Ramdin seals it for Knight Riders with a wristy boundary! Flat six. Emrit ventures wide of the crease and angles it down leg, Ramdin picks it up and whips it stylishly over backward square leg. No over-the-top celebrations from Ramdin this time
Amazon vs Trinbago, 17th Match at Providence, Aug 19 2017 - Ball by Ball Commentary
Trinbago won by 7 wickets (with 25 balls remaining)
3pm Trinbago Knight Riders were without two of their highest wicket-takers - Shadab Khan and Kevon Cooper - who had 19 wickets between them this season, but on a slow Providence surface, Sunil Narine showed why he's highly regarded in the shortest format, yet again. His spell of 1 for 11 off four overs ensured Guyana Amazon Warriors, whose 131 for 9 was eclipsed rather comfortably, are all but eliminated from a play-off berth.
Knight Riders overcame early losses but Brendon McCullum's calming influence helped offset the damage as they recorded their sixth successful chase this season. Coming into this game, there was a mathematical miracle that could've ousted them. Not anymore. With that, it's time for us to say goodbye. Do join us for a double-header Sunday. Cheers!
Dwayne Bravo: Tough conditions, but we challenged ourselves to remain hungry. McCullum pulled up with a sore back, he decided to play just before the toss. Happy for him, happy for the win. We bat fairly deep, we have a good balance. We're not top-heavy. All our players, lot of them are successful at the Test level. So they are familiar with these conditions. Happy with the two points.
Martin Guptill: This was defendable, we didn't get it right in the middle overs. We've got four games left, some exciting times ahead to showcase what we can do. It's not ideal, but we have to win each of our four games. We've to forget this quickly and move on.
McCullum is the Player of the Match for his unbeaten 65. "Really pleased with the outcome," he says. "When you come to Guyana, you know the wickets will reasonably challenge you. We knew the threat Rashid poses, so had to work hard. Today, it was more of a one-day mindset on a wicket like this. If I could keep out the good balls, and manufacture ones and twos, you could play your shots towards the end. Rashid is very, very good. Took me a while to adjust. Till you face him, it's hard to formulate a game plan. He's a class bowler, someone we'll see a lot of in these competitions around the world."
Kapil: "@Reaud: You have to create opportunities. They had TKR 18/2. Rather than bowling the 6th over by Rashid, Guptill bowled Permaul and he went for 12, bowling some filthy stuff. At that time it was 28/2. And getting Baz out then would have sent jitters in TKR dug out. Guptill is an ordinary captain. Let's agree and close this. Especially when he removed Rashid after 1 over"
overpitched outside off, driven through the line
full and outside off, kerplunked away to the long-on boundary. Heaved across the line
Ramdin shuffles across off, meets an off-stump full-toss and flicks to midwicket
slower ball on middle, pushed down to long-on
short and outside off, toe-ended down the ground
Baz walks outside leg, this is speared wide outside off past the batsman's reach
Reaud: "That's Guyana's main problem, there's no genuine 3rd wicket taking option, so Guptill has to try and work the other bowlers around Rashid and Tanvir and Trinidad knows that "
This is huuuuuuge! Perhaps the best of the lot. Length ball on middle, clears his front leg and hoists it waaaaay over the long-on boundary. Pings the roof of the ground
floated full and outside off, Baz makes additional room by slinking outside leg. He goes low and launches it disdainfully over the covers
Karthikeya : "My GAW XI for next game: Taylor, Walton, Fudadin, Katwaroo, Mohammed, Primus, Paul, Rashid, Tanvir, Joseph, Jacobs"
horrid ball, full-toss down leg, beats the batsman's whip, and the Walton's dive to his left
backs away outside leg and swats this from middle to long-on
full-toss on off, Baz presses forward and lifts it up and over mid-off. He brings up his second fifty of this CPL season
Primus replaces Rashid. What's the point of holding back your gun bowler? Here's Primus
slower cutter, 101.8ks, Baz checks his push and guides the ball wide enough of cover
clipped from off stump through square leg. Good wristwork
Baz jumps down and outside leg, Tanvir follows him with a short ball. Check-punched to sweeper
short and rushes him into a pull on off, flapped to midwicket
too straight in line, glanced to short fine leg
Kapil: "This was Warrior's game. You cannot bowl Permaul for 4 overs in the trott and when opposition is 18/2, you have to attack and bowls your best bowler "
length ball on off, Ramdin, having walked across off, pushes it to long-on
Tanvir returns.
skidding into leg stump, forced through square leg off the back foot
pushed through on off, no turn, forward and pushed to cover