Player of the Match
Player of the Match

1.47pm Five wins in as many matches this season for Barbados Royals. It got a bit tight at the end, but it was more of a cruise in the early exchanges and the middle for Royals. Green got Mayers early in the powerplay, but de Kock and Bosch then struck up a 117-run stand off 91 balls to put their chase back on track. Amir ended that partnership by having Bosch playing on, but de Kock and his captain Miller closed it out. Thanks for reading. Until next time, this is Deivarayan Muthu signing off on the behalf of Ekanth. Cheers

Miller: We obviously started well and I spoke about momentum in these sort of competitions. I look at it as team performance - the bowling attack has been good and the bowlers have followed. I mean it's obviously good to start well in powerplay and then there was a good partnership. They bowled well and it was tough to get it away at the end. To be honest, we're not thinking about playoffs and slip off the gas now. One or two more wins definitely gets us through.

Powell: I think we need to work on the first ten overs as a batting unit. This is a little bit unacceptable at this level. The funny thing is he guys are in good nick and are striking it well at training. It shows me the guys have heart and the way the guys fought was commendable.

Obed McCoy is the Player of the Match: Everyone is having fun and not over-thinking anything. My performance was pretty good and I always thrive on rhythm and consistency. I normally watch the batsman's feet when they're batting or predict what they do.

19.5
1
Powell to Miller, 1 run, drilled down to long-off. Captain Miller seals victory for Royals

Scores are level now

19.4
1
Powell to de Kock, 1 run, de Kock shuffles across off, shuffles down the track and only gets an inside edge onto the pad. de Kock calls Miller through for the single. Miller is home by the time Jangoo disturbs the stumps
19.3
1
Powell to Miller, 1 run, another well-directed wide yorker from Powell, squirted to short third
19.2
1
Powell to de Kock, 1 run, wide yorker, dug out to cover. Good start to the over from Powell
19.1
0
Powell to de Kock, no run, full and wide of off, de Kock lets it go thinking it's an off-side wide, but it was inside the tramline

Powell brings himself on. He has just three to defend off the final over

END OF OVER:
19 | 13 Runs | BR: 153/2 (4 runs required from 6 balls, RR: 8.05, RRR: 4.00)

  • David Miller15 (6b)
  • Quinton de Kock62 (50b)
  • Migael Pretorius4-0-37-0
  • Mohammad Amir4-0-26-1
18.6
6
Pretorius to Miller, SIX, pummeled over midwicket. Miller lines up this short ball on the stumps and sends him over the leg side. Struck flat and hard by Miller
18.5
1
Pretorius to de Kock, 1 run, slower ball outside off, de Kock waits for it and helps it to short third
18.4
1
Pretorius to Miller, 1 run, back of a length and into the pitch, Miller slogs to leg side and ends up getting an inside edge onto the pad
18.3
4
Pretorius to Miller, FOUR, slower offcutter outside off, Miller swishes it up and over extra-cover and finds the fence
18.2
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Pretorius to de Kock, 1 leg bye, on a heavy length and outside off, de Kock loses his shape and miscues it to short third
18.1
0
Pretorius to de Kock, no run, on a length on middle, de Kock shuffles across off and does not make contact. The ball hits pad. Miller is more than halfway down the pitch. Pretorius swoops down on the ball but can't throw down the stumps at the non-striker's end

END OF OVER:
18 | 6 Runs 1 Wkt | BR: 140/2 (17 runs required from 12 balls, RR: 7.77, RRR: 8.50)

  • Quinton de Kock61 (47b)
  • David Miller4 (3b)
  • Mohammad Amir4-0-26-1
  • Joshua James2-0-18-0
17.6
1
Mohammad Amir to de Kock, 1 run, attempted yorker, comes out as a wide full-toss which is slashed away to deep point
17.5
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Mohammad Amir to Miller, 1 run, slower short ball outside off, Miller late-cuts it to deep third
17.4
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Mohammad Amir to Miller, 2 runs, Miller swivels into a pull and sends this short ball outside off to deep midwicket. Not even Allen can stop two. It's Royals all the way
17.3
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Mohammad Amir to de Kock, 1 run, off-stump yorker, which de Kock squirts it to cover-point
17.2
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Mohammad Amir to Miller, 1 run, back of a length and angling into off, Miller guides it to point and races across to the other end for a risky single

Another South African in the middle: here is Captain Miller. Royals need 23 off 17 balls

17.1
W
Mohammad Amir to Bosch, OUT, Amir has Bosch chopping on. End of another fine innings from him. Very full and sliding across off, finishes wide of off. Bosch, having shuffled across off, throws his bat at ball. Bottom-edges it back onto his stumps

C Bosch b Mohammad Amir 56 (49b 3x4 2x6) SR: 114.28

END OF OVER:
17 | 11 Runs | BR: 134/1 (23 runs required from 18 balls, RR: 7.88, RRR: 7.66)

  • Corbin Bosch56 (48b)
  • Quinton de Kock59 (45b)
  • Joshua James2-0-18-0
  • Migael Pretorius3-0-25-0
16.6
1
James to Bosch, 1 run, pitched-up delivery outside off, hammered away to long-on
16.5
0
James to Bosch, no run, slower ball from James. Hides it away from the swinging arc of Bosch. Swing and a miss
16.4
1
James to de Kock, 1 run, pretty full and outside off, jammed to long-off

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Royals 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st17KR MayersQ de Kock
2nd117Q de KockC Bosch
3rd23DA MillerQ de Kock