END OF OVER:
20 | 3 Runs 1 Wkt | ABF: 145/9 | RR: 7.25

  • Mohammad Amir2 (3b)
  • Roshon Primus16 (10b)
  • Jason Holder4-0-24-2
  • Naveen-ul-Haq4-0-47-1

There are clouds but it is bright. Will that make it easier for Royals or will Antigua's bowlers be able to find swing, and more importantly grip and turn? Find out with Deiva?

Obed McCoy: My start was to bowl straight, but I strayed a bit. Went around the wicket, didn't work out. I was telling myself it's how you finish. Wind plays to your advantage, you try to have batters hit against it even if it has them hit leg side. All depends on the situation. Running end to end is about pacing yourself, when you're in there it's easier. Pitch is good, once you apply yourself you will be able to score. Batters have to be smart and remember the wind will be at play. Antigua scrape to 145, which is their lowest total so far this season.

11:44pm: Falcons restricted to 145, thanks mainly to McCoy's three-for. Holder was excellent at the death, the spinners - Theekshana and Wellalage - were good as well. Antigua were in early trouble, lost two in the powerplay and two more right after. Jewel Andrew counterattacked nicely and was carrying his team forward with the lower order. But McCoy got him with a dipping slower ball, which might've cost Antigua 10-15 runs.

19.6
1
Holder to Mohammad Amir, 1 run, Slow, wide, and back of length. Amir reaches out carves it off the bottom of the bat, clears the infield at cover. Can only pinch one as two fielders chased after it
19.5
1
Holder to Primus, 1 run, Primus does take the single this time, but Holder getting the better of him with another slower one. It's short and is pulled to deep midwicket
19.4
0
Holder to Primus, no run, Makes room and belts it off the back foot. Finds long-off. Primus doesn't take the single, smashes his pad with bat in frustration and yells an expletive
19.3
1
Holder to Mohammad Amir, 1 run, Slow again but into the pitch, Amir goes for a hard cut. Edges it aerially and behind point, manages to get Primus back on strike
19.2
0
Holder to Mohammad Amir, no run, Holder not giving Amir pace to work with, the fullish ball beats the cover drive. Goes to the keeper on the bounce, bye not on
19.1
W
Holder to Walsh, OUT, Holder goes into the pitch, keeps it wide and uses the wind to get rid of Walsh. Was on a length, an aerial square cut went off the upper-half of the bat and Naveen, running in, took it easily. Replay shows it was off the toe of the bat

HR Walsh c Naveen-ul-Haq b Holder 8 (7b 1x4 0x6) SR: 114.28

Around. Can Antigua cross 150?

END OF OVER:
19 | 17 Runs | ABF: 142/8 | RR: 7.47

  • Roshon Primus15 (8b)
  • Hayden Walsh8 (6b)
  • Naveen-ul-Haq4-0-47-1
  • Obed McCoy4-0-31-3
18.6
6
Naveen-ul-Haq to Primus, SIX, Primus uses the crease and manages to line Naveen up while getting followed. Yorker attempted but he got under it and drove past the bowler
18.5
1
Naveen-ul-Haq to Walsh, 1 run, Just 97ks. Yorker missed, was a lowish full toss. Heaved to long-on
18.4
1
Naveen-ul-Haq to Primus, 1 run, Slower one is skied but Walsh gets away with it. Backward point ran to his diagonal right but couldn't get close enough before it landed. Was a length ball angling in towards fifth, Primus onto a baseball stance again and wanted to belt it over long-on
18.3
4
Naveen-ul-Haq to Primus, FOUR, This is a bad ball with no sweeper at cover. Fourth-stump ball with pace, missed the yorker by a few inches, Primus clears the front leg and carves it over the infield
18.2
1
Naveen-ul-Haq to Walsh, 1 run, Makes room, is almost on the leg-side return crease as he gets followed by a full ball. Chip-driven off the inside-half of the bat, to long-on
18.1
4
Naveen-ul-Haq to Walsh, FOUR, Walsh goes across, lets it on the low full toss and scoops it over short fine leg. Great skill and use of pace. Not too bad a ball from Naveen, who tried to angle it away through fourth

END OF OVER:
18 | 4 Runs 1 Wkt | ABF: 125/8 | RR: 6.94

  • Hayden Walsh2 (3b)
  • Roshon Primus4 (5b)
  • Obed McCoy4-0-31-3
  • Maheesh Theekshana4-0-21-2

McCoy leaves the ground after completing the spell. Early call but potentially a POTM performance

17.6
1
McCoy to Walsh, 1 run, Swung to the right of Holder at long-on, he keeps them to one. Walsh getting low and swiping baseball-style, McCoy doesn't allow him to get under it
17.5
1
McCoy to Primus, 1 run, Full ball is driven to long-off

JJ: "Soo... whos going out for miller?" He, like some of his SA team-mates, will be attending the CSA awards back home, later this week. Sorry, misread that earlier. Still has to Wellalage, no?

17.4
1
McCoy to Walsh, 1 run, Stolen single to over. Fielder wasn't far from the bowler but the ball bisected them, was coming slowly. Walsh took off despite it being a risky run. Ball was under-armed at Primus' end, he made it easy. No direct hit. Walsh was cramped for room by the length ball there, and he bunted it with a cross bat
17.3
0
McCoy to Walsh, no run, Yorker fired on fourth stump, new batter charging and trying to jam it through point. Misses

Around

17.2
W
McCoy to Andrew, OUT, Dipping low full toss denies Andrew his fifty. 112ks around off, Andrew tried to drive through mid-off, toed it into the pitch and back onto the stumps. That's a bowler's wicket in T20s

J Andrew b McCoy 48 (35b 3x4 2x6) SR: 137.14

17.1
1
McCoy to Primus, 1 run, Slow, full and on off stump, punched to long-off

Around

END OF OVER:
17 | 4 Runs 1 Wkt | ABF: 121/7 | RR: 7.11

  • Roshon Primus2 (3b)
  • Jewel Andrew48 (34b)
  • Maheesh Theekshana4-0-21-2
  • Naveen-ul-Haq3-0-30-1

Jake L: "Cornwall will bowl lots against left handers this tournament, not many in the line up today. His time will come"

16.6
1
Theekshana to Primus, 1 run, Bunt-swept is connected this time, ball rolls to square leg. Deep fielder runs in, Primus thought of two but sent back
16.5
0
Theekshana to Primus, no run, HIt flush on the pad. Outside the line too. Was a length ball and Andrew wanted to sweep it square, ball deflected off the pad wide of slip.

Slip in

16.4
1
Theekshana to Andrew, 1 run, Full on leg, clipped to deep midwicket

Craig: "Amazing Cornwall doesn't bowl in CPL."

16.3
1
Theekshana to Primus, 1 run, Pulled to deep square leg
16.2
W
Theekshana to Allen, OUT, Allen can't clear deep square leg despite hitting with the wind. 98ks, bashed into the pitch around the six-metre mark. Allen was deep in the crease, got square-on and had a huge swipe. Big back-lift, long follow-through, neither enough. First time he's been dismissed this comp. Billings grimacing in the dugout

FA Allen c Brooks b Theekshana 1 (2b 0x4 0x6) SR: 50.00

16.1
1
Theekshana to Andrew, 1 run, Leading edge, but it falls safely in the infield around backward point. Shortish length for a spinner but at 100ks that was like a cutter bowler, was spinning away and Andrew closed the face too early on the flick

Theekshana to start the death overs

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