That is the coverage of the Match No 5 of Namibia T20 Tri series 2024 between United Arab Emirates and United States. For now, this is me Aditya Agarwal signing off on behalf of my co-commentator Anirudh Modi who, alongside our scorer/analyst Dushyant Singh Madhukar brought you all the live action of this fixture. We will meet again. Until then, cheers!
Muhammad Waseem ( UAE Captain) - " We are really happy with the result all thanks to the almighty. Basil bowled brilliantly today and won the game for us. Everyone is fine and in pink of health, as of Ali Naseer we are yet to receive any official update."
Basil Hameed (Player of the Match): "As a team we are playing some good T20 cricket and we wanted to continue that, the result shows it. Good feeling, the idea was to use my variations, there was grip and purchase. The way he batted and got his team back into the game and credit to his team as well."
Player of the Match: Basil Hameed
Jasdeep Singh (USA Captain): "They got off to a flier and credit to the bowlers for coming back into the game. 170 was a chaseable, I think we could have had a partnership and capitalized later.
Some positives as the youngster came in and batted the way he did but credit to the UAE. We played a good game of cricket and we will look to improve. Another day and another game tomorrow."
Time for the post match presentation..
21:04 IST and 05:34 PM Local Time | PHEW! What a game we just had! UAE have pulled out a rabbit from their hat as they steal their win from the jaws of USA who were looking well set for an inspired victory. Muhammad Jawadullah held his nerves in the last over to win it for UAE, by 6 runs.
Here's a review of what happened in the match.
Earlier, UAE won the toss and opted to bat first. Batting first , they lost Aryansh Sharma on the score of 12. Muhammad Waseem and Vishnu Sukumaran then put up an excellent 89 run partnership for the second wicket to give UAE an upper hand.
Both the batters the got out after making their fifty. USA then crawled back into the game with 4 back to back wickets. But a strong finish by Basil Hameed and Rahul Chopra in the end powered them to an above par score of 170/5.
On the other hand, Noshthush Kenjige and Jounoy Drysdale bagged 2 wickets apiece for USA.
Chasing 171, USA started off on a good note as Andries Gous and Vishnu Sukumaran gave them a head start. But both the openers were dismissed cheaply as they both got out in the space 5 balls. USA ended the powerplay on a score of 50/2.
Nitish Kumar and Milind Kumar fell cheaply right after the powerplay leaving USA reeling on 72/4 after 10.4 overs. Shayan Jahangir and Harmeet Singh then put on a splendid 67 run partnership from just 33 for the fifth wicket and brought their side into the game. Shayan Jahangir smashed Vishnu Sukumaran for a 25-run over and brought the momentum to his side.
With 33 runs required in 25 balls , USA were favorites to win the match. Harmeet Singh then got run out and in the very next over Basil Hameed from UAE bagged 2 wickets in 2 balls including the prized wicket of Shayan Jahangir to put UAE in a strong hold.
With 14 runs required from the last over, Muhammad Jawadullah wen for 7 runs from his first 2 balls. But he held his nerves and bowled two back to back yorkers and bagged 2 wickets to win it for his team. Basil Hameed was the standout bowler for his team as he bagged 4 wickets in his quota of 4 overs.
On the other hand, Shayan Jahangir was the star batter for his team as he made 61 runs from just 32 balls including 8 fours and 2 sixes. Stay tuned for the presentation coming up shortly!
THAT'S IT!! Jawadullah was won it for UAE. They win by a margin of 6 runs.
19.4 M Jawadullah to J Drysdale
W WICKET! BOWLED HIM! The sweet sound of the timber! UAE has taken the victory home! They win by 6 runs! A perfect yorker, on the stumps, Drysdale with a wild swing but misses and the middle stump goes flying out of the ground! UAE have rocked USA here!
Wickettt!! 9th wicket goes down. What a game we are witnessing.
19.3 M Jawadullah to N Kenjige
W WICKET! BOWLED HIM! This match is still swinging both ways! Length delivery, on the leg stump, Kenjige misses his flick and sees his leg stump fly out of the ground!
The fielder collided with each other and one of them have injured themselves. 7 required now off 4 balls.
19.2 M Jawadullah to A Paradkar
3 3 RUNS! Back of a length delivery, on the stumps, angling down leg, pulls it through fine leg for a triple! 7 needed off 4 now!