END OF OVER:
20 | 11 Runs | SLK: 131/7 (28 runs required, RR: 6.55)

  • Andre Fletcher81 (55b)
  • Alzarri Joseph5 (6b)
  • Isuru Udana4-0-32-2
  • Ravi Rampaul4-0-34-3

That's all from our side for this game. Hope you enjoyed our coverage. See you soon.

Pollard: I am very pleased. We needed to bounce back. We lost by a couple of runs in the last game, you talk about small margins in T20 cricket. I wanted to give myself some time and try to capitalise. With Seifert coming in, it changed the momentum for us. We knew they would come hard in the powerplay, so it was all about managing that.

Faf du Plessis: I think we lost in the last five overs of the first innings. We played really well up until the last three overs. It was not easy to score off, especially off spinners. Polly hung in there till the end and then got the bowling. We tried to follow the same blueprint but the asking rate climbed up too much. Williams bowled from the other end, didn't play the previous game but came back well.

Kieron Pollard is the Player of the Match. "Sometimes you have to take initiative," he says. "I knew if I go in early, I could make a difference. Seifert came in and carried forward the confidence from the last game."

1.40pm The scorecard will say Andre Fletcher scored 81* off 55 balls but for the most part of his innings, we has scoring at run a ball. The slow start eventually cost St Lucia Kings; by the end of the tenth over, the asking rate had climbed to 12 on a pitch where the ball gripped and spun. Apart from Fletcher and Mark Deyal (14 off 11), all the Kings batters scored at under run a ball. Narine and Hosein were miserly, Udana was wily with his slower ones while Rampaul struck thrice, including Tim David's wicket for a first-ball duck.

19.6
6
Udana to Fletcher, SIX, down the track and launches it over long-on but it's too late
19.5
1
Udana to Joseph, 1 run, fuller on the stumps, digs it out back towards the bowler who gets his foot in the way and deflects it towards short midwicket
19.4
1
Udana to Fletcher, 1 run, a slower one, short of length this time. Pulled towards long-on
19.3
1
Udana to Joseph, 1 run, fuller and another single to long-off
19.2
1
Udana to Fletcher, 1 run, fuller outside off, digs it out towards wide long-off but only a single
19.1
1
Udana to Joseph, 1 run, fuller around off, slower one. Pushed towards long-off

39 needed from the last over

END OF OVER:
19 | 14 Runs | SLK: 120/7 (39 runs required from 6 balls, RR: 6.31, RRR: 39.00)

  • Andre Fletcher73 (52b)
  • Alzarri Joseph2 (3b)
  • Ravi Rampaul4-0-34-3
  • Isuru Udana3-0-21-2
18.6
4
Rampaul to Fletcher, FOUR, moves across once again and takes this one on the full. Swings hard, gets it from the inner half of the bat and it speeds past short fine leg
18.5
6
Rampaul to Fletcher, SIX, moves across this time and launches this full ball over long-off, over the media centre
18.4
1
Rampaul to Joseph, 1 run, length ball outside off, hits it flat towards long-off from the toe end of the bat
18.4
1w
Rampaul to Joseph, 1 wide, down the track but Rampaul bowls it full and wide but it's too wide this time

Ali Raza: "Fletcher playing well. but its too late for him. disappointment for Faf and Fletcher"

18.3
0
Rampaul to Joseph, no run, fuller and outside off, Joseph thought it's too wide and left it alone but it wasn't
18.2
1
Rampaul to Fletcher, 1 run, fuller and wider outside off, digs it out towards extra cover
18.1
1
Rampaul to Joseph, 1 run, fuller and wider outside off, throws his bat at it for a single to third man

53 required from 12

END OF OVER:
18 | 2 Runs 1 Wkt | SLK: 106/7 (53 runs required from 12 balls, RR: 5.88, RRR: 26.50)

  • Andre Fletcher62 (49b)
  • Alzarri Joseph0 (0b)
  • Isuru Udana3-0-21-2
  • Ravi Rampaul3-0-20-3
17.6
0
Udana to Fletcher, no run, a slower one, short of length and angling across. Fletcher comes down the ground and looks to smash it. Fails to connect
17.5
2
Udana to Fletcher, 2 runs, down the track but gets too close to the ball. Digs it out towards midwicket. A wayward throw makes it easier
17.4
0
Udana to Fletcher, no run, fuller and slower, just outside off. Fletcher swings at it and misses
17.3
W
Udana to Paul, OUT, fuller at the stumps, Paul looks to go aerial but cannot middle it. It goes up in the air and Pollard settles under it after taking a couple of steps back from extra cover

KMA Paul c Pollard b Udana 0 (6m 3b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00

17.2
0
Udana to Paul, no run, down the track and looks to forehand this short of length ball but manages toe end of the bat and the ball dribbles back towards the bowler
17.1
0
Udana to Paul, no run, a slower length ball, under-edges the pull towards the keeper

END OF OVER:
17 | 7 Runs 1 Wkt | SLK: 104/6 (55 runs required from 18 balls, RR: 6.11, RRR: 18.33)

  • Andre Fletcher60 (46b)
  • Keemo Paul0 (0b)
  • Ravi Rampaul3-0-20-3
  • Jayden Seales3-0-27-0
16.6
4
Rampaul to Fletcher, FOUR, fuller outside off, smashes it towards deep extra cover, the sweeper puts in the sprint and the dive but cannot get there in time
16.5
2
Rampaul to Fletcher, 2 runs, hits it towards deep point and he wants the second, he wants to keep strike, and he gets the second run
16.4
0
Rampaul to Fletcher, no run, a mix-up but no damage done. Fuller around off, Fletcher swings at it but gets an inside edge towards short fine leg. Paul was halfway down before realising Fletcher is unmoved. The throw wasn't good enough, which allowed him to get back
16.3
0
Rampaul to Fletcher, no run, fuller and wider outside off, Fletcher moved towards the off side before leaving the ball, but he had a chance to play it, so that's not a wide
16.2
W
Rampaul to Patel, OUT, fuller, just misses the yorker this time and Samit manages to launch it towards long-off. But he doesn't get the required power and it's an easy catch for Seales

SR Patel c Seales b Rampaul 3 (12m 7b 0x4 0x6) SR: 42.85

16.1
0
Rampaul to Patel, no run, a yorker in the channel. Samit jams his bat but fails to connect

Kings 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st14ADS FletcherRRS Cornwall
2nd40F du PlessisADS Fletcher
3rd1ADS FletcherRL Chase
4th22ADS FletcherM Deyal
5th0ADS FletcherTH David
6th21SR PatelADS Fletcher
7th6ADS FletcherKMA Paul
8th27ADS FletcherAS Joseph