{"id":289558,"date":"2025-11-29T10:48:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-29T10:48:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/289558\/"},"modified":"2025-11-29T10:48:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-29T10:48:07","slug":"abu-dhabi-t10-uae-bulls-make-knock-out-stages-as-vista-riders-miss-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/289558\/","title":{"rendered":"Abu Dhabi T10: UAE Bulls make knock-out stages as Vista Riders miss out"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Vista Riders missed out on a place in the knock-out stages of the Abu Dhabi T10 after they <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/cricket\/scorecard\/e-233058\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">lost by 19 runs to Deccan Gladiators<\/a> in the final group game.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Namibia&#8217;s David Wiese smashed 40 from 16 balls for Gladiators as they scored 134-6, while Riders&#8217; 66-run fourth wicket partnership between Ben McDermott (43*) and  Dwaine Pretorius (38) was not enough in reply, as they finished on 115-4.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Had Riders won they would have overhauled UAE Bulls, who took the final qualifying spot with the best net run-rate of four teams who finished on six points.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">They beat Ajman Titans, who also progress from third in the table, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/cricket\/scorecard\/e-233056\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">by three wickets<\/a> in the day&#8217;s opening fixture.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Bulls were 15-3 after eight balls, chasing 127, having lost England opener Phil Salt for four and Rovman Powell and Tom Moores for ducks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">However Australia batter Tim David hammered 40 from 12 balls, while the West Indian trio of Kieron Pollard (27*), Sunil Narine (26) and Romario Shepherd offered support to see the Bulls home with an over to spare.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Top triumphed over bottom in the second match of the day, with Royal Champs finishing their season with back-to-backs victories, beating <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/cricket\/scorecard\/e-233057\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Quetta Qavalry by 14 runs.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">United States wicketkeeper Andries Gous cracked 62 from 33 balls for Qavalry, but it wasn&#8217;t enough as they finished on 97-4, having seen Vishen Halambage (41 off 19) top-score for Champs in their 111-8.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Quetta, who suffered their first defeat of the season, had already secured a place in the knock-out stages alongside Aspin Stallions, who remain in second after Titans&#8217; defeat.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The tournament concludes with knock-out matches and a final on Saturday and Sunday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Vista Riders missed out on a place in the knock-out stages of the Abu Dhabi T10 after they&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":289559,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[1721,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-289558","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cricket","8":"tag-cricket","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289558","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=289558"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289558\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/289559"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=289558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=289558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=289558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}