Gulf Giants vs Desert Vipers

Gulf Giants vs Desert Vipers, International League T20, 8 Dec 2025

Result

Gulf Giants (20 ov) 179/5 & 9/0
Desert Vipers (20 ov) 179/9 & 13/1

Match tied

Full scorecard

Gulf Giants — 1st innings

179/5 (20 ov)
Batting RB4s6sSR
P Nissanka b Noor Ahmad 56 29 4 4 193.10
Rahmanullah Gurbaz c SO Hetmyer b Khuzaima Tanveer 41 31 1 3 132.26
JM Vince c SO Hetmyer b Khuzaima Tanveer 25 22 2 0 113.64
MM Ali c DW Lawrence b DA Payne 11 11 1 0 100.00
Azmatullah Omarzai c Hassan Nawaz b Noor Ahmad 20 13 1 1 153.85
TJ Moores * not out 10 8 0 1 125.00
MG Erasmus * not out 7 6 1 0 116.67
Extras (lb 4, w 5) 9
Total 5 wkts, 20 ov 179

Did not bat LA Dawson, MR Adair, Haider Razzaq, N Thushara, Zuhaib Zubair

Fall of wickets 1-73 (P Nissanka, 6.6 ov), 2-127 (JM Vince, 13.3 ov), 3-128 (Rahmanullah Gurbaz, 13.5 ov), 4-159 (Azmatullah Omarzai, 16.6 ov), 5-165 (MM Ali, 18.2 ov)

Bowling OMRWEconWdNb
Naseem Shah 4 0 37 0 9.25 2 0
DA Payne 4 0 28 1 7.00 0 0
SM Curran 3 0 33 0 11.00 1 0
Khuzaima Tanveer 4 0 23 2 5.75 1 0
Noor Ahmad 4 0 47 2 11.75 1 0
DW Lawrence 1 0 7 0 7.00 0 0

Desert Vipers — 2nd innings

T 180 179/9 (20 ov)
Batting RB4s6sSR
Fakhar Zaman c LA Dawson b Azmatullah Omarzai 1 9 0 0 11.11
AGS Gous c MG Erasmus b MR Adair 11 9 2 0 122.22
MDE Holden b Haider Razzaq 15 15 1 0 100.00
SM Curran c Azmatullah Omarzai b N Thushara 44 36 1 3 122.22
DW Lawrence c LA Dawson b Azmatullah Omarzai 56 31 6 2 180.65
SO Hetmyer c MR Adair b Azmatullah Omarzai 16 8 2 1 200.00
Hassan Nawaz c MG Erasmus b N Thushara 11 4 1 1 275.00
Khuzaima Tanveer c Rahmanullah Gurbaz b Azmatullah Omarzai 7 3 0 1 233.33
Naseem Shah run out (Azmatullah Omarzai/MG Erasmus) 2 3 0 0 66.67
V Aravind * not out 4 3 0 0 133.33
Extras (b 2, w 9, nb 1) 12
Total 9 wkts, 20 ov 179

Did not bat Noor Ahmad, DA Payne

Fall of wickets 1-8 (Fakhar Zaman, 2.2 ov), 2-14 (AGS Gous, 3.2 ov), 3-62 (MDE Holden, 8.6 ov), 4-122 (SM Curran, 15.1 ov), 5-142 (SO Hetmyer, 17.2 ov), 6-149 (DW Lawrence, 17.6 ov), 7-160 (Hassan Nawaz, 18.3 ov), 8-173 (Khuzaima Tanveer, 19.2 ov), 9-179 (Naseem Shah, 19.6 ov)

Bowling OMRWEconWdNb
N Thushara 4 1 33 2 8.25 6 0
MR Adair 4 0 36 1 9.00 1 1
Azmatullah Omarzai 4 0 32 4 8.00 1 0
Haider Razzaq 4 0 45 1 11.25 0 0
MM Ali 2 0 13 0 6.50 0 0
LA Dawson 2 0 18 0 9.00 1 0

Desert Vipers (super over)

13/1 (1 ov)
Batting RB4s6sSR
SO Hetmyer * not out 2 2 0 0 100.00
DW Lawrence c LA Dawson b N Thushara 10 4 0 1 250.00
Extras (lb 1) 1
Total 1 wkt, 1 ov 13

Did not bat Noor Ahmad, Fakhar Zaman, AGS Gous, MDE Holden, SM Curran, Hassan Nawaz, Khuzaima Tanveer, Naseem Shah, V Aravind, DA Payne

Fall of wickets 1-13 (DW Lawrence, 0.6 ov)

Bowling OMRWEconWdNb
N Thushara 1 0 12 1 12.00 0 0

Gulf Giants (super over)

9/0 (1 ov)
Batting RB4s6sSR
MM Ali * not out 5 6 0 0 83.33
TJ Moores * not out 1 1 0 0 100.00
Extras (w 2, nb 1) 3
Total 0 wkts, 1 ov 9

Did not bat P Nissanka, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, JM Vince, Azmatullah Omarzai, MG Erasmus, LA Dawson, MR Adair, Haider Razzaq, N Thushara, Zuhaib Zubair

Bowling OMRWEconWdNb
Naseem Shah 1 0 9 0 9.00 2 1

Gulf Giants — 1st innings — 20 overs

Runs per over peak 18
Over 1 Naseem Shah 2 2 4 • • 6 14 runs
Over 2 DA Payne 1 • 2 • 1 1 5 runs
Over 3 SM Curran • • wd • 1 4 1 7 runs
Over 4 DA Payne 2 6 • • 4 1lb 13 runs
Over 5 Khuzaima Tanveer 6 1 1lb 1 • 2 11 runs
Over 6 SM Curran • 2 • 4 1 1 8 runs
Over 7 Noor Ahmad 6 1 1 1 6 W 15 runs 1 wkt
Over 8 DW Lawrence 1 • • 4 1 1 7 runs
Over 9 Naseem Shah wd • • 1 2 2 1 7 runs
Over 10 Noor Ahmad • 1 2 1 1 4 9 runs
Over 11 DA Payne 1 1 • 1 1 1 5 runs
Over 12 Khuzaima Tanveer 1 1 2 1 1lb • 6 runs
Over 13 SM Curran • 6 6 1 4 1 18 runs
Over 14 Khuzaima Tanveer 1 1 W 1lb W 1 4 runs 2 wkt
Over 15 Noor Ahmad 4 1 4 1 • wd 1 12 runs
Over 16 Naseem Shah 1 1 • 1 wd 1 2 7 runs
Over 17 Noor Ahmad 1 1 1 2 6 W 11 runs 1 wkt
Over 18 Khuzaima Tanveer 1 1 wd 1 • 1 • 5 runs
Over 19 DA Payne 1 W • 4 1 • 6 runs 1 wkt
Over 20 Naseem Shah 1 6 • 1 • 1 9 runs

Desert Vipers — 2nd innings — 20 overs

Runs per over peak 18
Over 1 N Thushara • • • • • • 0 runs
Over 2 MR Adair • 4 1 1 1 • 7 runs
Over 3 Azmatullah Omarzai 1 W 1 • • 4 6 runs 1 wkt
Over 4 MR Adair 1 W nb 6 • 1 2 11 runs 1 wkt
Over 5 Azmatullah Omarzai 1 wd 1 1b • • 4 8 runs
Over 6 MR Adair • 1 1 • • 1 3 runs
Over 7 Haider Razzaq 1 1 1 1 • 4 8 runs
Over 8 MM Ali 1 6 1 • 1 1 10 runs
Over 9 Haider Razzaq • 1 1 6 1 W 9 runs 1 wkt
Over 10 MM Ali • 1 • 1 • 1 3 runs
Over 11 LA Dawson 1 • • • 1 1 3 runs
Over 12 N Thushara 1 1 • 1 2 4 9 runs
Over 13 LA Dawson wd 3 • 6 • 4 1 15 runs
Over 14 MR Adair 2 1 1 4 wd 2 4 15 runs
Over 15 Haider Razzaq 1 4 2 1 1 6 15 runs
Over 16 N Thushara W 1 1 • • 4 6 runs 1 wkt
Over 17 Haider Razzaq • 1 6 1 1 4 13 runs
Over 18 Azmatullah Omarzai 1 W 1 4 2 W 8 runs 2 wkt
Over 19 N Thushara wd 6 4 W • 1 5wd 1 18 runs 1 wkt
Over 20 Azmatullah Omarzai 6 W 2 1b 1 W 10 runs 2 wkt

Desert Vipers (super over) — 1 over

Runs per over peak 13
Over 1 N Thushara 2 1lb 2 2 6 W 13 runs 1 wkt

Gulf Giants (super over) — 1 over

Runs per over peak 9
Over 1 Naseem Shah nb • 1 2wd 2 1 1 1 9 runs

Run progression

Gulf Giants 179 Desert Vipers 177 Desert Vipers 13 Gulf Giants 9 wicket
0 45 90 135 0 3 6 9 12 15 18

Overs

Partnerships

Gulf Giants — 1st innings

1 73 P Nissanka 56 · Rahmanullah Gurbaz 14
2 54 JM Vince 25 · Rahmanullah Gurbaz 27
3 1 MM Ali 0 · Rahmanullah Gurbaz 0
4 31 Azmatullah Omarzai 20 · MM Ali 9
5 6 MM Ali 2 · TJ Moores 3
6 14 MG Erasmus 7 · TJ Moores 7

Desert Vipers — 2nd innings

1 8 Fakhar Zaman 1 · AGS Gous 7
2 6 AGS Gous 4 · MDE Holden 2
3 48 SM Curran 32 · MDE Holden 13
4 60 DW Lawrence 46 · SM Curran 12
5 20 SO Hetmyer 16 · DW Lawrence 4
6 7 DW Lawrence 6 · Hassan Nawaz 1
7 11 Hassan Nawaz 10
8 13 Khuzaima Tanveer 7 · Naseem Shah 1
9 4 V Aravind 2 · Naseem Shah 1

Desert Vipers (super over)

1 13 DW Lawrence 10 · SO Hetmyer 2

Gulf Giants (super over)

1 9 MM Ali 5 · TJ Moores 1

Bars show the full stand including extras; the two figures beside each are the runs each batter made off the bat.

Match details

Format T20
Ground Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
Season 2025/26
Toss Desert Vipers won the toss and chose to bowl
Umpires Gazi Sohel, RJ Tucker
Match referee SJA Taufel

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