Desert Vipers vs Abu Dhabi Knight Riders, 4th Match - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

Noor Ahmad to Hales, out Caught by Qais Ahmad!! Qais dropped a simple catch earlier, now pulls off a blinder at backward point. He runs and dives to his left to grab a low catch. It's tossed up full outside off, Hales gets forward to drive, the thick outside-edge flies and Qais takes it nicely, when he lands, he ensures he has the ball in hand. End of a good knock by Hales. Hales c Qais Ahmad b Noor Ahmad 53(37) [4s-4 6s-3]

Qais Ahmad to Hales, no run, good length and flatter on middle, Hales goes on the back foot and nudges it to the short mid-wicket area

Qais Ahmad to Hales, no run, quicker good length on off, Hales goes on the back foot and punches to extra-cover

Qais Ahmad to Hales, 1 run, flat good length on middle, Hales goes on the back foot and punches it to deep mid-wicket

Qais Ahmad to Hales, no run, tossed up full and the googly on middle and leg, Hales gets forward to flick, misses, rapped on the pads but sliding down

Noor Ahmad to Hales, 1 run, just in front of Fakhar running in from deep backward square-leg. It's tossed up on off, Hales slogsweeps and it's the top-edge, lots of airtime on that, but just landed in front of Fakhar

Noor Ahmad to Hales, SIX, just clears Sam Curran at long-off. 50 for Hales. It's tossed up full outside off, Hales gets forward and lofts, slices across the ball and it just has enough to clear Curran, Hales raises the bat to acknowledge the applause

Sam Curran to Hales, 1 run, slower-ball off-cutter and full outside the leg-stump, Hales gets forward to drive to long-on and retains the strike with that run

Sam Curran to Hales, no run, short of length and seam-up, close to off, Hales tries to glide it down to third man, with an open face, misses

Sam Curran to Hales, wide, slower-ball dug in short but well outside off, Hales tries to guide that down to third man, too wide and it's called the same

Sam Curran to Hales, SIX, the no-look or the look-down shot. On a fullish length on leg-stump, Hales gets forward and lofts through the line, such a good hit, it hits the top of the roof at long-on and comes back down. Had it cleared the roof, the ball was out of the ground, Hales looks at the pitch after hitting it and doesn't lift his head at all

Sam Curran to Hales, 2 runs, full on off, Hales gets forward to drive along the ground, wide of extra-cover and they come back for a quick two

Sam Curran to Hales, 1 run, short of length on off, Hales goes on the back foot and punches it to sweeper cover

Khuzaima Tanveer to Hales, 1 run, full just outside off, Hales opens the face of the bat and slices the loft, but finds sweeper cover

Khuzaima Tanveer to Hales, 1 run, full on the stumps, Hales gets forward to drive to long-on

Khuzaima Tanveer to Hales, FOUR, back of a length on off, Hales goes on the back foot and pulls meatily, cleared his front leg and powered it through the vacant mid-wicket area

Qais Ahmad to Hales, 1 run, good length on middle, Hales gets forward to push it towards mid-off, for one

Qais Ahmad to Hales, 1 run, tossed up full on leg-stump, nudged to the vacant mid-wicket area as Qais Ahmad gives chase

Noor Ahmad to Hales, FOUR, googly and good length outside off, Hales goes on the back foot and opens the face of the bat to cut, beats backward point's dive to his left, split him and short third man to perfection

Noor Ahmad to Hales, 1 run, tossed up on a length on the stumps, Hales drags the slogsweep to deep backward square-leg, came off the thick inner half

Noor Ahmad to Hales, 1 run, tossed up full on the stumps, Hales gets forward to push and beats cover's dive to his right

Qais Ahmad to Hales, 1 run, flat good length on middle, Hales goes on the back foot and punches to long-on

Naseem Shah to Hales, 1 run, good length on middle, Hales gets forward to push it to mid-on for one

Naseem Shah to Hales, 1 run, short of length just outside off, Hales gets forward to drive wide of cover-point

Sam Curran to Hales, leg byes, 1 run, short of length down leg, Hales goes on the back foot to pull, off the thigh pad to short fine and they scamper one legbye

Sam Curran to Hales, SIX, full on off, Hales backs away, gets under this, lofts well and it flies over the long-off fence, mid-off was in anyway

Sam Curran to Hales, no run, full and shapes back in, outside the leg-stump, Hales flicks and misses, rapped on the pads, impact well outside the leg-stump

Khuzaima Tanveer to Hales, 2 runs, fullish just outside off, Hales gets forward to drive and it's in the air for a bit, but wide of cover-point, they come back for two

Khuzaima Tanveer to Hales, no run, good yorker, tailed in late on middle, Hales does well to dig it out too

Khuzaima Tanveer to Hales, FOUR, length delivery outside off, shapes away, Hales opens the face of the bat and steers it wide of short third man, all touch and four, no chance for deep backward point to his left

Khuzaima Tanveer to Hales, no run, short of length outside off, holds its line, Hales tries to fiddle that late, beaten as it passes the bat, that had extra bounce too

Khuzaima Tanveer to Hales, FOUR, big inswinger and full on leg-stump, Hales makes room slightly to drive, the thick inside-edge flicks the back pad and misses leg-stump, runs away well wide of short fine to his right

Sam Curran to Hales, no run, tight length delivery and shapes back in late to leg-stump, Hales gets forward to push it back to Sam Curran

Sam Curran to Hales, no run, short of length on middle, tucks up Hales, who goes on the back foot to defend to cover

Sam Curran to Hales, 2 runs, the moonball from Sam Curran, the slower-ball, Hales waits and drags this wide of deep square-leg, easy two before Hetmyer runs across to cut it off

Sam Curran to Hales, no run, good length on leg and middle, shapes away, Hales gently works to mid-wicket

Sam Curran to Hales, no run, good length and tight on middle, Hales gets right behind the line to defend to cover

Sam Curran to Hales, no run, full and shapes back into middle and off, Hales gets forward to drive to cover