SHAR­JAH – Shai Hope cracked a mas­ter­ful, un­beat­en half cen­tu­ry but his Dubai Cap­i­tals still went down to the Shar­jah War­riors by five wick­ets in a high scor­ing af­fair when the In­ter­na­tion­al League T20 (ILT20) con­tin­ued in the Unit­ed Arab Emi­rates Friday.

Af­ter the Cap­i­tals were sent in to bat, Hope blast­ed 83 from 52 balls with six six­es and three fours at the top of the or­der and Rov­man Pow­ell hit 28 from 15 balls, to car­ry their side to 201 for five off their 20 overs.

Hope shared an open­ing stand of 41 with Ben Dunk, 61 with cap­tain Sikan­dar Raza, who made 27 and 54 with Pow­ell, as the Cap­i­tals post­ed a com­pet­i­tive score at the Shar­jah Crick­et Sta­di­um.

How­ev­er, the War­riors pro­duced a ster­ling bat­ting ef­fort led by Play­er-of-the-Match Avish­ka Fer­nan­do, who slammed 81 from just 27 balls to pro­pel them to 202 for five off 18.1 overs.

In an im­pres­sive dis­play of pow­er hit­ting, Fer­nan­do blud­geoned eight six­es and six fours, and he re­ceived sup­port from open­ers John­son Charles and Ja­son Roy, who scored 37 and 26 re­spec­tive­ly, along with Luke Wells who made an un­beat­en 31 from 17 balls. (CMC)