END OF OVER:
20 | 6 Runs | BR: 160/8 | RR: 8.00

  • Ashley Nurse5 (6b)
  • Jake Lintott2 (2b)
  • Naseem Shah4-0-31-0
  • Dwayne Bravo4-0-26-4

9.00pm And the covers are off. The rain has passed. We'll be fine to restart.

8.55pm The covers are on the pitch. This is very light shower coming through.

8:47 pm Royals try to shake up the lineup with a string of changes and it has achieved some measure of the desired outcome with Smit Patel top-scoring on his CPL debut with 54. Still feels like an under par total though thanks to Bravo's 4 for 26 to stifle Royals at the death.

Here's Smit Patel: "The experience that we had in 2012 playing in front of the crowds, it always stays. I just backed myself and was being confident in the middle. The wicket is pretty tricky. The bounce is not even every ball. The spinners only bowled a few overs but whenever they did it turned. Since 2012 I have played domestic cricket in India for three or four teams and it was tough out there. Moving to the USA was a really tough decision but I'm happy to get opportunities in other leagues."

Stay tuned for the chase in 10-15 minutes when Alex Malcolm jumps back into the central commentary position.

19.6
2
Naseem Shah to Nurse, 2 runs, attempted yorker driven to long-off and Nurse scampers back to complete a sharp pair as the ball clangs into Thomas' knee with the pad flap bending to leave him exposed on a short hop as he misses the gloves on the collection and now needs to be helped off by the physio Asha Moseley.
19.5
1
Naseem Shah to Lintott, 1 run, length ball follows Lintott backing away from leg, slammed back down the pitch through long-on for a very long single.

Patriots 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st35DC ThomasE Lewis
2nd49CH GayleDC Thomas
3rd11CH GayleFA Allen
4th2CH GayleSE Rutherford
5th1RS BoparaSE Rutherford
6th0RS BoparaDJ Bravo
7th29DJ BravoDC Drakes
8th29SS CottrellDC Drakes
9th7SS CottrellNaseem Shah