Dubai Capitals vs MI Emirates, 18th Match - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

Mustafizur to Shepherd, SIX, slower full delivery on the stumps, Shepherd clears his front leg and smokes it high and long into the deep square stands. Clean as a whistle...

Mustafizur to Shepherd, 2 runs, throws his hands on the length delivery and slices it off the thick top-edge to the left of sweeper cover

Mustafizur to Shepherd, FOUR, full and well wide of off, Shepherd sinks to one knee and slices the drive over the fielder at backward point to his left

Waqar Salamkheil to Shepherd, 1 run, dropped! Full on the stumps, Shepherd plays the slog sweep and gets it to the right of deep mid-wicket. The fielder got around and couldn't latch onto it...He went for the reverse cup. Straight in and straight out...

Mustafizur to AM Ghazanfar, out Caught by Leus du Plooy!! Three for "The Fizz". Length delivery angling away wide of off, AM Ghazanfar throws his hands on the cut and gets a thick outside edge low to the left of lone slip. du Plooy puts in a full length dive and grabs it with both hands inches above the turf. Top stuff. AM Ghazanfar c Leus du Plooy b Mustafizur 0(2)

Mustafizur to Tom Banton, out Caught by Leus du Plooy!! Another one bites the dust. The slower balls are working wonderfully for the Capitals. He lands it on a length and drags it wide of off stump. Banton wanted to power the slog on the leg-side and ended up mistiming it off the thick inside half. Banton runs forward from long-on and completes the catch. Tom Banton c Leus du Plooy b Mustafizur 5(11)

Mustafizur to Rashid Khan, out Caught by Shanaka!! No dropping this time around. Slower full delivery on off stump, Rashid Khan went for the almighty slog and skewed it high into the night sky off the cue end of the bat. Shanaka, at mid-off, had enough time to run back and settle under it. Rashid Khan c Shanaka b Mustafizur 1(3)

Waqar Salamkheil to Kamindu Mendis, out Lbw!! Mendis shuffled across off and went down low looking for a sweep. The ball skids off a fullish length and hits him in front of middle and off. Just past the gloves. Replays reveal that the ball would have hit the top of leg stump. Kamindu Mendis lbw b Waqar Salamkheil 10(7) [4s-1]

Waqar Salamkheil to Kamindu Mendis, FOUR, drop catch! The Capitals have put down at least 4 chances today. A thick top-edge on the slogsweep, Willey gets under it and makes a meal of it at the last minute at deep mid-wicket. What's worse? The ball hits his palm and parries over to hit the fence....

Haider Ali to Pollard, out Caught by Waqar Salamkheil!! Huge wicket this for the Capitals. Haider Ali looks very relieved. He threw it a bit short outside off, Pollard was all hands on the cut and ended up slicing it straight to the fielder at short third. Pollard c Waqar Salamkheil b Haider Ali 6(8)

Jawadullah to Tom Banton, 1 run, shorter and wider of off, Banton opens the bat face and steers it fine of third man

Jawadullah to Bairstow, out Bowled!! Jawadullah roars in delight. That was scramble seam length delivery, shapes in slightly and sneaks under the swinging blade of Jonny Bairstow, Past the under edge and hits the top of off stump. Bairstow b Jawadullah 67(40) [4s-8 6s-3]

Jawadullah to Pollard, 1 run, put down! Second drop from Nabi. Short and wide of off, Pollard slices the cut to the left of backward point and Nabi couldn't hold onto it. Didn't quite have the balance on the dive and looked really frustrated after the attempt

Haider Ali to Bairstow, no run, dropped! That was a really tough chance. Floaty quicker delivery just outside off, Bairstow makes room and looks to slog on the off-side. Catches the toe edge and hits the shoulder of the keeper. He barely had any time to react on that...

Jawadullah to Pooran, out Caught by S Jahangir!! No heroics from Pooran today. He looks to cut a nip-backer and gets a thick outside edge to the left of the diving keeper. Was cramped for room at the last moment and Pooran went too hard on the shot. Got it off the toe end and the keeper takes a fine, tumbling catch. Pooran c S Jahangir b Jawadullah 8(16)

Nabi to Bairstow, SIX, Bairstow is hammering Nabi to all corners. This was fuller and flatter on off, Bairstow picked the length early and marmalized it over mid-wicket for yet another mighty maximum

Nabi to Bairstow, SIX, that's outta here! Half tracker from Nabi, Bairstow clears his front leg and tonks it over cow corner for a 82-metre maximum

Nabi to Bairstow, FOUR, that was a touch quicker outside off, Bairstow stays low and helps it away with the sweep past the fielder at short fine to his right. Took his time to find the middle, but Jonny Bairstow has managed to claim his 32nd fifty in T20 cricket

Waqar Salamkheil to Bairstow, FOUR, dropped! Bairstow opts for the reverse and skewed it off the toe end to the right of Mustafizur at short third. The ball burst through his palms and rolls away to the fence...

Waqar Salamkheil to Bairstow, SIX, right in the slot and Bairstow's nailed that. Sinks low, gets under the full delivery and smokes the slogsweep for a mighty maximum over deep square

Waqar Salamkheil to Pooran, no run, Capitals review for lbw. Waqar Salamkheil looked very keen and has managed to convince his skipper. UltraEdge shows no spike. No bat involved. Impact outside off. Not out. Full and spun back in to hit Pooran on the front pad, past the attempted sweep and the impact was just outside off...

Nabi to Bairstow, FOUR, that was a touch flatter on the stumps, Bairstow clears his front leg and swats it away in the gap through mid-wicket

Nabi to Bairstow, 2 runs, short on leg stump, Bairstow slogs and mistimes it to the left of the fielder at deep square

Waqar Salamkheil to Bairstow, FOUR, premeditated stroke from Bairstow! It was full and drifting away wide of off, Bairstow went low and executed the reverse sweep to absolute perfection - through vacant short third region

Willey to Muhammad Waseem, out Caught by Leus du Plooy!! Now Willey can afford to smile. He went full at off stump, Waseem tried to loft it down the ground and played the shot with a really high elbow. Pinged it off the toe end and the fielder at long-on took an excellent tumbling catch to his right. Muhammad Waseem c Leus du Plooy b Willey 17(19) [4s-2]

Haider Ali to Bairstow, FOUR, that was short and begging to be hit. Bairstow uses the depth of the crease to rock back and maul the pull over mid-wicket

Willey to Bairstow, FOUR, slower short ball sat up in the channel outside off, Bairstow went for the agricultural slog and nearly holed out. Cox, fielding at deep mid-wicket, came a long way in and tried to take it one-handed. Not to be. Had he been close to the ropes, it would have been a straightforward catch...

Haider Ali to Bairstow, no run, it was the slider from Haider Ali, Bairstow went down to sweep and missed. Struck him in front of middle, but the ball was just gonna clip the leg stump according to ball tracker...

Haider Ali to Muhammad Waseem, 1 run, Nabi drops a sitter. Waseem made room and sliced the loft off the thick outside half, Nabi ran forward from long-on and had to slide to his left at the last moment. Got under the ball in time, got both hands but failed to cling on....

Willey to Muhammad Waseem, FOUR, 131ks slanted away just outside off from a length, Waseem looks to heave and gets a thick inside edge that escapes past the keeper to his left

Willey to Muhammad Waseem, FOUR, full and straight, Waseem clears his front leg and slogs it all along the ground in the gap through mid-wicket

Mustafizur to Bairstow, FOUR, a bit too full and Bairstow gets under it before thumping it down the ground for an authoritative boundary

Mustafizur to Bairstow, FOUR, he has been itching to get one off the middle and finally gets it. Banged in short outside off, Bairstow swivels and slams the pull over mid-wicket with plenty of bottom hand power