SW vs GG Today's Match Expert Fantasy Tips & Player Stats, International League T20

21st T20 • Sharjah Cricket Stadium • Sharjah

Sharjah Warriors

171/6 (20)

Gulf Giants

172/4 (19.3)

GG won by 6 wickets

Info

Fantasy

Live

Scorecard

Stats

Playing XI

Table

Date & Time

26 Jan, 07:30 PM IST

Venue

Sharjah Cricket Stadium

TV/Streaming

FanCode

Match

21st T20,

International League T20

Points Table

Schedule

Stats

Umpires

Aasif Iqbal (United Arab Emirates), Martin Saggers (England), Paul Wilson (Australia, TV)

Referee

Roshan Mahanama (Sri Lanka)

Toss

Gulf Giants elected to bowl

Pitch Report

Little northernly breeze blowing, short dimensions once again - 57 meters on one side. 70 to the other. 74 downtown. Same surface is being used as the last couple of games, 176-151, both teams left a few runs out there the last time. Teams kept wickets in the powerplay, maybe a touch slower, this surface. Plenty to score outside the powerplay, good hard lengths are difficult to score off. Get through the powerplay, might prosper later on, reports Simon Doull and Urooj Mumtaz Khan.

1st Innings

160Avg Runs

7Avg Wkts

135.73Avg SR

2nd Innings

138Avg Runs

6Avg Wkts

131.86Avg SR

Playing XILineups Out

Points Table

Head To Head (Last 10 Matches)

2- 3

Team Form (Recent 5 Matches, Latest First)

Sharjah Warriors

Gulf Giants

Players to Watch

Top Batters

Jordan Cox

GG . WK

155 Runs

6 Matches

Gerhard Erasmus

GG . ALL

140 Runs

4 Matches

Tom Kohler-Cadmore

SW . BAT

134 Runs

4 Matches

Top Bowlers

Mark Adair

GG . ALL

9 Wkts

6 Matches

Aayan Afzal Khan

GG . ALL

8 Wkts

6 Matches

Blessing Muzarabani

GG . BOWL

8 Wkts

6 Matches

Playing XILineups Out

Venue Details

Sharjah Cricket Stadium

1st Innings

160Avg Runs

7Avg Wkts

135.73Avg SR

2nd Innings

138Avg Runs

6Avg Wkts

131.86Avg SR

Toss winners opt to

54%Bat First Bowl First46%

Team Batting First

48%Wins Losses52%

Recent Matches on venue

Match 18 • Jan 25 • International League T20

SW 151/8 (20)

DV 152/2 (14.5)

DV won by 8 wickets

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Match 11 • Jan 19 • International League T20

SW 176/9 (20)

MIE 177/1 (17.4)

MIE won by 9 wickets

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Match 8 • Jan 17 • International League T20

SW 202/5 (18.1)

DC 201/5 (20)

SW won by 5 wickets

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30th Match • Feb 11 • International League T20

SW 121/9 (18)

DV 123/4 (12.5)

DV won by 6 wickets

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23rd Match • Feb 5 • International League T20

SW 75/10 (17)

ADKR 79/3 (10.1)

ADKR won by 7 wickets

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13th Match • Jan 28 • International League T20

DV 167/7 (20)

SW 174/7 (20)

SW won by 7 runs

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9th Match • Jan 26 • International League T20

SW 74/10 (12.1)

MIE 180/7 (20)

MIE won by 106 runs

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1st Match • Jan 19 • International League T20

SW 167/7 (20)

GG 198/7 (20)

GG won by 31 runs

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30th Match • Feb 6 • International League T20

SW 107/10 (18.3)

GG 108/3 (16.3)

GG won by 7 wickets

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23rd Match • Jan 31 • International League T20

SW 126/8 (20)

DV 148/6 (20)

DV won by 22 runs

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Team Form (Last 5 Matches, Most recent first)

Team Form (Last 5 Matches)

Sharjah Warriors

Gulf Giants

Head To Head (Last 10 Matches)

2- 3

Team Comparison (Last 10 Matches)

Matches Played

Matches Won

132

Average Score

148

202/5

Highest Score

174/7

75/10

Lowest Score

118/10

Player of the Match Tom Alsop

85(60)

Info

Sharjah Warriors

171/6 (20)

Batters

Tom Kohler-Cadmore

116.00

c DJ Worrall b B Muzarabani

Johnson Charles

157.89

c MR Adair b DJ Worrall

Avishka Fernando

120.00

b MR Adair

Jason Roy

146.67

c J Vince b B Muzarabani

Tim Seifert

61.11

c Gerhard Erasmus b DC Drakes

Ethan Dsouza

155.56

c J Vince b B Muzarabani

Ashton Agar

176.92

Not out

Rohan Mustafa

100.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 2, LB: 2, NB: 1, W: 7)

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 8.55)

171/6

Did not Bat

Tim Southee, Adam Milne, Adam Zampa, Dilshan Madushanka

Bowlers

EXT

8.00

6.25

9.50

8.00

10.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Johnson Charles

c MR Adair b DJ Worrall

1-57

5.6

Tom Kohler-Cadmore

c DJ Worrall b B Muzarabani

2-69

7.4

Avishka Fernando

b MR Adair

3-73

8.3

Tim Seifert

c Gerhard Erasmus b DC Drakes

4-100

13.3

Ethan Dsouza

c J Vince b B Muzarabani

5-146

17.2

Jason Roy

c J Vince b B Muzarabani

6-147

17.6

Gulf Giants

172/4 (19.3)

Batters

James Vince

(C)

171.43

c EC Dsouza b D Madushanka

Tom Alsop *

141.67

Not out

Jordan Cox

114.29

c A Fernando b A Zampa

Gerhard Erasmus

83.33

b T Southee

Shimron Hetmyer

150.00

c J Roy b D Madushanka

Tom Curran

152.94

Not out

Extras

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

TOTAL

(19.3 Ov, RR: 8.82)

172/4

Did not Bat

Dominic Drakes, Mark Adair, Aayan Afzal Khan, Muhammad Saghir Khan, Blessing Muzarabani, Daniel Worrall

Bowlers

EXT

Tim Southee

3.3

7.71

9.00

12.25

6.25

8.50

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

James Vince

c EC Dsouza b D Madushanka

1-42

3.4

Jordan Cox

c A Fernando b A Zampa

2-64

6.5

Gerhard Erasmus

b T Southee

3-93

11.5

Shimron Hetmyer

c J Roy b D Madushanka

4-107

13.4

Match Info

Date & Time

26 Jan, 07:30 PM IST

Venue

Sharjah Cricket Stadium

TV/Streaming

FanCode

Match

21st T20,

International League T20

Points Table

Schedule

Stats

Umpires

Aasif Iqbal (United Arab Emirates), Martin Saggers (England), Paul Wilson (Australia, TV)

Referee

Roshan Mahanama (Sri Lanka)

Toss

Gulf Giants elected to bowl

1 1 0 1 0 2

Over 17

Runs: 5

2 1 4 1wd 1 6 1lb

Over 18

Runs: 16

1wd 1 6 1 2 3 1

Over 19

Runs: 15

2 1 1

Over 20

Runs: 4

All Overs

Player of the Match Tom Alsop

85(60)

Commentary

10:15 PM local time (11:45 PM IST): The Warriorz failed to defend a total in their fourth successive game and hence sit dead last on the points table with 4 points from 7 games. Meanwhile, the Giants have revived their form with two wins on the weekend and are tied with two other teams at 6 points from 7 games. That is it from this thrilling chase as I, Keshav, bid you adieu on behalf of my colleague, Rajarshi.

Tom Alsop is the Player of the Match: It was nice to spend some time there. It was obviously a nice wicket. The conditions were very different last night; soaked up some pressure and grinded down some runs. Today was the case of assessing the conditions and it was more batter friendly. The bowlers had little margin for error. The ball wasn't gripping into the pitch so there wasn't much for the spinners.

James Vince (Gulf Giants captain): A big weekend for us to get back in the competition. Pretty tight games but glad to come out on the right side of them. Couple of days off for me and then welcomed back by the team and it's nice to be back in the mix. Last night when we brought spinners on it felt like the conditions were not ideal for them. We obviously had extra seam options in the lineup today. We so the scores of yesterday and the seamers dominated, so felt like it was the best option and the conditions. It's nice to have fresh faces coming in when you are struggling a bit and we have a couple more to come with Tim David and Chris Jordan. It would be a nice mix when they arrive and hopefully we built the momentum at the right time.

Tim Southee (Sharjah Warriorz captain): We were in it for the majority of the game, but that's how the game goes. Feel like we had enough runs on the board. But obviously, it dewed up a bit in the second innings. There's three games left, hopefully, we can salvage something out of them.

9:45 PM local time (11:15 PM IST): Gulf Giants win the game by 6 wickets and with three deliveries remaining

Match Summary: Sharjah Warriorz: 171/6 (20) | Gulf Giants: 172/4 (19.3)

Tom Alsop: 85* (60) | Dilshan Madushanka: 2/49 (4)
Jason Roy: 44 (30) | Blessing Muzarabani: 3/32 (4)

The game kept on swinging from one end to the other in the second innings, but the two Toms--Alsop and Curran--made sure that it is the Giants that cross the line.

The Gulf Giants get two back-to-back wins by defeating the Sharjah Warriorz in their den by 6 wickets. Tom Alsop played the anchor role and stayed in the middle throughout to keep the Giants in the hunt. He got a decent support from Tom Curran to smack boundaries in the death overs when the required rate climbed over 11 runs per over.

James Vince and Tom Alsop gave the Giants an ideal start by smacking boundaries against the pacers to take their score to 60/1 in the first six overs. However, the Warriorz's spinners did a decent job in the middle overs to not let runs flow easily. Until the ninth over the game was poised with both the teams having equal chance to win.

The Warriorz then bowled a bunch of tight overs, and that proved crucial as it got the wicket of Gerhard Erasmus, who had formed a decent partnership of 29 runs with Alsop. As the required rate increased, Shimron Hetmyer came and smacked a maximum against Madushanka; however, poor shot selection caused his dismissal. He looked to play a delivery outside the off stump over mid-on but instead outside edged it to covers, where Roy did a brilliant job to make the ground and grab it.

It was down to Tom Alsop, who had witnessed wickets falling at the other end alongside Tom Curran. The two batters targeted the 16th over by Dilshan Madushanka and whacked two boundaries and a maximum to keep the required rate under control. Zampa bowled the next over and conceded just five runs to make it 35 runs off 18 deliveries. With Milne bowling the 18th, Alsop smacked him for a boundary straight down the ground and then Curran coupled it with a maximum to pull the tide back towards the visitors.

In the next two overs, all the Giants needed was a boundary, and Alsop slammed a maximum to Agar. This coupled with a misfield from D'Souza to concede three runs almost secured the deal for the Giants, and they furnished the formalities in the final over to get a big W.

The Warriorz were the better team in the middle overs; however, their inability to clinch wickets at regular intervals, especially in the powerplay and then towards the end, where their bowling was subpar, are the two major talking points for them.

19.3 Tim Southee to Tom Curran, dropped, throw evades the stumps, and the Gulf Giants are home! On a good length at around off, Curran cleared his front leg and looked to swat it towards mid wicket. The fielder close in flung himself to his left but shelled the chance. There was a shy at the bowler's as the batters went for the winning run, but the stumps weren't found. Gulf Giants stay in the hunt for playoffs!

19.2 Tim Southee to Tom Alsop, short of a length wide of off. Alsop throws his hands at it, gets a thick edge to the left of short third, who does really well to slide and cut it off. The scores are level

19.1 Tim Southee to Tom Alsop, on a back of length wide of off. Alsop moves across and slashes this behind point. D'Souza in the deep sprints to his right, slides and saves two

Tim Southee [3-0-23-1] to bowl the final over

Mere formalities left to be furnished with just 4 runs needed off 6 balls. The maximum from Alsop nearly sealed the deal for the Giants.

overs

168 /4 score

1wd

runs

Tom Alsop *

82 (58)

Tom Curran

25 (16)

Ashton Agar

0 /34

18.6 Ashton Agar to Tom Alsop, fired in full on off. Worked towards D'Souza at mid wicket this time. Just a single - 4 needed off the last over

18.5 Ashton Agar to Tom Curran, yorker again, just outside the line of off. Curran slices this one towards the man in the deep at cover. D'Souza ran in but fumbled on this occasion, and the batters get a third on the throw. Great, great running!

18.4 Ashton Agar to Tom Curran, tries the yorker on middle, Curran drills this one uppishly down the ground. Alsop pushes for a second as long on cuts it off and the batters get them

18.3 Ashton Agar to Tom Alsop, low full toss just outside off. Alsop thumps this down to long on and collects one

18.2 Ashton Agar to Tom Alsop, BYE BYE BALL! Darted right in the slot - full outside off. Alsop, low in his stance, gives it a whack across the line, and the ball sails over the hoardings at mid wicket!

18.1 Ashton Agar to Tom Curran, on a length outside off, Curran slashes this towards deep cover for a run

18.1 Ashton Agar to Tom Curran, wide, fired in full, but down the leg side. Seifert does really well to gather this and take the bails off. Now then, he's asked for a stumping... oh, Curran dragged his back foot out! But he pirouetted and dragged his front foot just in the nick of time. Not out!

Ashton Agar [3-0-19-0] will bowl the crucial penultimate over.

That six on the penultimate delivery of the over turned the tide in favour of the Giants who need 19 runs off 12 balls. It is gettable for the Giants to make it two wins in two games.

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