Hales’ national team-mate Sam Billings contributed to the Desert Vipers’ seven-wicket win. He scored 49 runs off 38 balls. Earlier, both of them added 128 runs for the third wicket. Hales’ innings included 9 fours and 3 sixes, Billings hit 4 fours and 1 six.

After losing two wickets for 15 runs in the first two overs of the innings, Desert Vipers snatched the victory with the bat of both.

Billings, however, stopped at 3 runs away from the target. Sherfane Rutherford remained unbeaten on 1. Hales remained unbeaten on 83 runs and became the man of the match. Desert Vipers scored 148 runs for 3 wickets in 16.4 overs.

Sharjah Warriors lost 5 wickets for 68 runs after losing the toss. Joe Denly and Mohammad Nabi’s unbroken partnership of 77 runs gave them a respectable score. Denly remained unbeaten on 36 and Nabi on 34. They scored 145 runs for 5 wickets.