Gulf Giants vs Abu Dhabi Knight Riders

Gulf Giants vs Abu Dhabi Knight Riders, International League T20, 18 Dec 2025 T20

Result

Gulf Giants (20 ov) 165/7
Abu Dhabi Knight Riders (19.2 ov) 167/6

Abu Dhabi Knight Riders won by 4 wickets

Full scorecard

Gulf Giants — 1st innings

165/7 (20 ov)
Batting RB4s6sSR
P Nissanka c PD Salt b OP Stone 17 12 1 1 141.67
Rahmanullah Gurbaz c A Sharafu b Ajay Kumar 72 45 4 5 160.00
JM Vince c A Sharafu b PP Chawla 16 11 3 0 145.45
MM Ali c AD Russell b PP Chawla 16 14 0 1 114.29
Azmatullah Omarzai c JO Holder b PP Chawla 6 8 0 0 75.00
SR Dickson c SP Narine b JO Holder 9 8 1 0 112.50
MW Forde b PP Chawla 0 1 0 0 0.00
Asif Khan * not out 14 13 1 0 107.69
Aayan Afzal Khan * not out 9 9 0 0 100.00
Extras (b 1, lb 1, w 3, nb 1) 6
Total 7 wkts, 20 ov 165

Did not bat T Shamsi, CP Wood, FJ Klaassen

Fall of wickets 1-40 (P Nissanka, 4.1 ov), 2-70 (JM Vince, 7.1 ov), 3-112 (MM Ali, 12.3 ov), 4-131 (Rahmanullah Gurbaz, 14.3 ov), 5-135 (Azmatullah Omarzai, 15.3 ov), 6-135 (MW Forde, 15.4 ov), 7-143 (SR Dickson, 16.5 ov)

Bowling OMRWEconWdNb
JO Holder 4 0 37 1 9.25 0 0
Ajay Kumar 4 0 30 1 7.50 0 0
OP Stone 3 0 32 1 10.67 0 0
SP Narine 4 0 27 0 6.75 1 0
PP Chawla 4 0 27 4 6.75 0 0
AD Russell 1 0 10 0 10.00 2 1

Abu Dhabi Knight Riders — 2nd innings

T 166 167/6 (19.2 ov)
Batting RB4s6sSR
PD Salt c MM Ali b T Shamsi 35 24 4 1 145.83
AD Hales c Rahmanullah Gurbaz b CP Wood 46 39 3 2 117.95
LS Livingstone st Rahmanullah Gurbaz b T Shamsi 12 8 0 1 150.00
SE Rutherford b FJ Klaassen 30 22 1 2 136.36
A Sharafu b T Shamsi 1 2 0 0 50.00
AD Russell * not out 21 13 0 2 161.54
JO Holder c JM Vince b FJ Klaassen 9 7 1 0 128.57
BJ McMullen * not out 1 2 0 0 50.00
Extras (b 2, lb 5, w 4, nb 1) 12
Total 6 wkts, 19.2 ov 167

Did not bat PP Chawla, SP Narine, Ajay Kumar, OP Stone

Fall of wickets 1-61 (PD Salt, 7.2 ov), 2-80 (LS Livingstone, 9.4 ov), 3-125 (AD Hales, 14.3 ov), 4-128 (A Sharafu, 15.2 ov), 5-136 (SE Rutherford, 16.3 ov), 6-158 (JO Holder, 18.3 ov)

Bowling OMRWEconWdNb
CP Wood 3.2 0 24 1 7.20 1 0
MW Forde 4 0 34 0 8.50 2 1
FJ Klaassen 4 0 37 2 9.25 0 0
Aayan Afzal Khan 3 0 26 0 8.67 0 0
T Shamsi 4 0 23 3 5.75 1 0
MM Ali 1 0 16 0 16.00 0 0

Gulf Giants — 1st innings · 20 overs

Runs per over peak 15
Over 1 JO Holder • 1 1 1b 6 • 9 runs
Over 2 Ajay Kumar 1 • • • 1 1 3 runs
Over 3 JO Holder 1 4 • 6 • 2 13 runs
Over 4 Ajay Kumar 6 2 1lb 1 4 1 15 runs
Over 5 OP Stone W • • • 4 4 8 runs 1 wkt
Over 6 SP Narine • 2 1 wd 2 4 1 11 runs
Over 7 OP Stone • 1 • 2 6 2 11 runs
Over 8 PP Chawla W 1 • 4 1 1 7 runs 1 wkt
Over 9 SP Narine 1 1 1 • 1 • 4 runs
Over 10 AD Russell 2 wd 1 wd nb 1 • 1 2 10 runs
Over 11 PP Chawla 1 1 6 • • 2 10 runs
Over 12 SP Narine 1 2 • • 1 1 5 runs
Over 13 PP Chawla • 6 W • • 1 7 runs 1 wkt
Over 14 OP Stone 1 4 • 6 1 1 13 runs
Over 15 Ajay Kumar 1 4 W • • 1 6 runs 1 wkt
Over 16 PP Chawla 1 2 W W • • 3 runs 2 wkt
Over 17 JO Holder 1 1 2 4 W 1 9 runs 1 wkt
Over 18 SP Narine • 1 • 1 1 4 7 runs
Over 19 Ajay Kumar 1 2 1 1 2 • 7 runs
Over 20 JO Holder 1 1 2 1 • 2 7 runs

Abu Dhabi Knight Riders — 2nd innings · 20 overs

Runs per over peak 17
Over 1 CP Wood 4 4 1 1 1 • 11 runs
Over 2 MW Forde • 2 2 • • 1 5 runs
Over 3 FJ Klaassen 4 4 6 1 1 1 17 runs
Over 4 Aayan Afzal Khan 1 • 4 • 1 1 7 runs
Over 5 MW Forde • 1 4 2 1 • 8 runs
Over 6 CP Wood • • 4lb • 1 • 5 runs
Over 7 Aayan Afzal Khan • • • 6 1 1 8 runs
Over 8 T Shamsi • W 1 1 2 wd • 5 runs 1 wkt
Over 9 Aayan Afzal Khan 1 1 1 1 1 6 11 runs
Over 10 T Shamsi 1 1 1 W 1 1 5 runs 1 wkt
Over 11 FJ Klaassen 1 1 6 1 • 1 10 runs
Over 12 T Shamsi 2 1 • 1 • 2 6 runs
Over 13 MW Forde 1 1 wd 1 1 4 • 9 runs
Over 14 MM Ali 4 6 6 • • • 16 runs
Over 15 CP Wood 2 • W 1 • 1 4 runs 1 wkt
Over 16 T Shamsi 1 W • 2 3 1 7 runs 1 wkt
Over 17 FJ Klaassen 1 1 W 1 1 • 4 runs 1 wkt
Over 18 MW Forde • wd 2b 1nb 1 1 1 6 14 runs
Over 19 FJ Klaassen 2 4 W 1lb • • 7 runs 1 wkt
Over 20 CP Wood 1 wd 6 8 runs

Run progression

Gulf Giants 165 Abu Dhabi Knight Riders 167 wicket
0 42 84 126 0 3 6 9 12 15 18

Overs

Partnerships

Gulf Giants — 1st innings

1 40 Rahmanullah Gurbaz 21 · P Nissanka 17
2 30 JM Vince 16 · Rahmanullah Gurbaz 13
3 42 Rahmanullah Gurbaz 23 · MM Ali 16
4 19 Azmatullah Omarzai 4 · Rahmanullah Gurbaz 15
5 4 SR Dickson 2 · Azmatullah Omarzai 2
6 0 MW Forde 0
7 8 SR Dickson 7 · Asif Khan 1
8 22 Asif Khan 13 · Aayan Afzal Khan 9

Abu Dhabi Knight Riders — 2nd innings

1 61 PD Salt 35 · AD Hales 22
2 19 LS Livingstone 12 · AD Hales 6
3 45 SE Rutherford 26 · AD Hales 18
4 3 SE Rutherford 2 · A Sharafu 1
5 8 AD Russell 6 · SE Rutherford 2
6 22 JO Holder 9 · AD Russell 8
7 9 AD Russell 6 · BJ McMullen 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 Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi
Season 2025/26
Toss Abu Dhabi Knight Riders won the toss and chose to bowl
Umpires Aasif Iqbal, WR Knights
Match referee RS Mahanama

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