T10 League 2018 Final, Pakhtoons vs Northern Warriors: As it happened

DONE AND DUSTED, Northern Warriors are the CHAMPIONS of the second edition of the T10 League!

Warriors beat Pakhtoons by 22 runs in a classic final at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium! 

Russell to Dawson, SIX, straight down the ground. OUT! Shafiqullah Run Out! They run one run successfully but as they run for the third, Bopara and Russell get Shafiqullah run out. 

Sohail Khan joins Dawson in the middle. Two new batsmen. Tough scenes for Pakhtoons here. 

OUT! Liam Dawson goes now - Dawson c Riaz b A Russell 12(5)

Muhammad Kaleem is the new man in, joins Sohail Khan

13 runs and two wickets off the 9th over.

Pakhtoons 107/6 (Overs 9)

Liam Dawson is the new batsman and Riaz returns to the attack

Dawson goes off the mark with a FOUR to backward square leg. ONE to mid wicket. DOT. DOT. Riaz to Shafiqullah, TWO to mid-off. The Afghan ends the over with FOUR, to deep backward point, 

Pakhtoons 94/4 (Overs 8) 

Shafiqullah 26(16)
Dawson 5(2)

Left-hand batsman Colin Ingram walks into the middle

Ingram comes and Ingram goes, golden duck for the South African cricketer. Pakhtoons in massive trouble here. 

16 runs and two wickets off the 7th over.

Pakhtoons 83/4 (Overs 7)

Ingram 0(1)
Shafiqullah 20(12)

Hardus Viljoen to Afridi, TWO to fine leg. TWO more, this time to mid-wicket. The skipper gets into the zone, SIX between extra-cover and long-on. Back-to-back maximums from Afridi's bat, SIX to backward square leg. 

Oh, lord. OUT! Afridi goes for 17 off 7. 

Pakhtoons 83/3 (Overs 6.5)

They still need 58 off 19 balls

Pakhtoons' captain Shahid Afridi walks in next

Massive responsibility on his shoulders. He needs to remain not out for his side to win this final. 

Just five runs and a wicket from the 6th over: a great one for the Warriors but a terrible one for Pakhtoons

Pakhtoons 67/2 (Overs 6)

Afridi 1(2)
Shafiqullah 20(12)

Spinner Chris Green returns into the attack

Green to Shafiqullah, ONE to long-on. This brings 50-run stand between Shafiqullah and Fletcher. Warriors really need to break this partnership before they do any more damage. And Green exactly does that, Fletcher has to go back. 

OUT! Andre Fletcher c K Pierre b Chris Green 37(18)

Pakhtoons 63/2 (Overs 5.2)

South African pacer Hardus Viljoen into the attack now for the Warriors

Hardus to Fletcher, DOT. FOUR, byes. DOT. Fletcher explodes again, SIX to deep backward point. ONE to deep mid-wicket. Hardus to Shafiqullah, ONE to backward square leg. 

12 runs off the over.

Pakhtoons 62/1 (Overs 5)

Shafiqullah 17(9)
Andre Fletcher 37(17)

Pakistan's medium pacer Wahab Riaz comes into the attack

Riaz to Shafiqullah, DOT. DOT. The frustrated Afghan goes big this time, making up for those dot balls smashes a SIX over third man. TWO to deep backward point. Riaz to Shafiqullah, WIDE. FOUR to third man. TWO runs to deep mid-wicket to end the over. 

Pakhtoons 50/1 (Overs 4) 

Shafiqullah 16(8)
Andre Fletcher 30(12)

Andre Russell into the attack now

Russell to Fletcher, DOT. SIX to deep mid-wicket. This is first six of Pakhtoons' innings, BTW. ONE to short fine-leg. Russell to Shafiqullah, ONE to square-leg. Fletcher goes big again, SIX to fine leg. Raining sixes in Sharjah, SIX again. 

20 runs off this over for Pakhtoons

Pakhtoons 35/1 (Overs 3) 

Andre Fletcher 30(12)
Shafiqullah 2(2)

Afghanistan's Shafiqullah Shafiq is the new batsman at the crease. 

Seven runs and a wicket off the second over, not a great start at all for Afridi's Pakhtoons

Pakhtoons 15/1 (Overs 2)

Andre Fletcher 11(7)
Shafiqullah 1(1)

Australian spinner Chris Green into the attack now for Warriors

Green to Fletcher, DOT. FOUR, to long-off. ONE to mid-off. Green to Delport, OUT! 

Delport b Chris Green 3(4)

Pakhtoons are 13/1 (Overs 1.4) 

They need 158 off 50 balls to win this final

Khary Pierre to open the bowling for Warriors

Pakhtoons need 141 to win from 10 Overs

Pierre to Delport, ONE to covers.Pierre to Andre Fletcher, FOUR to long-off. DOT. ONE to long-on. DOT. Pierre to Delport, TWO to sweeper-cover.

Pakhtoons 8/0 (Overs 1) 

Delport 3(3)

Andre Fletcher 5(3)

Final over of Warriors' innings:

Sohail Khan to Powell, ONE to long-off. DOT. Sohail to Sammy, ONE to mid-wicket. DOT. DOT again. FOUR to end the innings.

Warriors 140/3 (Overs 10)

Pakhtoons need 141 to win in 10 overs. 

Sharafuddin Ashraf to bowl the penultimate over for Pakhtoons

Ashraf to Sammy, DOT. ONE to long-off. Ashraf to Powell, ONE to long-on. Ashraf to Sammy, DOT. FOUR to backward square. SIX to end the over, Sammy targets the long-on area this time.

Warriors 134/3 (Overs 9)

Sammy 13(7)

Powell 56(21)

The 7-foot pacer, Irfan returns into the attack

Irfan to Sammy, ONE to deep mid-wicket. Irfan to Powell, SIX to long-on. A second consecutive boundary for Powell, FOUR to backward square leg. FOUR again, to deep backward point. Here brings up a half-century. Take a bow, Powell. Crucial fifty in a final. Whoooh, FOUR again, to the third man. DOT. 

19 runs off the over

Warriors 122/3 (Overs 8) 

Powell 55(20)
Sammy 2(2)

Afridi to Russell, SIX to deep mid-wicket. FOUR to long-off. DOT. OUT! The Pakistani veteran strikes, removes Russell.

A Russell c Irfan b Afridi 38(12)

Daren Sammy is the new batsman in for Warriors

11 runs and a wicket, a decent one for Pakhtoons

Warriors 103/3 (Overs 7)

Powell 37(15)
Sammy 1(1)

England's Liam Dawson into the attack now for Pakhtoons

Dawson to Russell, electrifying start to this over, SIX, FOUR, SIX! Wait, it's raining boundaries in Sharjah, another FOUR, straight down the ground. SIX, to deep mid-wicket. ONE to end the over.

Massive one from the Warriors, 27 runs off it.

Warriors 92/2 (Overs 6) 

A Russell 28(8)
Powell 37(14)

Pakhtoons skipper Shahid Afridi into the attack now

Afridi to Rusell, ONE, leg byes. ONE, to deep mid-wicket. ONE to deep square-leg. Afridi to Powell, FOUR, deep extra-cover. DOT. Powell ends the over with a FOUR to long-on.

Warriors 65/2 (Overs 5) 

Powell 37(14)
A Russell 1(2) 

Afghanistan's spinner Sharafuddin Ashraf into the attack

Pooran welcomes him with a huge SIX, to long-on. The Afghan strikes, OUT, gets caught by Sohil Khan.

The new man in is another West Indian Andre Russell. 

Powell smashes two back-to-back boundaries, eight runs off the last two balls. DOT. Powell ends the over with a SIX.

Warriors 54/2 (Overs 4) 

Powell 28(10)
A Russell 0(0)

Sohail Khan with the ball now for Pakhtoons

Begins with a DOT. Sohail to Pooran, FOUR to long-off. ONE to deep mid-wicket. DOT. Sohail to Powell, the West Indian goes big, SIX over deep mid-wicket! Back-to-back boundaries from Powell, SIX to end the over. Decent come back from Warriors, 17 runs off this over. 

Warriors 34/1 (Overs 3) 

Powell 12(6)
Pooran 12(8)

Excellent over for Mohammad Irfan and Pakhtoons: A wicket and just five runs off the over. 

Warriors 17/1 (Overs 2) 

Pooran 7(5)

Powell 2(3)

Mohammad Irfan into the attack for Pakhtoons

Makes a breakthrough with his first delivery, OUT! Simmons has to go, gets his stumps rattled. 

Rovman Powell is the new batsman for Warriors 

Warriors 12/1 (1.1 overs) 

Pakhtoons and former Indian pacer RP Singh with the ball

Singh to Lendl Simmons : DOT. FOUR to long on. ONE to deep mid-wicket. WIDE. DOT. Singh to Nicholas Pooran, SIX over deep mid-wicket. DOT to end the over. 

12 runs off the first over. 

Pooran 6(3)
Simmons 5(3)

TOSS: Shahid Afridi has won the toss, opts to bowl. 

Playing XI: 

Pakhtoons: Andre Fletcher, Cameron Delport, Shafiqullah Shafiq(w), Colin Ingram, Muhammad Kaleem, Shahid Afridi(c), Liam Dawson, Sharafuddin Ashraf, Sohail Khan, RP Singh, Mohammad Irfan

Northern Warriors: Lendl Simmons, Nicholas Pooran(w), Rovman Powell, Andre Russell, Daren Sammy(c), Khary Pierre, Ravi Bopara, Hardus Viljoen, Imran Haider, Chris Green, Wahab Riaz