straying into the hips, glanced off the back foot through square leg. That is that. Patriots thump Stars
Stars vs Patriots, 13th Match at Gros Islet, Aug 21 2018 - Ball by Ball Commentary
Patriots won by 7 wickets (with 74 balls remaining)
Cottrell, Player of the Match: I did not expect this, but we all executed it well. Our plan to Kieron was to bowl hard lengths into the pitch and it worked out well. We know every game is tough, and we just try to execute our plans. It's about being a step ahead of the batsman and preparation is the key for me
Gayle: We sent them into bat, and they did not bat well. These things happen, and it went according to our plan. Captaincy is key as players look up to the leader. We have one more against Barbados before we go home.
Pollard: Everything (what went wrong?). I had a conversation with the guys, we start at 0 for 0 and not from the last match. No batsman took the initiative and hung in there. I stress about not being complacency. That wasn't the be all and end all of it and we're back to square one. We need to win four matches, two home games in a row.
That's all we have for you tonight. Cheers
short offbreak on middle, punched to mid-on for one
short and kicks up outside off, jabbed to the overs
back of a length on middle, squeezed to midwicket off the back foot
whipped off the hips to deep midwicket
chopped to slip
Short googly, spins in from outside off, chopped off an inside edge to square leg. There's a mix-up between the wickets and both Cooper and Thomas are scampering towards the non-striker's end. They are racing each other, Cooper comes second, and is caught short. Bizarre dismissal
short and spins away, forced to sweeper from outside off
dragged down outside off, heaved away to mid-on, drops just short of Pollard, and bursts through him
dragged down outside off, pulled away to the wide long-on fence off the back foot
Ahmad
cut and a miss outside off
full on the stumps, pushed back
King falls with his team 10 away from victory. King shuffles a long way across off for a sweep and is hit on the pad outside the line of off. But this has been given. Another shocking decision from the umpire
another arm ball, hits the pad again, but this is heading down leg
arm ball, skids in, edged onto the thigh pad
flat on middle, hoicked to mid-on's right
short on the hips, deflected behind to the keeper
banged in short and angling away wide outside off, King, having backed away outside leg, reaches out for the ball and scythes it over the covers like a boss
7.45pm It's drizzling at Gros Islet
short and slanting away outside off, edged but does not carry to keeper
lets a short ball go outside off
flashed to third man off the toe end
short on middle, top-edges a four over the keeper's head