and that's it. Another short slower ball outside off, outside edge races away through third man and Trinbago Knight Riders ease to a four-wicket win.
Stars vs Trinbago, 6th Match at Port of Spain, Aug 07 2017 - Ball by Ball Commentary
Trinbago won by 4 wickets (with 26 balls remaining)
Clinical in execution from Shadab Khan and a fine hand from Javon Searles help the Knight Riders complete a rather simple four-wicket win over the sub-par St Lucia Stars. The Knight Riders, in hindsight, did enough with the ball to ensure that even if they lost a cluster of wickets, like they did in the Powerplay, they were still hardly in any trouble. Shane Shillingford, with his offspin, gave the Stars a chance, but a chance was all it was.
Darren Sammy: "To score 118, not enough. We needed 140-plus. Much-improved bowling performance, we'll take the positives from that. I'm really happy, shows I have a wicket-taking option in Shane."
Dwayne Bravo: "Two points, very important. Shadab, the way he played. Pierre set the tone with the maiden. Not clinical. Sammy rotated his bowlers well. But we bat fairly deep.
Shadab Khan is the Man of the Match: "Team needed my batting. Pitch was very slow. I play as an allrounder."
a short slow ball outside off, Searles bails out late
and that should be the game. Full and wide outside off, Searles hits that easily over long-off this time. Enough power, good timing, got underneath well enough. Six easy runs
lovely hit from Searles. A slower ball on off, Searles stays in his crease and just cracks a lofted drive over long-on. Picked his spot - mid-on was up. Swung cleanly through the line
Anon06: "What is Searles' role in the team? He often doesn't bowl and he averages 7 with the bat. In overall T20 cricket, he bowls an average of 10 balls per match. His batting credentials across formats are nothing more than a No10 bat. Surely TKR can replace him with another batsman given that they already have 7 options with the ball (including Munro). With Narine opening until Amla arrives, adding the extra bat takes the batting deep, which is handy on difficult pitches as we've seen so far."
good length outside off, carved straight to point. A riskless five off that
back of a length on off, pulled to long-on
tip and run to cover? No, says Searles. Sammy's throw misses the stumps. Kamran Akmal over-runs it, and they get an overthrow. One, eventually
another nice single. Good length outside off, Searles opens the bat face to find one through cover
Usman: "I have always thought that shahdab should be given a role to bat up the innings for pak. He has so much potential as a batsman."
drifts down leg, a wide
Seth: "Shadab showing some true all round prowess"
a slower ball outside off, punched to cover
good length around off, defended into the cover region for a quick single. Well played Shadab
Just 20 to win now
superb strike. The Fletcher move has not worked. Flight on middle, Searles sends a powerful drive right over the bowler's head. Terrific blow. Well calculated risk
nudged away through midwicket. Long-on prevents two
wayward line, strays down leg
lovely hit through cover. A terrific stop from Mayers at long-off too, running to his left. Tossed up outside off, driven beautifully
another ripping legbreak outside off, cut away to the sweeper cover
shortish and wide, slapped to long-on
ripping turn outside off, flat and wide. Beats Shadab's cut.
Fletcher to bowl.
full and straight, hit to long-on for a run
short delivery on middle, pulled to deep backward square leg for a couple. Nervy, but easy for the Knight Riders