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ABU DHABI: Jason Holder scored an unbeaten 29 off 10, then followed it with brilliant bowling figures of 3-12 to help Morrisville Samp Army defeat Team Abu Dhabi by 35 runs in the Abu Dhabi T10 League at Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium.

Morrisville Samp Army after being invited to bat first lost their first wicket in the second over as Ibrahim Zadran (17) was dismissed by Rumman Raees.

Skipper Moeen Ali soon followed Zadran in the next over while Faf du Plessis attacked Team Abu Dhabi bowlers from his end before getting run out at a total of 51.

Faf du Plessis scored 29 runs off 11 balls with the help of one boundary and three sixes.

Karim Janat played a 29-run cameo of 13 balls before getting out in the last over with 99 runs on the board.

Jason Holder then finished the innings in style with three sixes on the last three balls to push the team’s total to 118-5 in their 10 overs.

Tymal Mills led the bowling charts for Team Abu Dhabi with figures of 2-24, while Roelof van der Merwe and Rumman Raees picked one wicket each.

In response, Team Abu Dhabi had a horrible start as they lost their first wicket on the first ball of the innings.

Alex Hales then got out stumped in the next over bowled by Peter Hatzoglou.

Samp Army skipper Moeen Ali in his first over picked two wickets to leave the opponents struggling at 37-5 in the fourth over.

Tom Banton was the first victim of Ali after scoring 16 off 9, while Colin Ingram was stumped after scoring two runs.

Team Abu Dhabi failed to recover from the early setbacks and slipped to 63-8 in eight overs after Jason Holder’s two-wicket over.

Dwaine Pretorius scored 15 before getting caught behind, while Van der Merwe suffered a similar fate two balls later.

Alishan Sharafu remained unbeaten at 18 off 15 but failed to get his team to the target as Team Abu Dhabi finished with 83-8 in their 10 overs.

Holder picked three wickets, while Moeen Ali got two.

With this loss, Team Abu Dhabi sank to the bottom of the Abu Dhabi T10 League points table with three losses in three games.

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ABU DHABI: A combined team effort by New York Strikers handed Northern Warriors their first loss during the ongoing season of the Abu Dhabi T10 League in a low-scoring thriller at Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium.

New York Strikers jumped to the top of the Abu Dhabi T10 League points table after today’s three-wicket victory.

Strikers opted to bowl first and Akeal Hosein justified the decision right as he bowled Kennar Lewis in the first over.

Hazratullah Zazai was the next to depart after scoring a cautious 17 off 21 with two boundaries.

Colin Munro then took control and attacked Strikers as he remained unbeaten at 44 runs from 27 balls with the help of three boundaries and as many sixes.

Munro could not get enough support from the other end and Northern Warriors ended up scoring a meagre 88-3 in 10 overs.

In response, Muhammad Waseem (23) and Rahmanullah Gurbaz (22) gave Strikers a flying start in the pursuit of a small total.

However, Tabraiz Shamsi removed both openers in his consecutive overs to halt Strikers’ progress at 54-2 in 6 overs.

Abhimanyu Mithun then removed Kusal Perera and Kieron Pollard in the same over to further damage Strikers’ pursuit.

Angelo Mathews also picked two wickets in one over to further slip them to 74-6.

However, Akeal Hosein held on to his nerves and finished the match with a six on the first ball of the final over.

Shamsi, Mathews and Mithun picked two wickets each for Northern Warriors.

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ABU DHABI: A combined team effort by Moeen Ali-led Morrisville Samp Army saw them earn a last-over victory over Chennai Braves by seven wickets in the seventh Abu Dhabi T10 League match at Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium.

Chennai Braves lost opening batter, Jason Roy, in the first over after opting to bat with only two runs on board.

Kobe Herft then scored 20 runs off 16 balls with one boundary and one six before Qais Ahmed removed him with the scoreboard reading 27-3.

This quickly became 27-6 as Moeen Ali bowled a maiden over and picked two wickets, while Stephen Eskinazi got run out in the same over.

Braves’ skipper Charith Asalanka then took responsibility and added 49 runs in the seventh wicket partnership with Aayan Afzal Khan.

Karim Janat broke the partnership in the ninth over, dismissing Asalanka, who scored 31 off 13, laced with two boundaries and three sixes.

Bhanuka Rajapaksa and Aayan Afzal Khan added 21 runs in the last eight balls to raise the team’s total to 97-7 in their ten overs.

Karim Janat and Moeen Ali picked two wickets each, while Jason Holder and Qais Ahmed managed one each.

Morrisville Samp Army in their pursuit got off to a flying start with a 59-run opening stand between Andries Gous and Faf du Plessis.

Mohammad Nabi broke the stand in the sixth over, when Du Plessis was caught by Munsey after scoring 31 runs from 16 balls, featuring three sixes and one boundary.

Skipper Moeen Ali joined Gous but was castled in the next over by Junaid Siddique with the scoreboard reading 68-2.

Gous then departed after being run out in the ninth over, after hitting 43 runs in 26 balls with the help of three boundaries and two sixes.

Samp Army needed eight runs in the final over and they achieved the target with Najibullah Zadran finishing the match in style with a six off the penultimate ball.

Junaid Siddique and Mohammad Nabi picked one wicket each for Chennai Braves.

ABU DHABI: Chennai Braves’ Jason Roy scored a 39-ball 84 to single-handedly edge Team Abu Dhabi by four runs in the fourth Abu Dhabi T10 League match at Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium.

Chennai Braves were invited to bat first by Team Abu Dhabi in the first game of both teams during the current season of the Abu Dhabi T10 League.

Chennai Braves got off to 40 runs swiftly in four overs before opening batter Kobe Herft (14) was sent back to the dugout by Dwaine Pretorius.

The other opening batter Jason Roy remained firm and waged a lone battle against Team Abu Dhabi amid falling wickets on the other end.

Jason Roy remained unbeaten at 84 in 39 balls with the help of six boundaries and seven sixes to help push his side’s total to 115-4 in their accumulative 10 overs.

Except for two openers, none of the Braves batters could reach double-figures as Team Abu Dhabi bowlers kept one end in control.

Pretorius returned with figures of 2-21, while Tymal Mills picked one wicket.

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In response, Team Abu Dhabi had a horrible start to their pursuit of a 116-run target as they slipped to 30-2 in three overs.

They lost two more wickets with an addition of 25 runs in the next three overs.

Team Abu Dhabi needed 61 runs in the last four overs with Leus du Plooy and Colin Ingram on the crease.

Plooy and Ingram counter-attacked Braves’ bowlers, but could not get their team over the line as they managed to score 17 runs in the final over while requiring 22 to win.

Leus du Plooy scored 18-ball 47, laced with three boundaries and four sixes, whereas, Colin Ingram scored 20 off 15.

Chennai Braves’ bowlers Aayan Afzal Khan, Sam Cook, Imran Tahir and Junaid Siddique all picked one wicket each.

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ABU DHABI: Quinton de Kock scored a dominant half-century, aided by Rovman Powell’s quickfire 31 to power Delhi Bulls to a crushing nine-wicket win over Deccan Gladiators in the third Abu Dhabi T10 League match at Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium.

Deccan Gladiators had a flying start after opting to bat as they raced to 64 in the sixth over, courtesy of the fiery batting display by Tom Kohler-Cadmore and Andre Fletcher.

Kohler-Cadmore fell prey to Naveen-ul-Haq after scoring 42 runs from 21 balls, laced with five boundaries and three sixes.

Fletcher was joined by fellow West Indian Nicholas Pooran and they added 35 runs before the former was run out at a total of 99.

Fletcher scored 34 runs off 20 balls featuring three sixes and one boundary.

Pooran (18) and Gladiators’ captain Andre Russell (19) added 21 runs from the last seven balls of the innings to push the total to 120 in ten overs.

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In response, Quinton de Kock and Johnson Charles set the tone for the chase in the Bulls’ first game of the ongoing Abu Dhabi T10 League season.

Together they raised 73 runs for the first wicket in five overs, before Luke Wood castled Charles to pick the only wicket for Gladiators.

Charles scored a 13-ball 36 with the help of five boundaries and two sixes.

Bulls’ skipper Rovman Powell joined De Kock and both batters exhibited tremendous power-hitting skills to chase the total in 8.3 overs while losing only one wicket.

De Kock scored 50 runs from 26 balls, laced with three boundaries and four sixes, while Powell played a 12-ball cameo of 31 runs, which featured five boundaries and one six.

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ABU DHABI: Sri Lankan all-rounder Angelo Mathews claimed a hattrick to help Northern Warriors edge Morrisville Samp Army by nine runs in a close Abu Dhabi T10 League match at Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium.

Samp Army invited Warriors to bat first in the second match of the Abu Dhabi T10 League and inflicted early damage as Kennar Lewis departed in the third over with 24 runs on the board.

Hazratullah Zazai remained firm on one end, while Qais Ahmed picked back-to-back wickets from the other end to leave the Warriors reeling at 47-3 in the sixth over.

Zazai also went back to the dugout in the next over after scoring 20 off 18 with the help of two sixes.

Colin Munro then took responsibility and scored an unbeaten 15-ball 36, featuring two boundaries and three sixes to guide his side to 103-5 in 10 overs.

Qais Ahmed led the bowling charts with the brilliants figures of 2-12 in two overs.

Samp Army had a turbulent start to the chase as they lost their first three wickets in three overs with 31 runs on the board.

Skipper Moeen Ali counter-attacked from his end but he could not find enough support from the other end as wickets kept falling at an alarming rate.

Moeen Ali’s 23-ball 37, which featured two boundaries and as many sixes, ended in the final over bowled by Angelo Mathews, who went on to take two more wickets to complete his hat trick.

Morrisville Samp Army’s innings ended at 94-8 in ten overs.

Mathews returned with figures of 3-19, while Abhimanyu Mithun and James Neesham picked two wickets each.

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ARY has secured media rights in Pakistan for the 2023 Abu Dhabi T10 League as cricket’s fastest format brings together a galaxy of international stars for 32 action-packed matches from 28 November to 9 December.

The eight-team competition starting on 28 November in Abu Dhabi will be broadcast on A Sports, one of Pakistan’s leading sports TV channels.

The seventh season of the Abu Dhabi T10 League features eight teams – Team Abu Dhabi, New York Strikers, Northern Warriors, Deccan Gladiators, Bangla Tigers, Chennai Braves, Morrisville SAMP ARMY, and Delhi Bulls. The teams will go head-to-head in a round-robin format with the four best performing teams competing in the knockout stages with the final set to take place on 9 December.

This latest content acquisition will ensure continued coverage of top-quality sports content on A Sports. Earlier this month, A Sports and ARY Zap successfully covered the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup.

ARY’s sports offerings in the past two years have included the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023, ICC Men’s and Women’s T20 World Cups, two seasons of the Pakistan Super League, bilateral matches organised by the Pakistan Cricket Board, the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022, South Africa 20, Major League Cricket, Canada Global T20, FairBreak Invitational T20, Formula 1, and La Liga.

“I am delighted that A Sports will continue to broadcast high quality cricket with the Abu Dhabi T10 2023 starting later this month,” said Salman Iqbal, ARY Digital Founder and CEO.

“We have just successfully broadcast the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup with The Pavilion – our wrap-around show – gaining traction across the globe.

“My team and I are very keen to build our sports offerings and to bring the best sports events to viewers in Pakistan.”

Speaking on the broadcast in Pakistan, Mr Shaji Ul Mulk, Chairman, T10 Sports Management said, “We are delighted to have ARY as our broadcast partners in Pakistan. A Sports and ARY Zap have already garnered a great reputation among sports viewers thanks to their association with some of the biggest sporting events in the past. Pakistan is an important market for us to extend our reach. We want to provide our broadcasters in the region the best version of the sport there is to offer. We are confident the 7th edition of Abu Dhabi T10 will be unlike others – and will only add to the success story of cricket’s shortest and fastest format.”

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ABU DHABI: Andre Russell and Tom Kohler-Cadmore smashed 159 runs together to set Deccan Gladiators win their maiden Abu Dhabi T10 League title. 

Set to bat first by Dehli Bulls, Russell and Cadmore provided magnificent start to Gladiators as they both put up the highest partnership of the event. They scored 159-0 to set Bulls to chase 160 in 10 overs.

Russell smashed 90 runs off 32 balls laced with seven sixes and nine boundaries. Cadmore followed in his footsteps and fire powered 59 runs off 28 balls including three boundaries and five maximums.

In reply, Bulls managed to score 103 for the loss of seven wickets. Chandrapaul Hemraj top scored with 42 runs for Bulls.

For Gladiators, Wanindu Hasaranga de Silva, Tymal Mills and Odean Smith bagged two wickets each while Russell bagged one.

ABU DHABI: Team Abu Dhabi held drew against Bangla Tigers in 3rd Place Play-off to secure third position in Abu Dhabi T10 League on the basis of more points. 

After setting Tigers to chase 99 runs, Abu Dhabi’s bowlers contained their line and length to restrict Tigers to to 98-6 in 10 overs.

Naveen-ul-Haq bagged two wickets for 11 runs in his two overs followed by Ahmed Daniyal and Liam Livingstone taking a wicket each.

Will Smeed scored highest 25 runs including three boundaries and a six from Tigers.

Earlier, batting first, Colin Ingram (41*) led Abu Dhabi to 98-5 in allotted 10 overs. His inning included four sixes.

Tom Hartley, Mohammad Amir, Luke Fletcher, Karim Janat, and Sabir Rao bagged a wicket each for Tigers.