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Monday, February 17, 2025

Rutherford’s Vipers edge Pooran’s Emirates in thrilling ILT20 clash

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Sport Desk
31 days ago
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Sherfane Rutherford of Desert Vipers shakes hands with Zahoor Khan of MI Emirates after match seven of the DP World International League T20 at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, yesterday. Vipers won by five wickets.

Sherfane Rutherford of Desert Vipers shakes hands with Zahoor Khan of MI Emirates after match seven of the DP World International League T20 at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, yesterday. Vipers won by five wickets.

Courtesy ILT20

DUBAI, Unit­ed Arab Emi­rates, Jan 16, CMC – Fakhar Za­man’s bril­liant 67 off 52 balls led the Desert Vipers to a five-wick­et vic­to­ry over MI Emi­rates at the Dubai In­ter­na­tion­al Sta­di­um, as ac­tion con­tin­ued in the ILT20 here Thurs­day.

Chas­ing 160, the Vipers reached their tar­get in 19.1 overs, thanks to key con­tri­bu­tions from Alex Hales (34) and Sam Cur­ran (28).

The Vipers start­ed strong, with Hales and Za­man post­ing 51 in the pow­er­play. De­spite los­ing quick wick­ets, Za­man’s cal­cu­lat­ed knock and a 65-run part­ner­ship with Cur­ran shift­ed mo­men­tum. Guyanese Sher­fane Ruther­ford sealed the chase with 21 off eight balls, in­clud­ing a match-win­ning six. Za­hoor Khan and Dan Mous­ley picked up two wick­ets each.

Ear­li­er, MI Emi­rates post­ed 159-6, dri­ven by late fire­works from Trinida­di­an Kieron Pol­lard (36) and Guyanese Ro­mario Shep­herd (16 not out).

Cap­tain Nicholas Pooran made 15 as the team strug­gled to build on a promis­ing start, with Wanin­du Hasaranga and Lock­ie Fer­gu­son de­liv­er­ing key break­throughs. Fer­gu­son fin­ished with two wick­ets for 25 runs while Hasaranga took one for 21.

Play­er of the Match Fakhar Za­man cred­it­ed a strate­gic ap­proach by coun­ter­ing the spin­ners, while MI Emi­rates cap­tain Pooran praised the Vipers’ mid­dle-or­der re­silience.

“I felt we were in the game. We were hap­py with 160, the way the pitch was play­ing, it seemed to be very tricky. It’s still young in the tour­na­ment, Mous­ley got us two wick­ets, and we went search­ing for an­oth­er, but we didn’t get it. Cred­it to Fakhar Za­man and Sam Cur­ran, they played well.”

SCORES: MI Emi­rates 159-6 in 20 overs (Kieron Pol­lard 36, Kusal Per­era 33, Muham­mad Waseem 18, Lock­ie Fer­gu­son 2 for 23, Wanin­du Hasaranga 1 for 21, Dan Lawrence 1 for 21).

Desert Vipers 161-5 in 20 overs (Fakhar Za­man 67, Alex Hales 34, Sam Cur­ran 28, Sher­fane Ruther­ford 21 not out, Za­hoor Khan 2 for 24, Dan Mous­ley 2 for 27, Waqar Salamkheil 1 for 29).

CMC


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