END OF OVER:
20 | 4 Runs 1 Wkt | STKNP: 149/7 | RR: 7.45

  • Keron Cottoy13 (10b)
  • Harry Gurney4-0-23-2
  • Raymon Reifer3-0-33-1

Tridents coach Phil Simmons at the innings break: "We had a couple of good overs at the end so kept them to 150, which we'll take. [Shakib] is a great addition to the squad and good to have him here. Hopefully he'll do with the bat what he did with the ball. Gurney makes a difference everytime."

9.35 pm: A middling total for Patriots in the end, with Tridents needing 150 for victory. Patriots will have to deal with the dew also when defending. Brooks was outstanding, his shot-making a stark contrast to most of the top order, who struggled to get a move on. Allen was probably left to come in too late, and though he did smack a few, you wonder if Patriots would have got more if he had come in earlier. The bowlers meanwhile, were superb. Shakib landed straight into the action and came up trumps, while Gurney showed once again why he's such a valuable T20 bowler. Join us shortly for the chase, with PDP back in the saddle to start things off.

19.6
W
Gurney to Allen, OUT, and he ends it by going straight through the batsman to rearrange the stumps. Length ball dug into the pitch and coming in a touch, Allen was looking to send it over deep midwicket but misses - and Gurney doesn't.

FA Allen b Gurney 20 (13b 1x4 1x6) SR: 153.84

19.5
2
Gurney to Allen, 2 runs, stays in his crease and goes on the back foot to slash this over point off a thick edge. Another slower ball, and he didn't get hold of it
19.4
1
Gurney to Cottoy, 1 run, flat-batted to long-on from a length
19.3
1lb
Gurney to Allen, 1 leg bye, length ball on leg stump, he wanted to smack that to cow corner but doesn't connect and it rolls off his pads

back over

19.2
0
Gurney to Allen, no run, good length, normal pace and defeats Allen's attempted punch to go through to the keeper

round the wicket

19.1
0
Gurney to Allen, no run, back of the hand slower ball well wide of off stump, and Allen who was backing away, tries to reach the ball to try and power this through the offside but doesn't connect. The bowler thinks he's nicked it and he and the keeper are appealing for a caught behind. Allen thinks it should be a wide. The umpires go upstairs, with the soft signal not out. And that's the right soft signal because Allen was nowhere near it. But that was well outside the tram-line and it should have been called a wide at least. Will go down as a dot ball

Final over. What can Allen do? Or what can Gurney do?

END OF OVER:
19 | 16 Runs | STKNP: 145/6 | RR: 7.63

  • Keron Cottoy12 (9b)
  • Fabian Allen18 (8b)
  • Raymon Reifer3-0-33-1
  • Harry Gurney3-0-20-1
18.6
4
Reifer to Cottoy, FOUR, moves across and whacks this straight past the bowler and into the boundary. Didn't time it as well but got enough meat on it for the ball to beat long on and long off. The bowler was trying for the yorker, ends up bowling a full toss
18.6
1w
Reifer to Cottoy, 1 wide, loses his radar, well outside off and it's a wide
18.5
1
Reifer to Allen, 1 run, slower ball ends up as a full toss, smeared away through midwicket but without timing

dew seems to be already setting in

18.4
2
Reifer to Allen, 2 runs, started off with an open stance but moved across when the ball was delivered, clipping it off his toes to deep midwicket for a well-run two
18.3
1
Reifer to Cottoy, 1 run, floated up wide of off, he gets down low and steers it to third man with a horizontal bat to turn the strike over
18.2
1
Reifer to Allen, 1 run, pace off, on a length on leg stump and he goes for the lofted flick but gets a thickish inside edge that rolls to backward square leg
18.1
6
Reifer to Allen, SIX, stunning Allen is in some form. He's standing with a slightly open stance, and the bowler bowls a full one on off, he just stays still and smashes it flat over extra cover. So much power that it carries all the way

CJ: "These two teams sum up a real issue with West Indian cricket currently. They are missing a reliable batsmen to bat through the innings and a genuine all rounder - West Indies have genuine number 8 batsmen batting at 6 and 7"

END OF OVER:
18 | 11 Runs | STKNP: 129/6 | RR: 7.16

  • Keron Cottoy7 (7b)
  • Fabian Allen8 (4b)
  • Harry Gurney3-0-20-1
  • Shakib Al Hasan4-1-14-1
17.6
0
Gurney to Cottoy, no run, good ball to end, yorker on the toes when he was looking to give himself room and he can only dig it out
17.5
0
Gurney to Cottoy, no run, off cutter again, and he connects with only air while going for the slog sweep
17.4
6
Gurney to Cottoy, SIX, gets a hold of this one finally after three balls of not connecting. Gurney goes fuller and back over the wicket, ends up landing it in the slot for a lofted drive that sails over long-on
17.3
0
Gurney to Cottoy, no run, pace off the ball again, angling across the left-hander, who swings and misses. Ball didn't bounce up much, going at knee height from back of a length outside off
17.2
1
Gurney to Allen, 1 run, takes the pace off, fullish outside off, smeared to long-off
17.1
4
Gurney to Allen, FOUR, thwacked straight back past the bowler and into the boundary. Dug it into the pitch, but Allen gave himself room and flat-batted it straight past the bowler

END OF OVER:
17 | 4 Runs 1 Wkt | STKNP: 118/6 | RR: 6.94

  • Keron Cottoy1 (3b)
  • Fabian Allen3 (2b)
  • Shakib Al Hasan4-1-14-1
  • Hayden Walsh4-0-37-2
16.6
0
Shakib Al Hasan to Cottoy, no run, clever bowling by Shakib, keeps it flat and skiddish, and Cottoy misses the cut again.
16.5
0
Shakib Al Hasan to Cottoy, no run, length outside off, he goes for the cut but doesn't connect
16.4
1
Shakib Al Hasan to Allen, 1 run, length ball on the leg stump, he moves inside the line to twirl it to short fine leg's right. No trouble with the hamstring running that single
16.3
2
Shakib Al Hasan to Allen, 2 runs, quick running by Allen and they complete a tight second, but Allen might have twinged his hamstring a bit. Length ball, flicked through midwicket

Replays show that Brathwaite might have been struck just outside the line on that lbw

Tridents 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st15AD HalesJ Charles
2nd41Shakib Al HasanAD Hales
3rd29JP DuminyShakib Al Hasan
4th2JP DuminyJL Carter
5th8JP DuminyJO Holder
6th2JP DuminyAR Nurse
7th2JP DuminyRA Reifer
8th38HR WalshRA Reifer
9th9RA ReiferCK Holder
10th2HF GurneyCK Holder