ILT20 Highlights: MI Emirates vs Sharjah Warriors – MI Emirates win by 49 runs – MI Emirates have claimed a facile 49-run win over Sharjah Warriors in their first game of the International League T20. Batting first, MI Emirates posted 204/5. Waseem Muhammad was the star with 39-ball 71 but Nicholas Pooran also provided the middle-order boost with a brilliant 30-ball 49. Sharjah stuttered in the chase as they lost wickets at regular intervals. In the end, they could only manage 155/9 with Imran Tahir bagging three wickets. Follow ILT20 LIVE Updates with InsideSport.IN
Sharjah Warriors wilted under the pressure of MI Emirates’ mammoth score. They had won the toss and elected to bowl. Waseem, opening with England’s Will Smeed, hit back-to-back boundaries off Naveen Ul Haq, who bowled the second over. Waseem also hit Chris Woakes’ first delivery of the third over past square leg for another boundary. Off the third ball of that over, Woakes forced Smeed to top edge to wicketkeeper Rahmanullah Gurbaz for 2.
ILT20 Highlights: Waseem & Pooran star as MI Emirates ease to BIG 49-run win over Sharjah Warriors, Watch MIE vs SW Highlights
Andre Fletcher joined Waseem and hit UAE’s Junaid Siddiqui’s fifth delivery of the fourth over for a six to mid-wicket. The first five overs produced 39 runs. Fletcher accelerated the run flow in the sixth over hitting Siddiqui for three successive boundaries. This took the score past the 50 run mark too. Waseem also hit UAE’s Karthik Meiyappan for a six over long-on. Woakes picked his second wicket forcing Fletcher to edge to wicketkeeper Gurbaz for 22. The pair had put on 47 runs for the second wicket.
Another hard-hitter Pooran joined Waseem and unleashed his six-hitting skills. He hit the first ball of the 11th over from Mohammad Nabi for a six while Waseem hit the third delivery for another six. More sixes followed with Pooran hitting Joe Denly over long on. Waseem too reached his half century in style hitting Moeen Ali for a six to mid-wicket. Eighteen runs each were scored off Ali’s over.
Pooran’s third six over point off Siddiqui was a treat to watch. Waseem’ stupendous knock came to an end in the 15th over when he hit Nabi to Evin Lewis at deep midwicket for 71. At the end of the 15th over MI Emirates were 151 for 3 with skipper Kieron Pollard joining Pooran.
ILT20 Highlights: Waseem & Pooran star as MI Emirates ease to BIG 49-run win over Sharjah Warriors, Watch MIE vs SW Highlights
In the last five overs, MI Emirates scored 53 runs with Pooran on 49 pulling Siddiqui into the hands of Denly at deep mid-wicket. Siddiqui also picked the wicket of Najibullah Zadran. Pollard (22) and Dwayne Bravo (21) put on an unbeaten 41 runs partnership. Bravo hit the last delivery of the innings from Nabi for a six over long-on to take the score past the 200 runs mark.
Chasing a run rate of 10.20, Sharjah opener Evin Lewis got out for a duck playing Fazalhaq Farooqi on to his wicket. One-drop Dawid Malan too fell trapped leg before to the first ball from Farooqi forcing skipper Moeen Ali to face the fifth ball of the second over and avoid a hat trick.
Then opener Gurbaz and Ali began the damage repair. Gurbaz did majority of the scoring hitting Trent Boult for two successive boundaries and a six in the sixth over. Ali, after adding 49 runs for the third wicket, fell to Bravo hitting into the hands of Fletcher at long-on. Gurbaz too followed, bowled by Bravo for 43 off 31 balls with seven boundaries.
ILT20 Highlights: Waseem & Pooran star as MI Emirates ease to BIG 49-run win over Sharjah Warriors, Watch MIE vs SW Highlights
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At the halfway mark, Sharjah were 69 for 4 needing another 136 from the last ten overs, The required run rate too rose to 13.60. Imran Tahir clean bowled Tom Kohler-Cadmore for 10, had Joe Denly caught by Pollard at long on for 9, and had Nabi caught behind by Pooran for 3 to ensure MI Emirates a comfortable win. Chris Woakes hit a fighting 62 off 29 balls with nine boundaries and two sixes to delay MI Emirates’ victory.
Speaking about his performance, MI Emirates’ leg-spinner Imran Tahir said, “I work very hard. If I do my homework then I am not worried about anything. I give everything I have every time I represent a team. Hard work is the key for me. This game has given me a lot and it’s an honour to play for the MI brand.”
The Sharjah Warriors’ all-rounder Chris Woakes expressed, “The MI Emirates had a better all-round performance than us today. But we’ll move forward and hopefully put things right in the next game. Imran picked up three wickets and bowled very well for the MI Emirates. His performance was a big difference in the game. We’ve another game tomorrow in a different venue so we have to adapt quickly.”
ILT20 Highlights: Waseem & Pooran star as MI Emirates ease to BIG 49-run win over Sharjah Warriors, Watch MIE vs SW Highlights
Sharjah Warriors Scorecard
| Batsmen | R | B | 4S | 6S | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rahmanullah Gurbaz (WK) | 43 | 31 | 7 | 0 | 138.71 | |
| Evin Lewis | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Dawid Malan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Moeen Ali (C) | 15 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 93.75 | |
| Tom Kohler-Cadmore | 10 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 100.00 | |
| Joe Denly | 9 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 64.29 | |
| Mohammad Nabi | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 75.00 | |
| Chris Woakes | 62 | 29 | 9 | 2 | 213.79 | |
| Junaid Siddique | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 57.14 | |
| Naveen-ul-Haq | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 | |
| Extra | 7 (b 4, w 2, nb 0, lb 1) | |||||
| Total | 155/9 (20) | |||||
| Yet To Bat | Karthik Meiyappan | |||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trent Boult | 4 | 0 | 34 | 1 | 8.50 |
| Fazalhaq Farooqi | 4 | 0 | 27 | 2 | 6.75 |
| Zahoor Khan | 4 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 3.75 |
| Imran Tahir | 4 | 0 | 26 | 3 | 6.50 |
| Dwayne Bravo | 2 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 6.50 |
| Waseem Muhammad | 1 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 15.00 |
| Andre Fletcher | 1 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 20.00 |
| Fall Of Wickets | FOW | Over |
|---|---|---|
| Evin Lewis | 1-4 | 1.3 |
| Dawid Malan | 2-4 | 1.4 |
| Moeen Ali | 3-53 | 7.5 |
| Rahmanullah Gurbaz | 4-64 | 9.3 |
| T Kohler-Cadmore | 5-80 | 11.2 |
| Joe Denly | 6-87 | 13.1 |
| Mohammad Nabi | 7-90 | 13.5 |
| Junaid Siddique | 8-102 | 15.5 |
| Chris Woakes | 9-155 | 19.6 |
MI Emirates Scorecard:
| Batsmen | R | B | 4S | 6S | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Will Smeed | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 28.57 | |
| Waseem Muhammad | 71 | 39 | 5 | 5 | 182.05 | |
| Andre Fletcher | 22 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 110.00 | |
| Nicholas Pooran (WK) | 49 | 30 | 2 | 4 | 163.33 | |
| Kieron Pollard (C) | 22 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 169.23 | |
| Najibullah Zadran | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Dwayne Bravo | 21 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 210.00 | |
| Extra | 17 (b 1, w 9, nb 0, lb 7) | |||||
| Total | 204/5 (20) | |||||
| Yet To Bat | Fazalhaq Farooqi, Zahir Khan, Imran Tahir, Trent Boult | |||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Woakes | 4 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 6.00 |
| Naveen-ul-Haq | 4 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 8.50 |
| Junaid Siddique | 4 | 0 | 41 | 2 | 10.25 |
| Karthik Meiyappan | 1 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 14.00 |
| Mohammad Nabi | 4 | 0 | 49 | 1 | 12.25 |
| Joe Denly | 2 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 8.00 |
| Moeen Ali | 1 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 18.00 |
| Fall Of Wickets | FOW | Over |
|---|---|---|
| Will Smeed | 1-23 | 2.3 |
| ADS Fletcher | 2-71 | 7.5 |
| Waseem Muhammad | 3-149 | 14.3 |
| Nicholas Pooran | 4-163 | 16.3 |
| Najibullah Zadran | 5-163 | 16.4 |
Sharjah Warriors Playing XI: Evin Lewis, Rahmanullah Gurbaz(w), Dawid Malan, Joe Denly, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Moeen Ali(c), Mohammad Nabi, Chris Woakes, Karthik Meiyappan, Junaid Siddique, Naveen-ul-Haq
MI Emirates Playing XI: Muhammad Waseem, Will Smeed, Andre Fletcher, Nicholas Pooran(w), Najibullah Zadran, Kieron Pollard(c), Dwayne Bravo, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Zahoor Khan, Trent Boult, Imran Tahir
ILT20 Highlights: Waseem & Pooran star as MI Emirates ease to BIG 49-run win over Sharjah Warriors, Watch MIE vs SW Highlights
ILT20 Points Table:
| Pos | Teams | Mat | Won | Lost | Tied | NR | Pts | NRR |
| 1 | Dubai Capitals | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3.650 |
| 2 | MI Emirates | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2.45 |
| 3 | Gulf Giants | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Desert Vipers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Sharjah Warriors | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2.45 |
| 6 | Abu Dhabi Knight Riders | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3.650 |
ILT20 Highlights: Waseem & Pooran star as MI Emirates ease to BIG 49-run win over Sharjah Warriors, Watch MIE vs SW Highlights
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