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And that will be all from yet another day in the Abu Dhabi T10 League but the juggernaut rolls on with another double-header lined up on Tuesday. Do ensure to join us back for our coverage of those games, as well as plenty of other contests from across the cricketing world, right here on Sportskeeda. Thank you so much for tuning in to our coverage of this game as we hope you enjoyed it as much as we did bringing it to you. On behalf of my good friend and fellow textpert Pratyush Rohra, this is Sooryanarayanan Sesha once again reminding you to mask up and get yourselves vaccinate in case you haven't already. Good night and take care!
Liam Livingstone (Team Abu Dhabi Captain): We're playing some really good cricket and it's nice that everybody is contributing. It's nice to give the boys a chance when they've spent some time on the game. They've done really well.
Philip Salt (Player of the Match): It was great to get going. Stirlo was in great form as well. It was pretty humid out there and the medium pace was stopping a bit there. Loving my time - obviously we're winning as well so I'm loving it.
Like we mentioned at the halfway mark, no total is enough against Team Abu Dhabi. And in what was yet another display of breathtaking batting, Liam Livingstone's side has romped home in style. A few nerves - at least that's what we thought - towards the end but Phil Salt put all those qualms to rest.
One expected Salt to come out all guns blazing from the start because, well, that's what he does best. He has made a habit of getting his team off to a flyer and with a certain Paul Stirling confined to the status of a spectator at the other end, Salt was making 132 look below par with the dew not making life any easy for the fielding side.
Stirling too got in on the act and took on Samiullah Shinwari in particular for a hat-trick of sixes. The ball made a sweet sound just about every time it left the blade and not for the first time in the tournament were the Braves left soul-searching. Mark Deyal finally got them that breakthrough they were after with Stirling perishing to an outstanding catch from Roman Walker but then it was skipper Livingstone's turn to pile on the misery.
Curtis Campher did keep things interestingly poised with a brilliant 19th over with Livingstone's six also coming off the leading edge before he was castled off the final delivery. But in a rather poetic finish, it was Salt who closed out the game with a couple of big sixes to make it four out of four for Team Abu Dhabi, who look the part by some distance this tournament. As for The Chennai Braves, they look beleaguered on the bowling front and unless they find a solution there, their batting efforts will continue to remain futile in the competition.
Of course, Phil Salt had to finish it with another biggie! This is some team with some might and panache alright. And en route to their fourth win on the trot, Team Abu Dhabi beat The Chennai Braves by 8 wickets!
10.0
9.2 Dasun Shanaka to Phillip Salt, SIX MORE! GAME, SET, MATCH! Short of a length delivery outside off-stump, Salt stands tall to deposit this over the mid-wicket ropes to finish things off with aplomb! What an innings from the Englishman to lead his side over the line. Team Abu Dhabi maintains their unbeaten streak with an 8 wicket victory!
You can gauge the distance by the sound the ball makes upon striking the bat. That was six the moment he hit it! Just one hit away now as Shanaka comes over the wicket.
9.1 Dasun Shanaka to Phillip Salt, SIX! Nerves? What nerves? Shanaka missed his yorker and dished out a low full toss, Salt gets down on one knee and clobbers it over mid-wicket for a maximum!
Dasun Shanaka to bowl the final over of the game. He will bowl around the wicket.
Colin Ingram, LHB, makes his way to the crease. He will be at the non-striker's end.
WELL WELL! Campher has just kept this game alive with the dangerous Liam Livingstone back in the hunt. The Abu Dhabi skipper was frustrated alright but alas, he cannot see his team through to the finish line. It is down to Phil Salt to finish what he started in that case!
9
overs
123/2score
1
0
0
1w
6
1
W
runs
Philip Salt*
51(27)
Liam Livingstone
23(9)
Curtis Campher
1/17
8.6 Curtis Campher to Liam Livingstone, BOWLED HIM! Slight fortune there. Dipping full toss as he was looking for the yorker, stays low on Livingstone to beat his swing and crash into the bottom of off-stump. Is there a twist in the tale here?
Liam Livingstone b Campher 24 (10b, 0x4, 3x6)
8.5 Curtis Campher to Liam Livingstone, DROPPED! Good length delivery on the stumps, as the slower one as Livingstone launched it into the night sky once more but the fielder makes a meal of it
8.4 Curtis Campher to Liam Livingstone, SIX! Into the night skyyyy. Short of a length delivery around off, Livingstone looks to pull and only manages a top edge that's into the orbit before clearing the fine leg boundary
8.4 Curtis Campher to Liam Livingstone, wide. Short and down the leg side this time, Livingstone fails to help it on its way
8.3 Curtis Campher to Liam Livingstone, back of al length delivery angling across the right-hander, Livingstone looks to launch this over mid-wicket, only connects with fresh air
8.2 Curtis Campher to Liam Livingstone, good length slower delivery outside off-stump, Livingstone ends up with a swing and a miss
8.1 Curtis Campher to Phillip Salt, full delivery outside off-stump, Salt walks down the track and drill this to long-on for a single