BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Niroshan Dickwella †	c Sharafu b Willey	4	4	3	1	0	100.00

Johnson Charles	c Evans b Willey	1	4	12	0	0	25.00

Liam Livingstone	b Little	2	5	5	0	0	40.00

Tom Kohler-Cadmore (c)	b Little	19	17	30	2	1	111.76

Sean Williams	c & b Little	5	12	17	0	0	41.66

Joe Denly	c Evans b Imad Wasim	3	9	17	0	0	33.33

Daniel Sams	b Bopara	24	19	24	2	0	126.31

James Fuller	c Little b Bopara	3	8	10	0	0	37.50

Adil Rashid	b Bopara	10	15	18	0	0	66.66

Maheesh Theekshana	c Russell b Bopara	2	6	7	0	0	33.33

Junaid Siddique	not out	1	3	3	0	0	33.33
Extras	(lb 1)	1
TOTAL	17 Ov (RR: 4.41)	75
Did not bat: Muhammad Jawadullah
Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Niroshan Dickwella, 0.4 ov), 2-7 (Liam Livingstone, 1.5 ov), 3-7 (Johnson Charles, 2.2 ov), 4-26 (Sean Williams, 5.5 ov), 5-33 (Tom Kohler-Cadmore, 7.4 ov), 6-46 (Joe Denly, 9.4 ov), 7-59 (James Fuller, 12.2 ov), 8-66 (Daniel Sams, 14.1 ov), 9-74 (Maheesh Theekshana, 16.2 ov), 10-75 (Adil Rashid, 16.6 ov) • DRS

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
David Willey	4	1	16	2	4.00	20	1	1	0	0
0.4 to N Dickwella, That is a soft dismissal! Stretches forward and tries to flick this fullish ball to square leg but ends up hanging a simple chance to Sharafu at short midwicket. Massive scalp early in the piece and Willey is pumped up, Dickwella made mess of the lap shot and toe-ended it. 4/1 2.2 to J Charles, Oh my goodness! This is disastrous for Warriors! Johnson Charles splayed his front foot out towards leg side and wanted to go up and over midwicket but can't didn't get the power and elevation behind the shot, Laurie Evans gobbles him down his throat and Warriors are in a familiar territory, need major rebuilding work!. 7/3
Josh Little	4	0	17	3	4.25	16	2	0	0	0
1.5 to LS Livingstone, Chopped on! Tad short and outside off, not much pace on offer, he tries to hammer it through the covers and ends up making a mess of his stumps. Knight Riders peg them back with another massive breakthrough, Little and teammates cluster in joy. Poor stroke from Livingstone who looked discombobulated and not quite adjusting to the conditions, not easy to get going just after touching down in UAE and asked to face music right away. 7/2 5.5 to SC Williams, Unbelievable, that's the stuff of legends! Marvelous caught and bowled on the second attempt! Bashes it on back of a length around the line off, he check his shot and pats it back to the right of the bowler, he grasped it eventually and Warriors lose another. They are in a huge spot of bother!. 26/4 7.4 to T Kohler-Cadmore, Gottim with an absolute beauty! That is the reason why a pacer dreams to become a fast bowler! Top of off, sir, top of off! Breaches his defences with a jaffa, on a shorter length and then nipping it away, kisses the zinger on the top and Kohler-Cadmore couldn't have done much about it, just got to applaud when the bowler bowls a pearler like that. Mind-boggling skill from Little whoes day keeps getting better! I can watch that wicket on loop!. 33/5
Andre Russell	1	0	10	0	10.00	2	2	0	0	0
Imad Wasim	4	0	16	1	4.00	10	0	0	0	0
9.4 to JL Denly, Springs down the track and holes out to long-on! They're making it all too easy for Knight Riders by such a poorly coordinated batting display. Evans comes forward and snaffles the catch and Denly starts to take the long walk back to the pavilion with his head down, found the elevation but just not enough distance.. 46/6
Ravi Bopara	4	0	15	4	3.75	10	0	0	0	0
12.2 to JK Fuller, Gone!He makes bowling look easy! Another one bites the dust, Warriors collapsing like a house of cards. Lands it fuller outside off, he tonks it through the line towards long-off and hasn't really got underneath it, Joshua Little takes a cracker of a catch charging in from the rope and keeping his locked on the ball, can't keep him out of the game.. 59/7 14.1 to DR Sams, Dibbly-dobbly pace clatters the stumps! Knuckle ball on a length and kept very low, he wanted to pump that over midwicket and the bat swing was nowhere the line of the ball, that is a big wicket.. 66/8 16.2 to M Theekshana, Touch short and tailing in from outside off, clonks it in the air, stayed up for an eternity, and Andre Russel pockets the catch down his throat into his big bucket hands at deep midwicket. Theekshana couldn't generate the requisite power to clear the ropes, Bopara's day keeps getting better and better.. 74/9 16.6 to AU Rashid, Crackerjack! Through the gate from over the wicket and another knuckle ball befuddles a batter! Ball shatters middle stump. Bopara picks up his fourth wicket and who would have thought he would make such a strong impact on his first opportunity this season?. 75/10

Abu Dhabi Knight Riders (T: 76 runs from 20 ovs)

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Joe Clarke	c †Dickwella b Muhammad Jawadullah	34	25	38	6	0	136.00

Michael Pepper †	c Denly b Muhammad Jawadullah	18	16	26	4	0	112.50

Alishan Sharafu	c Denly b Muhammad Jawadullah	0	2	2	0	0	0.00

Sam Hain	not out	9	12	18	1	0	75.00
Laurie Evans	not out	3	7	10	0	0	42.85
Extras	(lb 11, nb 1, w 3)	15
TOTAL	10.1 Ov (RR: 7.77)	79/3
Did not bat: Ravi Bopara, Andre Russell (c), Imad Wasim, David Willey, Josh Little, Adhitya Shetty
Fall of wickets: 1-54 (Michael Pepper, 5.2 ov), 2-56 (Alishan Sharafu, 5.4 ov), 3-65 (Joe Clarke, 7.3 ov) • DRS

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Maheesh Theekshana	3.1	0	30	0	9.47	9	6	0	0	0
Junaid Siddique	2	0	11	0	5.50	7	1	0	1	1
James Fuller	1	0	13	0	13.00	2	3	0	0	0
Muhammad Jawadullah	2	0	5	3	2.50	10	0	0	2	0
5.2 to MS Pepper, Miscues the skier. Launches high into the night sky and Joe Denly, with a very safe pair of hands, hangs onto it brilliantly at cover, ball was swirling away from him, rare moment of joy for Warriors. Excellent catch but no real celebration and understandably so.. 54/1 5.4 to A Sharafu, Geez! That was hit hard, short and wide, bouncing steeply off the deck, he picks out Joe Denly at cover-point, ball thudded in his hands and popped out but he quickly grabbed it in his second attempt, gobbles it right under his eyes, second wicket for Jawadullah in this over. He has been a revelation and standout performer for Warriors and also among all the UAE players in ILT20.. 56/2 7.3 to JM Clarke, Edged and taken! Jawadullah gives Clarke a fiery send-off! Bouncer screaming away outside off, goes for an upper-cut but ends up nicking it through to the keeper, Jawadullah gets his third. He just keep finding ways to dismiss batters, genuine wicket-taker. 65/3
Adil Rashid	2	0	9	0	4.50	6	1	0	0	0

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Sharjah Warriors innings
Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 26 runs, 4 wickets)
Strategic Timeout: Sharjah Warriors - 44/5 in 9.0 overs (JL Denly 2, DR Sams 10)
Sharjah Warriors: 50 runs in 10.5 overs (65 balls), Extras 1
Strategic Timeout: Sharjah Warriors - 73/8 in 16.0 overs (AU Rashid 9, M Theekshana 2)
Innings Break: Sharjah Warriors - 75/10 in 17.0 overs (Junaid Siddique 1)

Abu Dhabi Knight Riders innings
Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 56 runs, 2 wickets)
Over 2.1: Review by Sharjah Warriors (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - RSA Palliyaguruge, Batter - MS Pepper (Struck down)
Abu Dhabi Knight Riders: 50 runs in 4.5 overs (30 balls), Extras 10
1st Wicket: 50 runs in 30 balls (JM Clarke 22, MS Pepper 18, Ex 10)
Strategic Timeout: Abu Dhabi Knight Riders - 71/3 in 9.0 overs (SR Hain 2, LJ Evans 2)
Abu Dhabi Knight Riders Impact Player Subs: Joe Clarke, Sagar Kalyan, Sabir Ali, Andries Gous, Jake Lintott and Marchant de Lange

MATCH DETAILS

Sharjah Cricket Stadium
Toss	Abu Dhabi Knight Riders, elected to field first
Series	International League T20
Season	2023/24
Player Of The Match	Josh Little
Hours of play (local time)	18.30 start, First Session 18.30-20.00, Interval 20.00-20.20, Second Session 20.20-21.50
Match days	5 February 2024 - night (20-over match)
SW Player Replacement	Impact player: James Fuller in, Johnson Charles out (1st innings, 9.4 ov)
ADKR Player Replacement	Impact player: Joe Clarke in, Ali Khan out (1st innings, 16.6 ov)
T20 debut	Adhitya Shetty
Umpires	Akbar AliDRS Ruchira PalliyagurugeDRS
TV Umpire	Paul Wilson
Reserve Umpire	Aleem Dar
Match Referee	Simon Taufel
Points	Abu Dhabi Knight Riders 2, Sharjah Warriors 0