Nortje wins it for the Patriots, and the Patriots have levelled their win-tally from last season by trumping the Falcons in a final-ball nail-biter! Length on middle and off. Nortje gives Primus the charge again and smears it over the bowler's head. Did not middle it at all, but got enough on it, and that is all that matters at the moment. A thrilling game, involving so many hard-hitting batters and it all came down to the bowlers to do the job!
Falcons vs Patriots, 1st Match at North Sound, CPL, Aug 29 2024 - Ball by Ball Commentary
RESULT
1st Match (N), North Sound, August 29, 2024, Caribbean Premier League
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Next(20 ov, T:164) 164/9
Patriots won by 1 wicket (with 0 balls remaining)
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end of over 207 runs • 2 wickets
STKNP: 164/9CRR: 8.20
Anrich Nortje4 (3b)
Tabraiz Shamsi1 (1b)
Roshon Primus 2-0-21-2
Mohammad Amir 4-0-31-1
12:02am That will be a wrap from us for tonight. We will be back with more CPL action soon and we hope to have your company for the next game, featuring the Falcons and the defending champions, the Guyana Amazon Warriors. Until then, this is goodbye from me, Sudeep, Thilak and everyone else at ESPNcricinfo. Take care, folks!
Andre Fletcher, St Kitts and Nevis Patriots captain: I am happy that we won this game. With the start we got…we had some very soft dismissals (after). We took the game away from them in phases and then brought them back. We have to be a little smarter in our approach. In the powerplay, anything can happen but the real game starts after the powerplay. It (bowling the spinners in tandem) helped us peg them back and I was pleased with the total they scored. (On what he wants from his team) I want us to be positive but at the same time, we have to be smart about it. Enjoy the cricket as much as possible, enjoy each other's success and stick together as a team. Once we do that, we have the personnel to do well.
Chris Green, Antigua & Barbuda Falcons captain: My assessment is we were 10-15 runs short on a good surface. Great start and had a good powerplay but after that, in the next four overs, we only scored 14. Incredibly proud of the fight with the ball at the end. Nice to have some high-pressure moments right at the start (of the tournament). In Antigua, you have to use the dimensions and the breeze. We were trying to keep him (Mayers) off strike but he is a very good player, and he was able to get them ahead. Jewel Andrew is 17 years old and he has really impressed me. To come in and bat the way he did, with that confidence and swagger, it is awesome to see. He will only go from strength to strength. Shamar Springer has improved again from last season. Incredible in the field too.
Kyle Mayers, Player of the Match: It was nail-biting at the end. It was tough. We were patient, hoping that we get across (the line). My mindset was simple. It was a good wicket. I thought if we batted 20 overs, we would get over the line. I played the ends. The breeze was to my advantage (in the 16th over) so I tried to take my chances. (On playing for the Patriots) Great atmosphere, I know most of the guys. Fletcher as skipper, we are very close (to each other).
11:47pm Phew. That was some game. It ebbed one way, before turning the other. The Patriots, when Smith and Mayers were together, seemed in control of the chase. Then, came the collapse. Smith and Rossouw, pushed down to No.6, perished off successive balls and that set the cat among the pigeons. Drakes, who had held his own up until the last over, could not get the job done and that left the door ajar for the Falcons.
Primus, bowling a pressure last over, almost got it done for the Falcons but the two wides he conceded perhaps proved to be the difference. Had those been legal deliveries, the Falcons might have had just enough in the bank to get past the finish line but unfortunately, that was not to be. Prior to that final over, it was the Shamar Springer show for the hosts and his four-wicket haul was vital in dragging the game deep, even if in the end, that proved to be in vain.
19.6
1
Primus to Nortje, 1 run
One run needed. A wicket or a dot and we go into a.....well, you know that already
19.5
2
Primus to Nortje, 2 runs
Nortje levels the scores for the Patriots! Full toss outside off. Nortje dances down the track and scythes it through backward point. Deep point cuts it off but not before Nortje returns for a brace
19.4
1
Primus to Shamsi, 1 run
speared in full on leg stump. Shamsi skips down the track and flicks it towards deep mid wicket. Just a single
4 off 3
19.4
1w
Primus to Shamsi, 1 wide
banged in short but this strays down leg too. Perhaps it was a riposte to Shamsi advancing but nevertheless, it is a wide the Falcons could have done without
Shamsi is the last man in
19.3
W
Primus to Nedd, OUT
another wicket for Primus, and the Patriots are crumbling under pressure! Hard length on middle and off. Zips off the surface, gets big on Nedd and cramps him for room too. He has a swipe at it but all he manages is a tame top edge to short third. The Falcons just one wicket away from a win on opening night!
Ashmead Nedd c Mohammad Amir b Primus 2 (3b 0x4 0x6) SR: 66.66
19.3
1w
Primus to Nedd, 1 wide
short ball that slides down leg, and that is the last thing the Falcons would have wanted. Called a wide!
19.2
1
Primus to Nortje, 1 run
angled in on a length on the pads. Nortje tucks it away towards deep square leg and the Patriots have to settle for a single
Nortje is the new batter in
19.1
W
Primus to Drakes, OUT
into the Antiguan night sky, but no distance on it. Drakes perishes, and the Falcons take flight! Length ball on middle and off, and Drakes thinks he can finish it off with one blow. Gets too much under it, though, and the ball goes straight up. James settles under it at long on, and does the rest. Is that the game?
Dominic Drakes c James b Primus 17 (16b 2x4 0x6) SR: 106.25
Seven needed off the final over. Looks like Primus will bowl it. Drakes on strike. Who are you backing?
end of over 193 runs • 1 wicket
STKNP: 157/7CRR: 8.26 • RRR: 7.00 • Need 7 runs from 6b
Ashmead Nedd2 (2b)
Dominic Drakes17 (15b 2x4)
Mohammad Amir 4-0-31-1
Shamar Springer 4-0-29-4
18.6
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Amir to Nedd, no run
full on middle and leg. Nedd gives himself room but drills it straight back at Amir, who dives sharply to his right and stops it with his right hand
7 off 7
18.5
2
Amir to Nedd, 2 runs
sliced over backward point! Fullish just outside off. Nedd throws the kitchen sink at it and just manages to clear the fielder. Agonizingly close from a Falcons perspective. Two runs to the Patriots, meanwhile
18.4
1
Amir to Drakes, 1 run
fullish, angling into middle and off. Drakes comes forward and works it towards mid wicket. Oh goodness. Amir thinks the ball might have scraped the pad before it hit the middle of Drakes' bat, and we go upstairs again. Right off the middle of the bat, and the Falcons burn a review. A pretty shocking review, it must be added!
Nedd is the new batter at the crease. At the non-striker's end for now, though
18.3
W
Amir to Drakes, OUT
an almighty mix-up, and John has been run out by a mile! Shortish on middle and leg. Drakes swings like a rusty gate again and jams it off the inside edge into his body. The ball rolls away into the off side and that prompts John to scurry down the track for a single Drakes has no interest in taking. Gets sent back and watches as Zaman collects the throw from Amir and takes off the bails!
Ryan John run out (Mohammad Amir/Fakhar Zaman) 2 (6b 0x4 0x6) SR: 33.33
Mid off, extra cover and short third in the circle
10 off 10. Drakes might start feeling the pinch now...
18.2
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Amir to Drakes, no run
full in the channel just outside off. Drakes goes for the booming cover drive but only swishes and misses
18.1
•
Amir to Drakes, no run
back of a length, slanting into middle and leg. Drakes is a little late on the flick and seems to miss it completely. Pings off his thigh pad towards the bowler
10 needed off 12. This is the Patriots' game to lose from here. Can Amir turn things around for the Falcons?
end of over 189 runs
STKNP: 154/6CRR: 8.55 • RRR: 5.00 • Need 10 runs from 12b
Dominic Drakes16 (11b 2x4)
Ryan John2 (6b)
Shamar Springer 4-0-29-4
Imad Wasim 4-0-31-1
17.6
1
Springer to Drakes, 1 run
off-pace and into the track outside off. Drakes flat-bats it to long on
17.5
1lb
Springer to John, 1 leg bye
vociferous appeal, not given! Zipped in full, angling into leg stump. John plays all over it and gets rapped on the pads. Seemed to be heading down leg but Springer was adamant, and he has convinced his captain to review. The ball struck John on the front pad and that could be a crucial detail here. Ball Tracking comes up and....it reckons the ball would have just clipped leg stump. Umpire's Call, and John survives!
17.4
2
Springer to John, 2 runs
shortish on middle and leg. John gets inside the line and lifts up his front leg Calypso style, pulling it enough to fine leg's left for a brace
17.3
1
Springer to Drakes, 1 run
length outside off. Drakes jabs it out towards cover point and scrambles across to the other end
17.2
4
Springer to Drakes, FOUR runs
a shot of the highest order! Springer misses the wide yorker and errs on the shorter side, allowing Drakes to get under it and crrrruncccchhhhh it over cover point!
17.1
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Springer to Drakes, no run
excellent wide yorker to start off. Drakes cannot get under it and cannot make contact either. Dot to begin the over
Springer to bowl out. He has already dented the Patriots four times tonight. Can he do it again? 19 needed off 18
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Win Probability
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Over 20 • STKNP 164/9
Dominic Drakes c James b Primus 17 (16b 2x4 0x6) SR: 106.25
W
Ashmead Nedd c Mohammad Amir b Primus 2 (3b 0x4 0x6) SR: 66.66
Patriots won by 1 wicket (with 0 balls remaining)W
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