Abu Dhabi T10: David Wiese and Tom Moores guide Gladiators to a comfortable victory

David
Wiese
shone
with
the
bat,
taking
his
team
home
after
coming
in
to
bat
when
the
Gladiators
had
lost
four
wickets
in
the
first
four
overs
of
the
chase.
With
his
team
struggling
at
31/4,
Wiese
joined
hands
with
the
left-handed
Tom
Moores
and
stitched
an
unbeaten
45-run-partnership
to
ensure
his
team
rose
to
the
second
spot
in
the
points
table.
Chasing
a
modest
total
of
71,
Deccan
Gladiators
lost
both
their
openers
cheaply,
resulting
in
Andre
Russell
coming
to
the
crease
in
the
second
over.
However,
Russell’s
stay
at
the
crease
was
brief
as
Imran
Tahir
snared
him
in
his
first
over
to
reduce
Deccan
Gladiators
to
20/3.

Samit
Patel
conceded
eleven
runs
of
his
first
three
deliveries
in
the
fourth
over
but
came
back
strongly
to
remove
Anwar
Ali
with
his
fifth
delivery.
Tahir
conceded
only
eight
runs
in
his
next
over
to
make
the
chase
look
a
little
more
difficult
for
Deccan
Gladiators.

Patel,
however,
grassed
a
difficult
caught
and
bowled
opportunity
on
the
first
ball
of
his
next
over
to
give
the
left-handed
Tom
Moores
a
crucial
reprieve.
Wiese
then
hit
Patel
for
two
back
to
back
sixes,
bringing
the
equation
down
to
14
runs
required
from
the
final
four
overs.
The
right-hander
wrapped
up
the
chase
in
the
eighth
over
with
a
big
hit
over
the
mid-wicket
boundary.

Earlier,
Northern
Warriors
struggled
right
from
the
beginning
on
a
pitch
where
batting
proved
to
be
difficult.
The
Warriors’ innings
never
got
going
after
Abdul
Shaqoor
was
trapped
in
front
of
the
wickets
in
the
first
over
itself,
trying
to
scoop
Wahab
Riaz
on
the
first
ball
he
faced.
The
introduction
of
Wanindu
Hasaranga
into
the
attack
not
only
brought
a
couple
of
wickets
but
also
stopped
the
flow
of
runs.

Continuing
his
good
form,
the
leg-spinner
gave
away
only
five
runs
from
his
two
overs,
picking
up
the
wickets
of
Kennar
Lewis
and
Kaunain
Abbas.
Warriors
skipper
Rowman
Powell
had
a
rare
off
day
with
the
bat
and
fell
to
Tymal
Mills
after
scoring
11
from
19
deliveries.

With
the
team
staring
down
the
barrel
at
the
end
of
the
eighth
over
with
just
44
on
board,
Samit
Patel
and
Abhimanyu
Mithun
provided
the
innings
a
semblance
of
respectability
with
some
lusty
hitting
in
the
final
two
overs.
Before
Patel’s
departure
on
the
final
ball
of
the
innings,
the
pair
added
36
valuable
runs
from
23
deliveries
to
take
Northern
Warriors
to
70
from
their
stipulated
10
overs.

Brief
scores
:
Deccan
Gladiators
76/4
(David
Wiese
27*,
Tom
Moores
21*,
Josh
Little
1-5)
beat

Northern
Warriors
70/6
(Samit
Patel
21,
Abhimanyu
Mithun
11*,
Wanindu
Hasaranga
2-5)