Tridents vs Kings XI, 5th Match, Group B at Mohali, Sep 20 2014, Champions League Twenty20

RESULT
5th Match, Group B (N), Mohali, September 20, 2014, Champions League Twenty20
(19.4/20 ov, T:175) 178/6

Kings XI won by 4 wickets (with 2 balls remaining)

Player Of The Match
46* (34) & 2 catches
david-miller
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Scorecard summary
Barbados Tridents 174/6(20 overs)
Kings XI Punjab 178/6(19.4 overs)
46* (34)
2/18 (4)

So that wraps up our coverage of another super chase from Kings XI. The battle between the Kings XI batting line up and the Northern Knights' bowling might be one to watch later in the tournament. We have two more CLT20 clashes coming up tomorrow. Join us then. Goodnight.

Sameera Perera is feeling the love for his namesake, and countrymen in general: "Overall, the three Sri Lankans were the best in both teams"

Miller is man of the match: "Only towards the end did it hit one out of the ground. Akshar made it easy and took a lot of pressure off my shoulders. I was lucky up front, getting a few chances, but once I'm in I back myself to hit the boundaries. It's a see-ball-hit-ball type mentality. We've got some great spinners and some quicks. Perera is showing some strength for the team. He can clear the boundary and takes wickets as well."

Bailey: "Long may our chasing record continue. We get off to great starts. Once again we did that and we're thereabouts with the run rate. For a guy like Akshar to come in and hit his first 9 balls for 26 runs is extraordinary. It's a beautiful batting wicket. I was proud of the way we bowled today."

We'll have the presentation for you shortly.

Sehwag: "No one expected Patel to bat the way he did. The six he hit off Rampaul was amazing. It's a good track to bat on. A little bit slow. A couple of balls spun when Mendis bowled, but overall it was a good T20 wicket."

Emrit: "I thought with two overs to go, we should have had it with 26 runs to defend. Ravi is our most experienced bowler. Another day he will get it right, but it didn't happen today. We had spoken among the kinds of lengths we needed to bowl."

Mohan: "Some one wrote, if Max fails Miller, if then Bailey, if then Perera, Adding Patel to that list"

Some terrific work from Tridents' spinners to pull this game back, but oh boy, what batting from the Kings XI. It's got to be said that the Rampaul over that swung it in the Kings XI direction was a poor one. Still, Patel was good enough to cash in. Emrit, understandably, doesn't look happy.

19.4
6
Holder to Miller, SIX runs

that's it! No need for this to go down to the wire. Holder overpitches just outside off. Miller just launches that, almost casually, over wide long off. Clean as a whistle.

19.3
Holder to Miller, no run

Miller makes room, but Holder goes the other way and bowls a full toss way outside off. It's just inside the tram lines and Miller can't connect

Saleem: "Slowly and silently Rampaul scores a 50 from non-strikers end."

19.2
1
Holder to Axar Patel, 1 run

short of a length on the stumps, Patel makes room and chops it to the offside sweeper

19.1
1
Holder to Miller, 1 run

that's a thigh-high no ball. Miller tries to slam it straight, but gets a top edge that drops at around point

Holder to bowl the last.

end of over 1920 runs
PBKS: 170/6CRR: 8.94 RRR: 5.00
Axar Patel22 (8b 3x4 1x6)
David Miller39 (31b 3x4 1x6)
Ravi Rampaul 4-0-50-2
Jason Holder 3-0-30-0
18.6
6
Rampaul to Axar Patel, SIX runs

the no-look hook. Patel has stolen this one right back for Kings XI. Is there nothing this team can't do with the bat? Patel tried to make room, but Rampaul follows him with a bouncer. Patel hooks anyway, taking his eyes off long before he connects, but what a connection!. That's way over the deep square leg boundary.

18.5
4
Rampaul to Axar Patel, FOUR runs

luck for Patel. But it's not great death bowling for sure. That's length outside off stump once more. Patel tried to hit through cover, gets a thick edge, and it runs to the third man fence.

18.4
1
Rampaul to Miller, 1 run

length ball outside off. Miller will probably feel his should have murdered it, but he just drags it to long on instead

18.3
1
Rampaul to Axar Patel, 1 run

bouncer at the chest. Patel pulls this square, but Holder runs around and cuts it off. They think about two, but decide against.

18.2
4
Rampaul to Axar Patel, FOUR runs

all the fielders are back on leg side, so Patel makes room and lifts this one over cover for four. Pressure right back on the Tridents. Rampaul needs to hit that blockhole.

18.1
4
Rampaul to Axar Patel, FOUR runs

shot! Patel gets into it now. Length ball outside off, and Patel lays into that one slamming that one wide of long on for four

Nayeem: "Its 'M' Day today, After Marsh it would be Miller now." Rampaul to bowl the penultimate over.

end of over 189 runs
PBKS: 150/6CRR: 8.33 RRR: 12.50
David Miller38 (30b 3x4 1x6)
Axar Patel3 (3b)
Jason Holder 3-0-30-0
Ashley Nurse 4-0-32-1
17.6
4
Holder to Miller, FOUR runs

short of a length on the stumps, but Miller has latched onto that superfast. He's bash-pulling that to cow corner. It's hit so hard, it barely gets over head high, but almost carries all the way over the rope. Kings XI are in it as long as Miller is there.

17.5
1
Holder to Axar Patel, 1 run

this is short of a length on the pads, Patel flicks it off his thigh to fine leg

17.4
1
Holder to Miller, 1 run

Miller backs away but Holder follows it with a length ball. Miller can only clobber it to long on for a single.

17.3
1
Holder to Axar Patel, 1 run

short of a length on middle stump. Patel squeezes this away to backward point. There should not have been a run there, but he fumbles it and allow them to cross, and to get Miller on strike. Poor work from Munaweera.

17.2
1lb
Holder to Miller, 1 leg bye

yorker on the legs, Miller tries to whip it to leg but misses. They take the leg bye off the deflection

17.1
1
Holder to Axar Patel, 1 run

short of a length on off stump, fended away towards point for a single

34 needed off the last three overs. Jason Holder is back.

end of over 1713 runs • 1 wicket
PBKS: 141/6CRR: 8.29 RRR: 11.33
David Miller33 (27b 2x4 1x6)
Axar Patel0 (0b)
Ashley Nurse 4-0-32-1
Jeevan Mendis 4-0-18-2
16.6
6
Nurse to Miller, SIX runs

Miller is trying his best to revive Kings XI. You can't count them out yet. He's down the track to this floated up ball and slamming it high over the bowlers head and into the stands. Didn't hit it perfectly, but he has more than enough power to clear that boundary.

16.5
2
Nurse to Miller, 2 runs

tossed up a little, straightening on leg stump. Miller flicks it to leg and finds a decent legside gap. Takes two

16.4
2
Nurse to Miller, 2 runs

flatter and faster, straightening on off stump. Miller goes back and chops it to sweeper cover

16.3
W
Nurse to Perera, OUT

gone first ball. The spinners are wrapping this middle order up in their web. This was fired in short at Perera's body. The batsman goes back and tries to thwack it over the cow corner boundary. He can't connect as well as he likes and it goes high into the night. Carter settles under the ball and takes it gleefully.

Thisara Perera c Carter b Nurse 0 (1b 0x4 0x6 3m) SR: 0
Best performances - batters
Spike Graph
Wagon Zone
RA Reifer
60 runs (42)
3 fours4 sixes
Productive shot
off drive
24 runs
0 four3 sixes
Control
81%
EMDY Munaweera
50 runs (26)
5 fours3 sixes
Productive shot
on drive
16 runs
1 four2 sixes
Control
54%
Best performances - bowlers
P Awana
O
4
M
0
R
46
W
3
ECO
11.5
FTYFGSGS
OFFLEG
RHB
1W
1W
1W
LEGOFF
LHB
BMAJ Mendis
O
4
M
0
R
18
W
2
ECO
4.5
FTYFGSGS
OFFLEG
RHB
2W
LEGOFF
LHB
Match details
Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh
TossKings XI Punjab, elected to field first
Series
Season2014/15
Player Of The Match
Hours of play (local time)20.00 start, First Session 20.00-21.20, Interval 21.20-21.40, Second Session 21.40-23.00
Match days20 September 2014 - night (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpire
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
PointsKings XI Punjab 4, Barbados Tridents 0
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