Amazon vs Trinbago, 27th Match at Port of Spain, CPL, Sep 30 2019 - Match Result

11:30 pm Reminder that tomorrow is a day off before TKR takes on the Tridents at Queen's Park Oval. A win by TKR will confirm the playoff matches with Knight Riders taking on the Warriors in the 1 v 2 qualifier straight to the final. But a Tridents win will force TKR to beat Guyana in Guyana in their last league match or else the Tridents will play the Warriors in that 1 v 2 match and the Knight Riders will be forced to play the Patriots in the 3 v 4 encounter. Anyway, come back and join us then. For Vishal Dikshit, I'm Peter Della Penna. Take care!

GAW captain Shoaib Malik: "I'm very pleased. Credit goes to the guys. They are keeping themselves fit. They are consistent with ball and bat. They fight to the end and that's the key. Hemraj's innings up front was excellent. If one of your batsmen from the top-order scores 50-plus, that gives you an edge. You can score big and then Shepherd at the end, his innings was exceptional. We've seen him in training, he can hit the ball far and that's what we expected of him. It's a great sign whenever someone gets an opportunity they grab it with both hands. I would like to congratulate our bowlers. Even though it was a wet outfield, they bowled brilliantly. They kept their line and were calm. Credit goes to them."

TKR captain Kieron Pollard: "I thought in the back end of the innings we gave 15-20 runs too much. Although conditions were damp [for bowlers], it was the same for both teams. A little more precision in our execution could have got us chasing a lower total. We have to look at our overall cricket and do some introspection. We have to look at our attitude on the field. The entire tournament the fielding has been atrocious. The catching has been piss poor and we are falling into a trap of dropping a couple of crucial catches, Shepherd and Hemraj dropping simple chances. We need to bat in partnerships and we need to bowl well. So in all aspects we need to improve as a team."

Romario Shepherd is named Player of the Match for his late first innings cameo, 32* off 13 balls (he was dropped on 15): "When I was going out to bat, Shoaib told me to keep my eyes on the ball because I can hit a six to any part of the ground so that's what I went to go out and do. He gave me a promotion and I went out there with confidence knowing they back me 100%. The wicket was kind of slow, similar to Guyana. Shoaib told us to hit top of off stump and that's what we went out to do. We knew dew would be a factor so we just tried to wipe the ball off and keep it as dry as possible."

11:07 pm Guyana keep their perfect record in tact and have set a CPL record with their eighth straight win. Pressure is now on TKR to beat the visiting Barbados Tridents in two nights or else another loss means TKR will have to defeat the Warriors in Providence in order to avoid the 3rd v 4th place eliminator knockout match. Two losses in a row would put the Tridents into the 1 v 2 qualifier for a straight shot to the CPL Final. The Patriots are technically second on the points table right now but all the remaining permutations show that they will drop below either the Tridents or Knight Riders (or both) one way or another barring rain.

Neesham enters with the match effectively over.

Barring a no ball or wide, this match is over.

Match has now gone beyond 4 hours as Tahir and Shoaib Malik are taking a long time to set the field when every ball has to go for 6.

TKR missed out on two meaty full tosses last over that should have both gone for 6. Instead it was a single off both so instead of needing 19 off the last over, it's 29. Flash back to the last two overs of the first innings too when Shepherd was dropped off Ali Khan and then took 17 off the remaining deliveries, including a no ball hit for six followed by a free hit four for 11 runs off the last legal ball. Looming large now.

Tahir on for the final over.

Pollard has been sweating profusely for the last 10 overs and that sweat is seeping into his gloves. Change needed causing a brief delay.

Captain Pollard has a word with the umpires between overs about that non-call. If that was Pollard on strike, clearly not a wide on height but it was marginal for Bravo, who is about a foot shorter.