Patriots vs Tridents, 25th Match at Bridgetown, CPL, Sep 28 2019 - Match Result

castled! Patriots sneak through by one run and are in the playoffs. Kept it full, straight and true, and Gurney backed away to try and smash it through cover, only to lose his stumps. He had bowled an excellent last over himself, but was the receiving end now.

length ball on the stumps, he backs away to try and swing this over cow corner but gets only a leading edge that trickles towards point, who is swooping in and has a shy at the bowler's end. Doesn't hit

just short of the bowler. Drama, drama! Gets it to spit up off a hard length, Chemar was probably expecting a yorker, ends up popping it in the air in front of him with an awkward defensive shot. Drakes sprints forward and dives but the ball eludes him

backs away to give himself room, the bowler follows him, and Gurney manages a Natmeg through his legs. There is a fine leg there so only a single

Reifer is run out going for a suicidal second! This match continues to twist and turn. This was full and on the fifth stump line, Reifer drilled straight drive to long-off. It was hit so well there was never a chance of two, but they went for it anyway. Laurie Evans kept his cool and threw it at the right end, and the keeper flicked off the bails with Reifer well short. He had brought it down to a run a ball, was that attempted second run necessary?

that's a stunning shot. Drakes got the line right, well wide of off, but Reifer stayed still and launched into a leathering extra cover drive that carried all the way over the boundary. The execution and conception of the shot, under such pressure - excellent

and he starts off with one well outside off stump and outside the tram line. Trying to keep it out of Reifer's reach, but ends up being a wide

angled across him, he opens the face to drive, can't get past the in-field but it wasn't straight to the fielder at cover which means they had enough time to get a single. Reifer will keep strike

slower ball, doesn't get underneath it and tries to go big, driving off his toes but it is straight down long-on's throat.

and Patriots are being very liberal with the extras. Dug in short, too short, and it bounces well over the batsman's head

hits the hard length on off, the batsman was backing away, but manages to jab it down to short third man

and the pressure tells, he's bowled that too far down leg for another extra

wham. Take that! Drops it short and Reifer rocks back and absolutely leathers a pull way over deep square leg

gives himself room but Cottrell follows him. But all Walsh Jr has to do is turn the strike over, which he does by pushing the ball to long-on

too full on the stumps, flicked off his toes and they bolt between the wickets to get a second. Direct hit would have had him, but difficult to hit direct from deep midwicket. Cottoy the fielder

slower one but a bit too short outside off, he swivels and pulls, makes good connection but there is a man at deep midwicket so he won't get a boundary

tucked to backward square leg

length ball outside off, pushed to cover's right

takes the pace off and bowls it full outside off, stroked to point

just clears long-on! played with a dead straight bat, and held his shape nicely but hadn't got the distance on it. Turns out, he got just about enough