Moeen Ali says players and officials must work together to avoid repeat of farcical scenes at Abu Dhabi T10

Team Abu Dhabi captain admits to being 'frustrated' after abandoned match against Deccan Gladiators potentially costs his side a play-off place

Rilee Rossouw of Bangla Tigers plays a shot during the Abu Dhabi T10 match against Northern Warriors at Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium in Abu Dhabi. Pawan Singh / The National

Adam Lyth batting for the Maratha Arabians. Pawan Singh / The National

Chris Lynn batting for the Maratha Arabians. Pawan Singh / The National

Ground staff covering the pitch due to rain at the match between Maratha Arabians and Karnataka Tuskers. Pawan Singh / The National

The match between Maratha Arabians and Karnataka Tuskers was abandoned due to rain. Pawan Singh / The National

The match between Maratha Arabians and Karnataka Tuskers was abandoned due to rain. Pawan Singh / The National

Andre Fletcher batting for the Bangla Tigers. Pawan Singh / The National

Rayad Emrit, centre, of Northern Warriors celebrates after taking the wicket of Tom Moores. Pawan Singh / The National

Bangla Tigers batsman Colin Ingram is bowled out by Junaid Siddique of Northern Warriors. Pawan Singh / The National

Junaid Siddique of Northern Warriors celebrating after taking the wicket of Bangla Tigers batsman Colin Ingram. Pawan Singh / The National

Bangla Tigers celebrate after winning the match against Northern Warriors. Pawan Singh / The National

Robbie Frylinck of Bangla Tigers. Pawan Singh / The National

Asela Gunaratne of Northern Warriors. Pawan Singh / The National

Northern Warriors captain Darren Sammy is bowled by Bangla Tigers bowler David Wiese. Pawan Singh / The National

Wayne Madsen of Team Abu Dhabi. Pawan Singh / The National

David Wiese, right, of Bangla Tigers celebrates after taking the wicket of Northern Warriors captain Darren Sammy. Pawan Singh / The National

Team Abu Dhabi's Moeen Ali, right, during the abandoned Abu Dhabi T10 match against Deccan Gladiators at Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium in Abu Dhabi. Pawan Singh / The National

Deccan Gladiators bowler Sheldon Cottrell, left, celebrates after taking the wicket of Team Abu Dhabi's Wayne Madsen. Pawan Singh / The National

Luke Wright of Team Abu Dhabi. Pawan Singh / The National

Paras Khadka of Team Abu Dhabi. Pawan Singh / The National

Moeen Ali said T10’s players and officials need to work together to avoid a repeat of the farcical scenes that potentially cost his Team Abu Dhabi side a crucial win on Wednesday night.

The final match of a storm-affected day at the Zayed Cricket Stadium had been delicately poised when rain returned 2.2 overs in to Deccan Gladiators’ run chase against Moeen’s team.

At that point, they were on 25 for one, requiring 119 to win from the full 10 overs.

The delay for the shower reduced that target to 62 from five – which is the minimum number of overs required for a result.

Although the groundstaff cleared the covers in good time, and the players were ready to restart, the delay continued with umpires and team officials in discussion on the boundary line.

The debate continued for long enough for the time to pass its official cut off for a restart, and thus the match was declared a no result.

It emerged that the delay centred on the fact printouts of the Duckworth Lewis Stern rain-revision calculations were not provided for the teams.

The lack of communication extended to the stands, where those fans who had stayed on in anticipation of a result were left uninformed of what was going on.

“Match officials confirmed play would resume at 21.46pm, with the view to reduce the match to five overs, implementing the [DLS],” the organisers wrote in a statement the following morning.

“DLS target discussions continued between team management and match officials as both teams took to the field.

“Supporting documentation was requested, and this was not immediately available before the scheduled 21.59 match cut-off time. The match referee subsequently decided to abandon the match.”

Each team received a point for the no result, which will suit the Gladiators, who top the table. Team Abu Dhabi, though, are now struggling to make it through to the play-off stage.

“It is a bit frustrating but we are professional players, and I’m sure everyone throughout their career would have experienced something like this before,” Moeen, Team Abu Dhabi’s captain, said.

“These things happen. It is not a T20, where everything is laid out for you. T10 is quite new.

“It is a great format, and maybe we can get together as players and officials and work something out better, but it is fine.

“We still have a slim chance. Hopefully, if things go our way, we can still get through.

“I’m sure everybody is going to learn from this, and something will come up and I think we just need to work it out as a group of players and with the guys behind the scenes.”