1.47pm Five wins in as many matches this season for Barbados Royals. It got a bit tight at the end, but it was more of a cruise in the early exchanges and the middle for Royals. Green got Mayers early in the powerplay, but de Kock and Bosch then struck up a 117-run stand off 91 balls to put their chase back on track. Amir ended that partnership by having Bosch playing on, but de Kock and his captain Miller closed it out. Thanks for reading. Until next time, this is Deivarayan Muthu signing off on the behalf of Ekanth. Cheers
Miller: We obviously started well and I spoke about momentum in these sort of competitions. I look at it as team performance - the bowling attack has been good and the bowlers have followed. I mean it's obviously good to start well in powerplay and then there was a good partnership. They bowled well and it was tough to get it away at the end. To be honest, we're not thinking about playoffs and slip off the gas now. One or two more wins definitely gets us through.
Powell: I think we need to work on the first ten overs as a batting unit. This is a little bit unacceptable at this level. The funny thing is he guys are in good nick and are striking it well at training. It shows me the guys have heart and the way the guys fought was commendable.
Obed McCoy is the Player of the Match: Everyone is having fun and not over-thinking anything. My performance was pretty good and I always thrive on rhythm and consistency. I normally watch the batsman's feet when they're batting or predict what they do.
Scores are level now
Powell brings himself on. He has just three to defend off the final over
END OF OVER:19 | 13 Runs | BR: 153/2 (4 runs required from 6 balls, RR: 8.05, RRR: 4.00)
- David Miller15 (6b)
- Quinton de Kock62 (50b)
- Migael Pretorius4-0-37-0
- Mohammad Amir4-0-26-1
END OF OVER:18 | 6 Runs 1 Wkt | BR: 140/2 (17 runs required from 12 balls, RR: 7.77, RRR: 8.50)
- Quinton de Kock61 (47b)
- David Miller4 (3b)
- Mohammad Amir4-0-26-1
- Joshua James2-0-18-0
Another South African in the middle: here is Captain Miller. Royals need 23 off 17 balls
C Bosch b Mohammad Amir 56 (49b 3x4 2x6) SR: 114.28
END OF OVER:17 | 11 Runs | BR: 134/1 (23 runs required from 18 balls, RR: 7.88, RRR: 7.66)
- Corbin Bosch56 (48b)
- Quinton de Kock59 (45b)
- Joshua James2-0-18-0
- Migael Pretorius3-0-25-0