drilled down to long-off. Captain Miller seals victory for Royals
Tallawahs vs Royals, 14th Match at Gros Islet, CPL, Sep 11 2022 - Ball by Ball Commentary
Royals won by 8 wickets (with 1 ball remaining)
1.47pm Five wins in as many matches this season for Barbados Royals. It got a bit tight at the end, but it was more of a cruise in the early exchanges and the middle for Royals. Green got Mayers early in the powerplay, but de Kock and Bosch then struck up a 117-run stand off 91 balls to put their chase back on track. Amir ended that partnership by having Bosch playing on, but de Kock and his captain Miller closed it out. Thanks for reading. Until next time, this is Deivarayan Muthu signing off on the behalf of Ekanth. Cheers
Miller: We obviously started well and I spoke about momentum in these sort of competitions. I look at it as team performance - the bowling attack has been good and the bowlers have followed. I mean it's obviously good to start well in powerplay and then there was a good partnership. They bowled well and it was tough to get it away at the end. To be honest, we're not thinking about playoffs and slip off the gas now. One or two more wins definitely gets us through.
Powell: I think we need to work on the first ten overs as a batting unit. This is a little bit unacceptable at this level. The funny thing is he guys are in good nick and are striking it well at training. It shows me the guys have heart and the way the guys fought was commendable.
Obed McCoy is the Player of the Match: Everyone is having fun and not over-thinking anything. My performance was pretty good and I always thrive on rhythm and consistency. I normally watch the batsman's feet when they're batting or predict what they do.
Scores are level now
de Kock shuffles across off, shuffles down the track and only gets an inside edge onto the pad. de Kock calls Miller through for the single. Miller is home by the time Jangoo disturbs the stumps
another well-directed wide yorker from Powell, squirted to short third
wide yorker, dug out to cover. Good start to the over from Powell
full and wide of off, de Kock lets it go thinking it's an off-side wide, but it was inside the tramline
Powell brings himself on. He has just three to defend off the final over
pummeled over midwicket. Miller lines up this short ball on the stumps and sends him over the leg side. Struck flat and hard by Miller
slower ball outside off, de Kock waits for it and helps it to short third
back of a length and into the pitch, Miller slogs to leg side and ends up getting an inside edge onto the pad
slower offcutter outside off, Miller swishes it up and over extra-cover and finds the fence
on a heavy length and outside off, de Kock loses his shape and miscues it to short third
on a length on middle, de Kock shuffles across off and does not make contact. The ball hits pad. Miller is more than halfway down the pitch. Pretorius swoops down on the ball but can't throw down the stumps at the non-striker's end
attempted yorker, comes out as a wide full-toss which is slashed away to deep point
slower short ball outside off, Miller late-cuts it to deep third
Miller swivels into a pull and sends this short ball outside off to deep midwicket. Not even Allen can stop two. It's Royals all the way
off-stump yorker, which de Kock squirts it to cover-point
back of a length and angling into off, Miller guides it to point and races across to the other end for a risky single
Another South African in the middle: here is Captain Miller. Royals need 23 off 17 balls
Amir has Bosch chopping on. End of another fine innings from him. Very full and sliding across off, finishes wide of off. Bosch, having shuffled across off, throws his bat at ball. Bottom-edges it back onto his stumps
pitched-up delivery outside off, hammered away to long-on
slower ball from James. Hides it away from the swinging arc of Bosch. Swing and a miss
pretty full and outside off, jammed to long-off
Over 20 • BR 157/2
Royals won by 8 wickets (with 1 ball remaining)