The Gulf Giants extended their fourth straight win with a five-wicket victory, but the Desert Vipers suffered their first defeat despite Alex Hales shooting 99 for 57 at ten boundaries and five sixes.
Aggressive punches from Chris Lynn and Shimron Hetomeyer helped the Gulf Giants continue their winning streak as they defeated the Desert Vipers 195-4 in Game 12 of the DP World International League T20 at Dubai International Stadium on Sunday .
The Gulf Giants snapped his fourth straight win with a five-wicket win, while the Desert Vipers suffered their first defeat despite Alex Hales shooting 99-for-57 at ten boundaries and five sixes. rice field. Lynn cracked 71 of 42 balls on 8 boundaries and 3 sixes, while Hetmayer broke 70 of 35 balls on 5 boundaries and 5 sixes to win the three-ball match.
The Gulf Giants won the toss and decided to bowl. Desert Vipers openers Rohan Mustafa and Alex Hales scored points consistently, with Mustafa scoring two boundaries before Liam Dawson’s second over. After beating Richard Gleason by two boundaries in three overs, Hales beat David Wiese by a boundary and a six-for-long off. In the 4th over, Hales had a full flow and Chris gave Jordan he hit 3 Boundaries, 6 Boundaries and from the over he took 19 runs. The pair scored 54 runs in just five overs.
Mustafa met Lawson with a six-for-long on and swept him backwards on another boundary, but fell on the fourth ball and was beaten for 23 by wicketkeeper Tom Bunton. Hales had a half-century on 26 pitches. It was the fourth consecutive result of 50 or more runs from all four games the Vipers played in that tournament. Skipper Colin Munroe, who joined Hales, defeated Dawson and Rehan Ahmed by six. The Desert Vipers went 104-1 at halftime.
Gulf his Giants expected David Wiese to make a breakthrough, but Munro hit him twice in a row in his 12th over. Munro swept Ahmed backwards for a boundary, but Hale’s slog swept him for the 6. 14 runs were scored in Ahmed’s over. In the 14th over, Gleason had Munro hit Sanchit Sharma for 39. Hales and Munro added a partnership of 67 runs in the second wicket with 44 balls for him. Hales continued to hit six from Ahmed mid-wicket to score past the 150-run mark in 15 overs. Sherfane Rutherford also joined the six-hit act by taking one deep mid-wicket from David Wiese.
When he was 99, Jordan fired Hales, who was implicated in the Hetmyer plot. The next man, Tom Curran, was bowled with a duck by his Wiese and his over 200 odds began to drop overall. Wiese allowed only 4 points in 18 overs. Gleason, who rolled second from last, just gave a boundary. Rutherford hit the final ball of Jordan’s innings in six overs to go 4-195 unbeaten in 20 overs in the 27th. The final five overs yielded only 38 runs.
epic chase
Faced with the challenge of scoring at a 9.75 run rate, the Gulf his Giants lost a successful run getter and on his fourth ball of the first over captain James lost his vince. Vince played Sheldon Cottrell for 4 on the wicket. Joining opener Tom Bunton, Lynn had a shot, back-to-back boarders to Gus Atkinson, and a powerful six to Tom Curran. Karan struck fourth after Banton ran back and was caught admirably down the middle by Munroe, who ruled good for three. I was at a loss. 35 wickets down in 5 overs, Lynn for 24, missing a lofted shot, was dropped by Rutherford in front of Curran. Simron Hetmaier hit Hasaranga with his third straight six to win 23 runs from seven overs. He also defeated Benny Howell with two strong 6s. Linha Saranga also he scored with two sixes, so the Gulf his Giants were 106-3 at half time and needed another 90 runs to win. Lynn reached a half-century on 28 balls, and Hetmayer scored a half-century on 26 balls. The Desert Vipers reintroduced Cottrell in the 14th over, and Hetmayer hit boundary and six on his first two deliveries, but fell on his third delivery, which was caught by wicket-keeper Billings for 70.
David Wiese joined Lynn for the Gulf Giants and from 39 balls he claimed 49 runs. Hasaranga only gave him three heats as he finished 15th. Atkinson forced Lynn to play wickets for 71 when 34 runs were needed on 22 balls. David Wiese (22n.o) and Liam Dawson (16n.o) accepted the challenge and took his team to the finish with three balls to go. Commenting on their performance, Gulf Giants’ Shimron Hetmeyer said: My head cleared when I entered the at bat. He thought that if he could hit 40 on the power play, he would have achieved his goal. Only he knew that with one great partnership, anything can happen. “
Meanwhile, Desert said his Vipers head coach James Foster said: They used the big frontier to their advantage. I thought Gleason was great. He showed quality today, but it backfired in the end. They put us under pressure with their racquets and sometimes we have to tell them they played well.”
Brief scores:
Gulf Giants bt Desert Vipers by 5 wkts. Desert Vipers 195 for 4 in 20 overs (Rohan Mustafa 23, Alex Hales 99, Colin Munro 39, Sherfane Rutherford 27n.o) Gulf Giants 196 for 5 in 19.3 overs (Chris Lynn 71, Shimron Hetmyer 70, David Wiese 22n.o, Sheldon Cottrell 2 for 24)