Desert Vipers vs Gulf Giants, 8th Match - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

Khuzaima Tanveer to Moeen Ali, no run, 138.5ks on a length and outside off, Moeen drives it straight to extra cover

Khuzaima Tanveer to Tom Moores, 1 run, low full toss outside off, Moores drives to sweeper cover

Khuzaima Tanveer to Tom Moores, no run, slower ball around off, Moores swings early and misses

Khuzaima Tanveer to Moeen Ali, 1 run, short and outside off, Moeen flat-bats it wide of long-off and Lawrence gets there on the bounce

Khuzaima Tanveer to Moeen Ali, wide, slower ball outside off, no chance for Moeen to reach that and rightly called a wide

Khuzaima Tanveer to Tom Moores, 1 run, short of length around off, Moores rides the bounce and cracks it to deep backward point

Khuzaima Tanveer to Moeen Ali, 1 run, back of a length angled across, Moeen steers it towards short third

Khuzaima Tanveer to Azmatullah, 1 run, fullish delivery outside off, Omarzai drives square of the wicket and retains strike

Khuzaima Tanveer to Gurbaz, out Caught by Hetmyer!! Second wicket in the over. Both set batters gone and Tanveer is pumped. He's got the Vipers right back into this contest. Once again it is the short of length delivery that's bowled into the pitch, Gurbaz goes for the pull and does not get it off the middle, mistimes it towards deep mid-wicket and Hetmyer takes an even better catch - he runs in and dives forward to take it just above the ground. The ball was dying on him but the dive and scoop helped Hetmyer to take the catch. Gurbaz c Hetmyer b Khuzaima Tanveer 40(31) [4s-1 6s-3]

Khuzaima Tanveer to Moeen Ali, leg byes, 1 run, Vipers lose a review! That was a poor one from Tanveer. He was the confident one and managed to convince Curran to challenge the onfield call. Good length ball angled across, Moeen is rooted to the crease and plays all around it, misses and is struck right in front of the stumps. But the ball had pitched miles outside leg-stump..

Khuzaima Tanveer to James Vince, out Caught by Hetmyer!! Tanveer breaks this stand. Just when the pair had started to up the ante again, Tanveer strikes and provides the breakthrough for the Vipers. Short ball bowled into the wicket, Vince had no pace to work with and he miscues the pull straight up, Hetmyer comes in from deep mid-wicket and hangs on to a good catch. James Vince c Hetmyer b Khuzaima Tanveer 25(22) [4s-2]

Khuzaima Tanveer to Gurbaz, 1 run, back of a length around off, Gurbaz mistimes the punch to cover and quickly crosses over

Khuzaima Tanveer to James Vince, 1 run, short and slanted across, Vince cracks it square of the wicket

Khuzaima Tanveer to James Vince, no run, backs away and is met by a slower short of length delivery, Vince pulls early and misses

Khuzaima Tanveer to Gurbaz, leg byes, 1 run, shuffles across and misses a low full toss, the ball deflects off the pad to short third

Khuzaima Tanveer to James Vince, 1 run, fullish delivery around leg, Vince makes room and drives to long-on

Khuzaima Tanveer to James Vince, 2 runs, another slower short of length delivery, Vince pulls in front of square and scampers back for the second

Khuzaima Tanveer to Gurbaz, leg byes, 1 run, 110.9ks slower ball, Gurbaz misses the tuck and the ball rolls off the thigh pad behind the wicket

Khuzaima Tanveer to James Vince, 1 run, on a length and close to off, Vince shimmies down and drags it to long-on

Khuzaima Tanveer to Gurbaz, 2 runs, high full toss and Gurbaz is taken by surprise, he swings hard and gets it off the splice, the ball clears short fine and lands safely. The pair scamper back for the second and the third umpire checks for height - deems it a fair delivery. The partnership between Gurbaz and Nissanka is now 50

Khuzaima Tanveer to Gurbaz, no run, off-pace delivery outside off, Gurbaz swings for the roofs and loses his shape completely, no contact made

Khuzaima Tanveer to Nissanka, 1 run, short of length delivery, Nissanka is rushed on the pull and miscues it to square leg

Khuzaima Tanveer to Gurbaz, leg byes, 1 run, slower ball down leg, Gurbaz misses the glance and the ball brushes the pad on the way to Gous, he fumbles and concedes the leg-bye

Khuzaima Tanveer to Nissanka, 1 run, uhhh! He's denied a boundary. Full pitcher on off, Nissanka drives it straight back and the ball hits the stumps at the bowler's end, deflects wide of mid-on. That was heading to the fence as well

Khuzaima Tanveer to Nissanka, SIX, Tanveer is greeted with a maximum. Good length ball around off, but Nissanka picks it from there and heaves it into the leg-side, this is off the middle and sails over the rope