipers should win this now. 5 runs needed off the final over

overs

155 /5 score

runs

Sherfane Rutherford *

15 (7)

Wanindu Hasaranga

2 (2)

Zahoor Khan

2 /24

18.6 Zahoor Khan to Sherfane Rutherford, low full toss on off-stump. Worked off the pads down to deep mid-wicket for a single to keep the strike.

That is top-stuff from Rutherford, how cool of him to get that wide yorker away for four. Could be the telling blow!

18.5 Zahoor Khan to Sherfane Rutherford, FOUR IMPORTANT RUNS! FOUR INTELLIGENT RUNS! Yorker-length again around off-stump. Brilliantly squirted down to the right of the short third man fielder with the opening of the bat face!

18.4 Zahoor Khan to Wanindu Hasaranga, into the block hole again, on the leg-stump line. Drilled out from the back foot down to long-on for one.

18.3 Zahoor Khan to Sherfane Rutherford, yorker again around off-stump. Squeezed out to the cover area from the slight forward press for a single only.

18.2 Zahoor Khan to Wanindu Hasaranga, over the wicket, attempted yorker turned low full toss on leg-stump. Punched down to long-on for a single to open his account.

Wanindu Hasaranga, RHB, walks out

Zahoor gets another, two big wickets for him now. There is still life left in this contest, Curran goes trying to finish it early.

18.1 Zahoor Khan to Sam Curran, POLLARD TAKES THE CATCH! ZAHOOR GETS ANOTHER ONE! Full on off-and-middle. Curran wanted to power it over the rope by getting in line and went through with his shot. But he mistimed it and found long-on perfectly! The fielder there was not dropping that one!

Sam Curran c Kieron Pollard b Zahoor Khan 28(23b, 1x4, 1x6).

Farooqi is done for the night, a rough day in the office for him for a change. 13 needed off 12 now, Vipers might not want to take it to the final over.

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