Giants vs Vipers, 7th Match at Dubai, ILT20, Jan 24 2024 - Match Result

This time he middled it and cleared the ropes over backward square and that's an emphatic way to win a contest!

shortish and whizzing away in the channel from round the wicket, tries to whack him across the line but can't lay bat on it

fuller length outside off, throws his bat at it and a thick edge takes it to deep third

Shuffles across off stump and tries a cheeky shot over fine leg but ends up wearing it on his body

again on the shoulder, shorter than the previous delivery, deflects away behind square on off, well-directed bumper, didn't give him any time to react to that snorter

that's a mean bumper at his body, tries to hoist him in the same region but cops a blow on the shoulder at it ricochets to point

fraction short at his body, lovely whippy pull for four to midwicket, quick hands!

skips down and forces this shot ball at him to wide of long on

Good length angling across off, gets inside the line and clinks it to long on

goes for the pull and finds short fine, scurries through a run

Excellent comeback from Drakes who has bowled his heart out with his thinking cap on. Proving on a tight off stump line from back of a length, Rutherford tries to club him over midwicket and can't lay bat on it.

Skips down and shanks it to deep square leg boundary, a pre-meditated disdain pull to make it easier fr Vipers

Effort ball into the deck on a short length and it's kicking and screaming off the turf, goes for the pull but can't connect

Clever operator, arrows it in from over the wicket and lands it on that uncomfortable area again, right at the body and he warily punches it down the pitch

Another play and a miss! Flings it on back of a length on a tight off stump line, tries to hit it through the covers and is beaten again by the slowness of the delivery

Flips it on a shorter length outside off, tries to punch it off the backfoot and gets beaten, ball came back in shade

Lovely shot. Rutherford doing Rutherford things. Good length just outside off, gets behind swiftly and spanks it insolently but a terrific effort from the fielder prevents a certain boundary

Sweet! Gets right behind the line and clatters it past mid-on for a cracking boundary, what a way to get off the mark

Lovely grab by Smith! Loses his shape as he tries to tug it behind square, ends up gloving it to the keeper and it's time for a strategic timeout. Giants hang by a thread, they need to create more panic to make it interesting. Vipers are in a relatively comfortable position and the asking rate isn't really taxing. They need a few boundaries to seal the deal

mean bumper but not very well-directed, over the keeper's head and sped away for four, he got some bat on it and that was enough to earn another timely boundary