Livingstone's fireworks helps Knight Riders defeat Warriorz

Livingstone found support from Rutherford (45 off 27) through the middle overs, while Hales (32 off 19) and Sharafu (34 off 23) provided a brisk start at the top of the innings. Chasing a formidable target, the Warriorz could not find the start they needed

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Liam Livingstone lit up the Sharjah Cricket Stadium with a rampant 82 run blitz off 38 deliveries as the Abu Dhabi Knight Riders (ADKR) claimed a 39-run win over the Sharjah Warriorz in their opening fixture of the DP World ILT20 Season 4.

His explosive finish propelled the Knight Riders to 233/4, the second-highest total in DP World ILT20 history.

Livingstone found support from Sherfane Rutherford (45 off 27) through the middle overs, while Alex Hales (32 off 19) and Alishan Sharafu (34 off 23) provided a brisk start at the top of the innings. Livingstone reserved his fiercest hitting for the final over, where he hammered five sixes, including four in a row for a record of 33 runs against Dwayne Pretorius. Adil Rashid was the lone bright spot for the Warriorz, returning figures of 2/31.

Chasing a formidable target, the Warriorz could not find the start they needed. They lost Johnson Charles (10 off 9), Tom Abell (6 off 6) and Tom Kohler-Cadmore (14 off 18) inside the first seven overs with only 56 runs on board.