Desert Vipers Vs Gulf Giants Final 12 February 2023

Final • Dubai International Cricket Stadium • Dubai

Desert Vipers

146/8 (20)

Gulf Giants

149/3 (18.4)

GG won by 7 wickets

Info

Fantasy

Live

Scorecard

Playing XI

Player of the Match Carlos Brathwaite

3/19

Player of the Series Carlos Brathwaite

Info

Desert Vipers

146/8 (20)

Batters

Rohan Mustafa

85.71

runout (C Brathwaite / Q Ahmad)

Alex Hales

50.00

c J Vince b C Brathwaite

Adam Lyth

100.00

c C Brathwaite b CD Grandhomme

Sam Billings

106.90

c D Wiese b C Brathwaite

Colin Munro

54.55

c & b C Jordan

Wanindu Hasaranga

203.70

c D Wiese b Q Ahmad

Tom Curran

100.00

b C Brathwaite

Luke Wood

50.00

c CA Lynn b Q Ahmad

Gus Atkinson

66.67

Not out

Ali Naseer

133.33

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 0, NB: 0, W: 6)

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 7.3)

146/8

Did not Bat

Sheldon Cottrell

Bowlers

EXT

4.50

4.75

11.67

7.25

7.50

15.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Alex Hales

c J Vince b C Brathwaite

1-8

1.1

Rohan Mustafa

runout (C Brathwaite / Q Ahmad)

2-13

1.5

Adam Lyth

c C Brathwaite b CD Grandhomme

3-25

4.3

Colin Munro

c & b C Jordan

4-44

8.3

Sam Billings

c D Wiese b C Brathwaite

5-116

14.4

Wanindu Hasaranga

c D Wiese b Q Ahmad

6-116

15.1

Luke Wood

c CA Lynn b Q Ahmad

7-130

17.4

Tom Curran

b C Brathwaite

8-134

18.2

Gulf Giants

149/3 (18.4)

Batters

James Vince

100.00

c S Billings b L Wood

Chris Lynn *

144.00

Not out

Colin de Grandhomme

50.00

b TK Curran

Gerhard Erasmus

90.91

c TK Curran b W Hasaranga

Shimron Hetmyer

192.31

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 3, NB: 0, W: 4)

TOTAL

(18.4 Ov, RR: 7.98)

149/3

Did not Bat

Sanchit Sharma, David Wiese, Aayan Afzal Khan, Chris Jordan, Qais Ahmad, Carlos Brathwaite

Bowlers

EXT

Sheldon Cottrell

3.4

6.55

10.33

7.75

8.00

7.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

James Vince

c S Billings b L Wood

1-25

3.5

Colin de Grandhomme

b TK Curran

2-26

4.1

Gerhard Erasmus

c TK Curran b W Hasaranga

3-99

14.3

Match Info

Date & Time

12 Feb, 07:30 PM IST

Venue

Dubai International Cricket Stadium

Match

Final,

International League T20

Umpires

Alex Wharf (England), Richard Kettleborough (England), Leslie Reifer (West Indies, TV)

Referee

Simon Taufel (Austraiia)

Pitch Report

Batting friendly pitch

Toss

Gulf Giants elected to bowl

Player of the Match Carlos Brathwaite

3/19

Player of the Series Carlos Brathwaite

Commentary

That's all from us then! We hope you enjoyed our coverage of this ILT20 final between the Gulf Giants and the Desert Vipers! This is Soumarya signing off on behalf of Srivathsa. See you soon!

Carlos Brathwaite | Player of the Match: Chuffed to be honest. Thanks to the staff for looking after me. Really proud of the team and thanks to the management for the opportunity. I try to add my bowling as another string to my bow. Happy that it all worked out. Qais was calm and that made it easier for me to effect the run-out. It is a fantastic tournament. Erasmus the Associate player of the year did not play all the games, so many international players sitting out shows the quality of the competition.

Qais Ahmad: I am so happy that we have won the finals. Pleased with the way I bowled tonight. The coach and captain trusted in me and my abilities and encouraged me to give my best.

Chris Jordan: He is definitely a guy for the big occasions like this, he has done it in the past. He got on a roll tonight and capped it off with his dance [on Brathwaite].

Shimron Hetmyer: It's a great feeling. Nice to come up with a win. He is a champion with the ball and he is leading the pack off the field as well [on Carlos Brathwaite].

The Gulf Giants players are being interviewed as they get ready for the post-match presentation. We will bring you all of them.

Gulf Giants 149/3 in 18.4 overs
Chris Lynn 72(50) | Wanindu Hasaranga 1/28
Gerhard Erasmus 30(33) | Luke Wood 1/31

The Gulf Giants are the CHAMPIONS of the inaugural ILT20 and they've done it in some style! They bowled brilliantly in the first half and set it up for an easy chase and they got there in the end with 8 balls to spare. They started off the chase on a good note as skipper James Vince was quick to get off the blocs but the Vipers came back strongly as they removed Vince and de Grandhomme in the powerplay itself.

However Chris Lynn held his nerve and anchored the chase really well. He got excellent support from Gerhard Erasmus , the Namibian star and the duo put up a really good partnership of 63 to set the foundation for the chase. There was a brief hiccup in the middle after Erasmus was out but Shimron Hetmyer came in and played a dramatic cameo to seal the deal for the Giants. He smashed a whirlwind 25 of just 13 balls and stayed there till the end with Chris Lynn who remained unbeaten on 72.

The Vipers tried to fight hard for the major part of the game but in the end they simply didn't have enough runs on the board. They did get two early wickets but failed to get wickets in the middle overs when the partnership between Lynn and Erasmus took the game away from them. They missed a trick maybe in not giving a bowl to Rohan Mustafa but it's all done now and in the past.

What an unbelievable tournament we've had and the Gulf Giants are the deserving champions of it in the end. Spare of thoughts for the Desert Vipers who did really well throughout the tournament but fell short of the winning line today. They can still walk away proudly with their effort and come back strongly for the next edition of the competition.

Gulf Giants win by 7 wickets and they're the inaugural champions of the DP WORLD ILT20

19.0

18.4 Sheldon Cottrell to Chris Lynn, FOUR! The Giants have won it. They are the inaugural champs of the ILT20. Short on the stumps, pulled hard and wide of mid-wicket. The Giants run on to the field to celebrate

18.3 Sheldon Cottrell to Shimron Hetmyer, back of a length outside off, pulled to deep mid-wicket

18.2 Sheldon Cottrell to Chris Lynn, back of a length on the stumps, smashed to long-on

18.1 Sheldon Cottrell to Chris Lynn, FOUR! short on the stumps, Lynn pulls and the top-edge clears the keeper, the Giants almost home

overs

139 /3 score

1wd

runs

Shimron Hetmyer *

24 (12)

Chris Lynn

63 (47)

Tom Curran

1 /32

Shimron Hetmyer is playing the innings of the final here! He has taken the game away from the Desert Vipers here in a span of just two overs. The Gulf Giants are now just 8 runs away from being the inaugural champions of the ILT20!

17.6 Tom Curran to Shimron Hetmyer, Lyth does so well. Another low full-toss on the stumps, flicked wide of long-on, Lyth gets across and slides to cut it off, but his legs are in contact with the cushions when he touches the ball, no, he is fine as the third ump makes the decision

17.5 Tom Curran to Shimron Hetmyer, FOUR! Hat-trick of fours, a low full-toss on the stumps, flicked over mid-wicket and no chance for deep mid-wicket

Shimron Hetmyer has played a decisive cameo here and he has ensured that this equation is a mere formality now.

17.4 Tom Curran to Shimron Hetmyer, FOUR! low full-toss outside off, Hetmyer smashes the ball through backward point and easily beats sweeper cover to his right

17.3 Tom Curran to Shimron Hetmyer, FOUR! Hetmyer gets forward and slices the loft, a thick outside-edge and it clears backward point, skims away