that's gone over! And it's all over.. Ramdin with the final blow. Pitched right up outside off, and Ramdin reaches out and has a free swing, with the backfoot right inside the crease and sails clean over the long-off boundary
Stars vs Trinbago, 9th Match at Gros Islet, Aug 16 2018 - Ball by Ball Commentary
RESULT
9th Match (N), Gros Islet, August 16, 2018, Caribbean Premier League
212/2
(19.5/20 ov, T:213) 218/5
Trinbago won by 5 wickets (with 1 ball remaining)
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11.35pm After a point, it didn't matter who was bowling and where they bowled. Knight Riders needed 85 off five overs and they have won it with a ball to spare. Like, how does that happen? Utterly poor lines and lengths from the Stars bowlers, feeding exactly to the strengths of Brendon McCullum and Darren Bravo. Ball after ball was pitched in the same region, and well, unless the opposition is especially adept at looking a gift horse in the mouth, you don't often get away with such tripe. To be honest, the last five overs seemed an utter mismatch. It really didn't seem like a game between two sides playing at the same level. To sum it up, 13 fours and 18 sixes in the innings. Twelve of those sixes came in the last five overs - that's a six every 2.5 balls. Did we just see a 20-over Super Over? Are we playing corporate cricket here?
Darren Bravo is Man of the Match. Like, duh! "He (McCullum) knew his strengths, I knew mine," he says. "There was a strong wind blowing across, so he took one end and I took the other."
Kieron Pollard: "When we got 212, you would think that's enough to defend, but TKR showed their class. I stand there and take the responsibility. I backed myself with the ball, but sometimes you just have to sit back and appreciate the batsmen."
Dwayne Bravo: "It felt like they had taken the momentum away. The innings that my brother played and the innings Brendon McCullum played, brought us back into the game. Those are innings you cannot plan for. We as a team don't change much. We back our players and back their skills as a management, allow players to develop their skills. It feels good to win cricket games."
Right then, that's it we have from this game.The end was as ridiculous as it was fleeting. But let's take a moment to truly appreciate how brilliant Bravo and McCullum were. This was a breathtaking chase in every sense. It's what makes T20 what it is. Let's see if the remaining games come close to this one! As of now, this is all we have. Thanks, as ever, for your company and comments, and be back here tomorrow. Off you go.
19.5
6
McCoy to Ramdin, SIX runs
19.4
1
McCoy to Darren Bravo, 1 run
full outside off, driven to mid-off who dives to the left and they take off for the single.. they had to. Manage to make it back as the throw misses
19.3
•
McCoy to Darren Bravo, no run
add another one to that. and a repeat of the previous delivery. Full, straight, outside off, swings and misses without moving the feet. Beaten
19.2
•
McCoy to Darren Bravo, no run
slower fullish ball, stays stapled to the crease and swings to get beaten outside off. that's an awful lot of dots in the last two overs
Two off five
19.1
1
McCoy to Ramdin, 1 run
slower length ball, stops on him and gets up a little bit more than he would've anticipated, manages to nudge it into the on side
Obed McCoy with the highly unenviable task of defending three in the final over.
Alex97: "A glimpse of how talented darren bravo is "
end of over 192 runs • 2 wickets
TKR: 210/5CRR: 11.05 • RRR: 3.00
Denesh Ramdin1 (2b)
Darren Bravo93 (33b 6x4 10x6)
Mitchell McClenaghan 3-0-21-2
Rahkeem Cornwall 4-0-52-2
What an over from Mitch McClenaghan! Two wickets and just two off it, but is it too little too late?
18.6
1
McClenaghan to Ramdin, 1 run
gets the width he was looking for, waits and taps it out to sweeper cover
18.5
•
McClenaghan to Ramdin, no run
short of a length outside off, chops it into the surface as he jabs it back to the bowler
18.4
W
McClenaghan to JPR Scantlebury-Searles, OUT
gone, another wicket goes down. Could have really left this alone because it was miles outside his off-stump. But he had walked across early and hence is tempted into reaching out for it.. another nick through to the keeper
Javon Searles c †Fletcher b McClenaghan 0 (3b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0
18.3
•
McClenaghan to JPR Scantlebury-Searles, no run
18.3
1w
McClenaghan to JPR Scantlebury-Searles, 1 wide
18.2
•
McClenaghan to JPR Scantlebury-Searles, no run
18.1
W
McClenaghan to McCullum, OUT
McCullum's nicked off here. A wicket against the run of play, if ever there was one! A wide fuller delivery, chases without moving his feet and gets a feather to the keeper
Brendon McCullum c †Fletcher b McClenaghan 68 (42b 3x4 6x6) SR: 161.9
end of over 1827 runs
TKR: 208/3CRR: 11.55 • RRR: 2.50
Darren Bravo93 (33b 6x4 10x6)
Brendon McCullum68 (41b 3x4 6x6)
Rahkeem Cornwall 4-0-52-2
Obed McCoy 2-0-32-0
17.6
6
Cornwall to Darren Bravo, SIX runs
it doesn't even matter where you bowl anymore. A straight length ball on middle, carted over deep midwicket. Making it seem so easy. Are these two teams really playing at the same level?
17.5
•
Cornwall to Darren Bravo, no run
yorker, dug out on the off side
17.4
•
Cornwall to Darren Bravo, no run
17.3
6
Cornwall to Darren Bravo, SIX runs
one-handed.. I mean, literally one-handed. Gets behind the line with ease and goes down on one knee to slog this over deep square leg. Can we have fielders, like, on the moon, please?
17.3
7nb
Cornwall to Darren Bravo, (no ball) SIX runs
and of course that was an aberration, because the next one's pitched up within his swinging arc outside off, and that means a full-blooded shovel over extra cover
17.2
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Cornwall to Darren Bravo, no run
breaks away off the pitch outside off and gets past the reach of Bravo trying to pull
17.1
6
Cornwall to Darren Bravo, SIX runs
scratch the more or less, because this thing's gonna end with an over to spare. Pitched up outside off, gets right underneath it and shovels it over long-on
17.1
1w
Cornwall to Darren Bravo, 1 wide
does the same thing all over again. This game's gone now.. more or less
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