tt16210	Abu Dhabi Knight Riders v Desert Vipers
	International League Twenty20 2025/26
Venue	Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi on 16th December 2025 (20-over match) (night)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Desert Vipers won the toss and decided to field
Result	Abu Dhabi Knight Riders won by 1 run
Points	Abu Dhabi Knight Riders 2; Desert Vipers 0
Umpires	WR Knights (New Zealand), MJ Saggers (England)
TV umpire	LS Reifer (West Indies)
Referee	RS Mahanama (Sri Lanka)
Reserve Umpire	Akbar Ali
Player of the Match	LS Livingstone
Ball-by-ball	Innings 1, Innings 2

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Abu Dhabi Knight Riders innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots	S-Rate
PD Salt	lbw b Khuzaima Tanveer	0	1	1	-	-	1	0.00
+MS Pepper	c Sasirekha b Ferguson	4	3	11	1	-	2	133.33
AD Hales	c Hasan Nawaz b Ferguson	25	18	24	2	2	11	138.89
LS Livingstone	b Ferguson	76	48	77	6	3	12	158.33
A Sharafu	c Sasirekha b Curran	39	35	36	1	3	15	111.43
SE Rutherford	not out	24	14	25	1	2	5	171.43
AD Russell	not out	2	1	1	-	-	0	200.00
SC van Schalkwyk	did not bat
SP Narine	did not bat
*JO Holder	did not bat
A Kumar	did not bat
Extras	(4 lb, 7 w)	11
Total	(5 wickets, innings closed, 89 minutes, 20 overs)	181
Fall of wickets:
1-0 (Salt, 0.1 ov), 2-9 (Pepper, 1.3 ov), 3-43 (Hales, 4.6 ov), 4-111 (Sharafu, 14.5 ov), 5-179 (Livingstone, 19.5 ov)

Desert Vipers bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s	S-Rate	Econ
Khuzaima Tanveer	4	0	38	1	2	-	10	5	1	24.00	9.50
Ferguson	4	0	34	3	3	-	13	2	2	8.00	8.50
Curran	4	0	36	1	-	-	8	3	2	24.00	9.00
Qais Ahmad	4	0	32	0	1	-	7	-	2	-	8.00
Noor Ahmad	4	0	37	0	1	-	8	1	3	-	9.25

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Desert Vipers innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots	S-Rate
Fakhar Zaman	lbw b Russell	44	32	62	4	1	6	137.50
MDE Holden	c Kumar b Russell	52	43	51	6	-	16	120.93
Hasan Nawaz	c Livingstone b Kumar	23	14	21	1	2	5	164.29
SM Curran	c Pepper b Holder	11	10	16	-	1	5	110.00
DW Lawrence	not out	11	7	28	1	-	1	157.14
SO Hetmyer	b Stone	7	4	4	1	-	1	175.00
Khuzaima Tanveer	c van Schalkwyk b Kumar	16	9	13	2	1	5	177.78
TC Bruce	not out	2	2	2	-	-	1	100.00
+VAR Sasirekha	did not bat
*LH Ferguson	did not bat
Qais Ahmad	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 3 lb, 1 nb, 5 w)	14
Total	(6 wickets, innings closed, 101 minutes, 20 overs)	180
Fall of wickets:
1-97 (Holden, 11.3 ov), 2-114 (Fakhar Zaman, 13.5 ov), 3-131 (Hasan Nawaz, 15.4 ov), 4-143 (Curran, 16.4 ov), 5-152 (Hetmyer, 17.3 ov), 6-177 (Khuzaima Tanveer, 19.4 ov)

Abu Dhabi Knight Riders bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s	S-Rate	Econ
Holder	4	0	28	1	2	-	11	2	1	24.00	7.00
Kumar	4	0	47	2	2	1	7	3	3	12.00	11.75
Stone	4	0	44	1	-	-	5	5	1	24.00	11.00
Narine	4	0	23	0	-	-	7	1	-	-	5.75
van Schalkwyk	1	0	14	0	1	-	1	2	-	-	14.00
Russell	3	0	16	2	-	-	9	2	-	9.00	5.33

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Notes
--> Desert Vipers full substitute: Fakhar Zaman for Noor Ahmad (after 17 overs of the Abu Dhabi Knight Riders innings) (impact playert)
--> Abu Dhabi Knight Riders full substitute: OP Stone for AD Hales (after 20 overs of the Abu Dhabi Knight Riders innings) (impact player)
--> Abu Dhabi Knight Riders powerplay 1: overs 1 to 6 (48/3)
--> Desert Vipers powerplay 1: overs 1 to 6 (53/0)
--> Abu Dhabi Knight Riders innings: 50 in 6.2 overs
--> Abu Dhabi Knight Riders innings: 100 in 13.4 overs
--> Abu Dhabi Knight Riders innings: 150 in 17.2 overs
--> Desert Vipers innings: 50 in 5.6 overs
--> Desert Vipers innings: 100 in 11.5 overs
--> Desert Vipers innings: 150 in 17.2 overs
--> LS Livingstone 50 in 36 balls with 1 four and 3 sixes
--> LS Livingstone passed 7500 runs in Twenty20 matches when he reached 4
--> MDE Holden 50 in 41 balls with 6 fours
--> MDE Holden passed 2500 runs in Twenty20 matches when he reached 5
--> SC van Schalkwyk made his debut in United Arab Emirates in Twenty20 matches
--> LS Livingstone (17) and A Sharafu (32) added 50 in 46 balls for the Abu Dhabi Knight Riders 4th wicket
--> LS Livingstone (26) and SE Rutherford (23) added 50 in 20 balls for the Abu Dhabi Knight Riders 5th wicket
--> Fakhar Zaman (21) and MDE Holden (26) added 50 in 36 balls for the Desert Vipers 1st wicket

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Over 0.1: Review by Desert Vipers (Bowling), Umpire - WR Knights, Batter - PD Salt (decision overturned)
Over 13.5: Review by Desert Vipers (Batting), Umpire - MJ Saggers, Batter - Fakhar Zaman (decision upheld - umpires call)

 

 

 

 

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