Complete
International League T20, 2024, 1st Match, Sharjah, Jan 19th, 2024

Gulf Giants

(19.6 ov) 198/7

Sharjah Warriors

(19.6 ov) 167/7

Complete Gulf Giants won by 31 runs

Player of Match: J Overton

Christopher Sole, right-arm fast medium, comes into the attack
0.6
Woakes to Jamie Smith, 1 run, slower delivery, full in length, Smith drives early
0.5
Woakes to James Vince, 1 run, short of length ball, turned to the right of mid-on for an easy single
0.4
Woakes to James Vince, 2 runs, short ball, Vince walks forward and across to pull it to deep midwicket
0.3
Woakes to James Vince, no run, Woakes pulls his length back and gets it to nip back in, Vince is stuck in his crease and is beaten on the inside edge before getting hit high on the thigh
0.2
Woakes to James Vince, FOUR, James Vince gets off the mark with a boundary! Pitched up and the captain doesn't over-hit. Just a push-drive off the front foot and he beats mid-off to his left.
0.1
Woakes to Jamie Smith, 1 run, another inswinger, full and on the pads, Smith is a bit late on the flick and inside-edges it to backward square leg
0.1
Woakes to Jamie Smith, wide, inswinger and it's down leg, the keeper has to dive to his left to collect it
Jamie Smith and James Vince are at the crease. Jamie Smith is on strike. Woakes will open the attack
The pre-match ritual is completed.
18:25 Local Time, 14:25 GMT, 19:55 IST: There's a light show going on at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium. Now some fireworks to greeet the match officials and the players.
Teams:
Gulf Giants (Playing XI): James Vince(c), Usman Khan, Jordan Cox, Jamie Smith(w), Shimron Hetmyer, Karim Janat, Aayan Afzal Khan, Dominic Drakes, Chris Jordan, Jamie Overton, Mujeeb Ur Rahman
Teams:
Sharjah Warriors (Playing XI): Johnson Charles, Tom Kohler-Cadmore(c), Niroshan Dickwella(w), Basil Hameed, Daniel Sams, Lewis Gregory, Chris Woakes, Muhammad Jawadullah, Maheesh Theekshana, Christopher Sole, Qais Ahmad
Gulf Giants (Playing XI): James Vince(c), Jamie Smith(w), Shimron Hetmyer, Usman Khan, Aayan Afzal Khan, Jamie Overton, Jordan Cox, Dominic Drakes, Karim Janat, Chris Jordan, Mujeeb Ur Rahman
Pitch Report | Danny Morrison and Daren Ganga: Relatively small boundaries. 76 metres straight, equidistant square boundaries - 67 metres square. I like what I see. Bit of live grass. Should still help the batters. The bowlers have to work hard with their variations. Dew might be a factor.
James Vince: We would have bowled. Get out there and post some score. We had few players coming yesterday, everyone raring to go. Little bit of added pressure (defending champions), the core is similar. First time, I have seen grass here, it's about assessing the conditions early. I'll be opening. 
Tom Kohler-Cadmore: We are gonna bowl first. It's a freshly laid pitch. We'll try to assess quicker. (Captaincy) Looking forward to it. Hopefully I'll be able to contribute. We've got so many batting and bowling options. The balance is really good.
Sharjah Warriors have won the toss and have opted to field