This time we’re looking back on a night to forget for the Vipers as the side slipped to a 154-run defeat at the hands of MI Emirates in Abu Dhabi.It was the second-heaviest loss in the history of the tournament, eclipsed only by the Vipers’ 157-run loss to the same opponents in Sharjah in 2023. The crumb of comfort is that after that previous loss, the Vipers reached the final. Let’s hope history repeats itself in 2025!We hear from bowling coach Carl Crowe as he helps us pick apart the reverse, and we also have something positive on this episode too, as we speak with Tom Moody, the Vipers Director of Cricket to reflect upon the selection of Wanindu Hasaranga in the International Cricket Council’s men’s T20 International Team of the Year.By being named in that side, Wanindu has become the only player to feature in both the ODI and T20I teams and Tom reflects on the qualities of the Sri Lanka leg-spinner, who has already been in fine form again for the Vipers this season.The franchise remains comfortably top of the six-team DP World ILT20 table with two matches to play in the regular season and the next match is a repeat of the 2023 final, against the Gulf Giants in Dubai, on Wednesday the 29th of January.If you want tickets for that game, or any the Vipers are playing this year, then you can purchase them using the link below the podcast description for this episode or at the DP World ILT20’s own website.The Vipers’ two remaining matches in the regular season are split between Dubai and Sharjah, with the final game of the league stage in Sharjah against the Dubai Capitals on Monday the 3rd of February. The final is then set to take place in Dubai six days later.
Carl Crowe on defeat to MI Emirates and Tom Moody on Hasaranga the great!
