another one too full and too wide outside off. Match ends on back to back wides. TKR get across the line by seven wickets with 17 balls to spare.
Tallawahs vs Trinbago, 18th Match at Basseterre, CPL, Sep 05 2021 - Ball by Ball Commentary
Trinbago won by 7 wickets (with 17 balls remaining)
6.46 pm Tallawahs were never going to recover from the Powerplay demolition by Akeal Hosein and Ravi Rampaul which left them 15 for 5 after being sent in by Pollard at the toss. Even a seven-wicket margin with 17 balls to spare looks far more flattering to the Tallawahs than the reality of how events unfolded. Imad and Brathwaite brought back a measure of respectability to the Tallawahs innings with their half-century stand but it was never ever going to be enough to get them to a defendable total. Simmons and Munro made that point crystal clear during their century partnership in the chase.
Lendl Simmons is the Player of the Match for his 70 off 45 balls and three catches: "It was a better pitch today. It played pretty well and I'm catching it with some confidence. The first five games it was a little bit difficult. This surface was much better for batting and watching two guys hit hundreds told me it was a good batting track. I didn't live up to my reputation for the first five games but I'm glad to come to the party now. I like batting with Munro. He rotates the strike and scores boundaries easy. It was good to have a 100-run partnership with Munro and we'll see how it goes next game. Our spirits have been high all the time. We lost by six and five runs [and the Super Over]. We will pick up momentum when the time is right."
That's it from me today. Enjoy a day off tomorrow before the CPL returns with another doubleheader on Tuesday. I'm Peter Della Penna. Take care!
spears this short and wide outside off, beyond the guidelines. Scores level.
good length on the pads, goes to flick and misses, clips the pads and goes past Lewis for an extra.
full on sixth stump, drives this crisply through wide mid-off and it skittles away to the rope.
short on off stump, gets on his toes to tap this with an open face to third man for one.
low full toss on fourth stump, punched to long-on.
back of a length on middle and off, guides this behind point for one.
in the slot on fifth stump, Bravo just reaches forward and smokes this high and deep over long-on and it pings off the top of the roof before dribbling back down in front of the sight screen.
short on the legs, Bravo helps this on the angle with a flick behind square and it races away.
Pretorius comes around the stumps to Bravo.
short on fifth stump, swats this flat to midwicket in the ring.
full on fourth stump, driven to long-on.
quicker arm ball again lands on a good length on fifth stump, goes back to punch and beaten again.
good length ball defended into the off side.
dropped! Arm ball speared in fast and flat on fourth stump, plays inside the line and edges this but Lewis can't hold on.
short on seventh stump, goes to cut but is through the shot early as the ball sticks in the pitch and winds up dragging this straight down the pitch to long-on.
good length ball speared down leg.
Imad for his final over now.
short on the hips, goes to flick this fine and it comes off the thigh guard before Lewis fields behind the stumps.
attempted yorker is a low full toss on middle stump, blunted to mid-on for one.
back of a length ball on middle, goes back to flick and clips this into midwicket.
Darren Bravo enters. Pollard still yet to face a ball at the non-striker's end. 25 off 33 to win.
Craig: "Did I just see caught by Lewis as wicket keeper? I thought he was just a make shift wicket keeper for the last match because Walton was injured. Is he really a wicket keeper?" Walton is still out injured.
yorker speared into middle stump. Simmons got carried away with a walk across his stumps and misses a desperate late flick to try to keep this out. The stumps light up and so does Pretorius who lets out a mighty roar followed by some fist pumping.