Sharjah Warriorz vs Gulf Giants, 16th Match - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

That's it from all of us here. See you soon. Bye.

Matheesha Pathirana | Player of the Match: Actually, first of all, I bounced well today. I'm getting this feeling after coming alive for completely one year because I struggled a lot in the last few months and worked really hard on this, but still I think I have to improve a lot. I'm still not in my old rhythm, but I'm still improving. Also, today was a really happy thing for me and I think it will help to boost my confidence for future. (on Sri Lankans doing well here) Actually, I think it's a very good point for us because we have a World Cup in the next few months, so our boys are doing really good. We're playing in our home conditions as well, so I think it will be a good point for us. (what was your plan at the innings break?) No, I was just doing my things. So, just calming myself. That's all.

Sikandar Raza | Sharjah Warriorz captain: Like I said in the last game as well, we were getting so close to winning with the second and the third game that we always kept that belief alive that if you can do small things well and try and win those crunch moments, the luck can always change. And I said that at the start as well, ILT has been one of those tournaments where a team could lose 3 in a row and win 5 in a row, things like that. It has been the case in the past three years as well. So, we were never worried about it. We just have to get our act right and I think we're starting to get it right, but I think there's still something to improve on. Yeah, I said, listen, even though I batted for a little while, but listening to the other boys who batted, it doesn't look like it's a wicket that's coming on really well. I think what is really important is the powerplay. That's an area that we have been struggling. If we can, because the new ball is coming on really well, if we can bowl well with the new ball and try and keep the run rate down, I think we give ourselves the best chance to win the game. After that, I thought the wicket did get better a little bit, but credit to Pathi and Taskin and every seamer that came on to bowl after him, I thought they did a fantastic job. Also, we keep asking Adil bhai to bowl those tough overs and I think he keeps standing up, so that's a good sign. I thought Taskin bowled really well as well without reward. We unfortunately got a drop catch in the first over, but credit to the team as well. The heads could have down really easily because the first over we spoke about fielding and then the catch went down. But I thought everybody got behind each other and kept the belief alive and I thought Taskin made a great comeback in the next over to get that wicket and closed the powerplay down really well in the sixth over. So, I thought he played a really good role with Wasim and Wasim was picking up wickets and then Pathi, of course, is class and quality, so it was nice to see him shine today. (on withdrawing the appeal for obstruction against Vince) No, Vincey is a gentleman of the game as well and we didn't think that's the right way to play. Whether he was going to hit the stumps or not, I didn't care, but I thought it was nice to withdraw and keep the spirit of the game alive.

James Vince | Gulf Giants captain: Mo and Azmat had a really good partnership rebuilding. I think halfway we're pretty happy with the score we had to chase. It's a slow wicket but pretty true. I think once the partnership was going, as we saw with Abell and James Rew, there were gaps we had and obviously there was a short boundary to try and exploit as a batter as well. So, as you say, losing 4 wickets in the powerplay is always going to be tough to come back from, but we gave ourselves a bit of a chance in the end, but unfortunately, yeah, came out on the wrong side. I think the first 3 or 4 games our powerplays were excellent. The last couple of games we lost early wickets and we've not been able to recover. We did recover a bit tonight, but it's set us behind again. So, yeah, finding a balance of defence and attack when it's a little bit tricky or we've lost a couple of wickets is a fine balance because you don't want to sit back and let them bowl to you, but also losing 3 or 4 wickets is always hard to recover from.

22:08 Local Time, 18:08 GMT, 23:38 IST: The Warriorz with a much-needed two points. The damage was done early on when they reduced the Giants to 38/4. But Omarzai and Mo put the chase back on track with a stand of 79. They were on track to chase it down before Omarzai found long-off and then the Warriorz closed it out, getting Mo in the process. The in-form Nissanka's wicket at the top of the order was key and he went for a cheap score. Apart from Gurbaz who threatened for a while and then Omarzai and Mo, the others didn't contribute and that was key in the Giants' defeat. Pathirana and Wasim Akram impressed with the ball with three-fers. Stay tuned for the post-match stuff.

Pretorius to Dawson, THATS OUT!! Caught!!