full on the stumps, cleans this high and deep over long-on to end the match. Tallawahs finally end the chase with two overs to spare to win by five wickets.
Amazon vs Tallawahs, 12th Match at Port of Spain, CPL, Aug 25 2020 - Ball by Ball Commentary
Tallawahs won by 5 wickets (with 12 balls remaining)
That's it from us tonight. Come back again tomorrow for another CPL doubleheader beginning with St Lucia Zouks and Trinbago Knight Riders at 10 am local time from Port of Spain. I'm Peter Della Penna, thanks for following along. Take care!
Tallawahs captain Rovman Powell: "It's a close nailbiting game and it's good to come out on top after the last time what happened against Guyana. We asked [Fidel Edwards] to give us a start and he did just that. Mujeeb has been brilliant. We are not satisfied [with how we chased]. The wicket didn't cost us. We played bad shots. The wicket is a little bit hard to bat on, let's not forget that, but bad shot selection has also been a problem."
Amazon Warriors captain Chris Green: "Early wickets cost us again. I thought their spinners bowled really well up front. We weren't able to consolidate. We showed glimpses with the Taylor and Pooran partnership. It was probably a 120-130 wicket. Batters really need to start standing up. The wicket was slow and low, really suited spin, ball not coming on. Guys were caught in two minds to be aggressive or defensive. We've got the quality in this lineup. The first two games we had someone put their hand up but it hasn't happened in the last three. We can't have 6-7-8-9 coming in the 12-13th over. To take 108 to the 2nd to last over is a quality effort from our bowlers, we just have to be better with the bat."
Mujeeb Ur Rahman named Man of the Match, but he doesn't speak English so they're skipping straight to the captains.
8.47 pm Not a match anyone watching at home will be telling their grandkids about. A poor batting display by the Amazon Warriors and a disinterested chase by the Tallawahs, who took their sweet time getting across the line. No sense of urgency to boost their net run rate, the tournament tiebreaker. They were taking no real risks though after the way they crumbled to Guyana at Brian Lara Academy chasing a similarly low total. The Tallawahs get the two points to draw level on the table with the Amazon Warriors.
full and wide, slices a drive high over backward point and bounces away to the rope.
good length ball skids in from fifth stump, best Bonner dabbing.
short and wide outside off, drags a pull to deep midwicket.
low full toss wide outside off, pokes this with his billiard cue stick and finds the corner pocket at the point boundary.
good length ball on fourth stump, dabbed to deep third man.
Naveen to bowl his last.
slower ball lands full on off, skies a drive off a thick edge that lands between extra cover running back and the cover sweeper jogging in.
offcutter lands wide outside off, slapped to mid-on off a bounce.
full on fourth stump, slams this back to Paul, who doesn't bother to bend down with his hands but instead kicks at it with his left foot and it ricochets off the ankle to mid-on. Lucky not to be injured.
yorker on the legs, jammed out to long-on.
short and wide outside off, tries to reach out to get something on this and bottom edges it into the ground short of the keeper.
full on the stumps, Russell clobbers this flat over the long-on rope into the Warriors dugout.
full on the legs, defended to short midwicket.
heads up! Floated full on off, Bonner this time clubs this with authority past the umpire who ducks out of the way and it screams past long-on and long-off.
full pitching outside leg, steps back to flick along the ground wide of midwicket, Taylor dives to stop.
full on the stumps, defended.
legbreak lands full outside off, Russell slogs against the turn and sends this a mile high over long-on. Finally flips the switch to play an aggressive stroke. It's gone over the roof and a replacement ball needed.
full on the pads, flicked behind square.
Tahir for his last.
short on the stumps, offcutter is flicked to deep midwicket and Bonner will keep strike.
Bonner has played with soft hands looking for gaps but Russell has mostly been leaning on his bat at the non-striker's end.
good length ball guided to backward point.