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Gleeson's no-ball gives Fernando a reprieve in Abu Dhabi

Sports Central by DRM's Aces-Tigers broadcast pairs a busy opening spell with Sam Billings's account of the pressure T10 puts on players.

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Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 243,042 views a day, 18 times a normal first day on this channel (13,705).

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0:00The lineups are introduced, with Arabian Aces choosing to bowl after winning the toss.
1:18Sam Billings discusses batting development, captain Moeen Ali and meeting Pep Guardiola on a golf course.
5:40Fakhar Zaman hits three fours off Andre Russell's opening over.
11:21Paul Walter catches Zaman at short mid-wicket off Richard Gleeson.
12:57Gleeson bowls Avishka Fernando, but an overstepping no-ball gives the batter a reprieve.

"It puts you under pressure from ball one, both with the bat and the ball," Sam Billings says before Arabian Aces face United Tigers. The opening exchanges soon supply an illustration.

Fakhar Zaman hits three fours off Andre Russell's opening over. Richard Gleeson gets him caught at short mid-wicket, then sends a sharp outswinger through Avishka Fernando's defenses. But Gleeson has overstepped: the no-ball cancels the dismissal, and Fernando stays.

That early sequence is part of Sports Central by DRM's live match coverage from Zayed Cricket Stadium, rather than a standalone highlights package. The clips and sports-coverage channel's upload drew roughly 137,000 views in nine hours, already far beyond the usual full-day audience for its long videos and live streams.

Before play, Billings discusses developing his batting and working under captain Moeen Ali. He also takes a brief detour onto the golf course, recalling meeting Pep Guardiola and his respect for the football manager's playing and coaching careers.

The busy cricket day extends beyond this match. The channel's Afghanistan-Zimbabwe Test stream also drew an unusually large audience, alongside faster-than-usual starts for the opening two Abu Dhabi T10 broadcasts and a separate Aces-Tigers replay. On the main broadcast, though, Gleeson's over offers the sharpest early contrast: a wicket that counts, followed by one that doesn't.

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The facts

Channel: Sports Central by DRM
Subscribers: 6,810,000
Channel views, last 7 days: 12,834,961
Channel views, pace per day: 1,571,646 (on a normal day: 2,422,635)
Video published: November 7, 2026
Video views so far: 137,277 (less than a day online)
Video views, pace per day: 243,042

The numbers

The Aces-Tigers broadcast had already exceeded the channel's usual first-day audience for long uploads. Several other cricket streams also made unusually busy starts.

the video's first day

usual first day here

13,705

this video

243,042

subscribers

6,810,000

no significant change in the last 7 days

total views

4,149,055,598

views per day

1,571,646