Trinbago vs Royals, 28th Match at Tarouba, CPL, Sep 27 2024 - Match Result

Shortish and angling across off, he jabs it away up and over backward point and the ball skittles away to the rope as Knight Riders win by a hefty margin of 30 runs and look like a formidable unit before the playoffs. They have one more game left in the group stage while Barbados Royals finish 4th on the table after playing 10 games. The Royals weren't in control in their attempt to chase down the total; Athanaze batted well and looked fluent, and Miller got going too, but nobody could finish the innings and they crumbled under pressure towards the end. Akeal Hosein is an aberration; he seldom errs in his lines and lengths and is a specialist in the powerplay, often setting the tone upfront with tight overs. Once again, he delivered an incredible spell, making life easier for the other bowlers. Pollard, Jordan, and Hinds kept their end of the bargain, and as a team, they were clearly the better side today

Wrecks the stumps with his unerring accuracy. It's all too easy for him. Once again hard length and gets a hint of inward seam movement, Maharaj wanted to tonk him away and backed away too much, exposing his stumps and playing all around it

Length ball homing in on middle and he blocks it through the line and back to Jordan who is a master of his craft

Touch full and gun-barrel straight, in the air and falls short of the fielder at long-off, mere formalities left

That is a beautiful shot! Stands tall and forehands it stylishly over mid-off, man at deep mops it up

Jordan into the attack. Over the wicket, length ball outside off, opens the face of the bat, lowers his center of gravity and steers it down to short third, gets off-strike

Play and a miss. Back of a length, nibbling away in the spicy zone outside off, threw his bat

Oh my goodness, Russel has taken a screamer backtracking at cover; gamely jumped and snaffled it terrifically; he got width and tried to slash that but got the outer edge and it's almost all over. Hinds foot was just behind the crease

Low full-toss on fourth stump line, slapped to sweeper cover; too many full-tosses not put away

Heard a nick and he's gone! Touch short and rising in the channel, width available, belated attempt to swat it away and gets a tickle through to the keeper and the captain departs. Hinds stuck to his guns and got the reward in the end, was pursuing relentlessly the wide lines and finally induced an error

Full-toss on off, stays firmly rooted in his crease and plonks it away to midwicket, laboured shot, boundaries have dried up, not working

Over the wicket, on a length and perhaps inside the wide line by a whisker, Powell pleading for a wide and umpire says no, did look close on replay

Picks up momentum; rolls his arms, high-full toss at middle and off, crunched towards point. Jordan puts his team on the ascendency

Running. Jumps. Banged in short on middle, Theekshana is not equal to the task, backs away and looks like it's too good for thee, slipping away very quickly from Royals

Sprinting. Smooth run-up. Showing his mastery at death. Back of a length holding its line on sixth stump line, slinks back to late cut but only flails at thin air in the end

Bustling in, full-toss on middle, tries to bash him downtown and gets the toe-end of the bat, Pollard doesn't drop those and the big man Holder departs. Two full-tosses missed by BR at a very crucial juncture of the game

Long pause and he is ready at his mark. Full-toss on the pads, whipped away to deep square, missed opportunity, played squarer than he'd have liked

Pitched up just outside off, drilled down the carpet to long-off, that won't hurt Jordan and co

Short and plenty of room outside off, stands deep and clubbed it over long-off for a six; hits it with minimal feet movement and shows his range and power. That was a timely hit which has ruined Hinds over. Flat-batted meaty blow

Short, wide and hammered away to deep cover-point