Phillips 80*, Mayers 81* seals shocking Barbados Royals win

St Lucia Kings must stay up for the result of this night’s fits to peer if they have made it to the play-offs

Barbados Royals 191 for two (Mayers 81*, Phillips 80*) beat St Lucia Kings 190 for six (Chase 56, Cornwall 40, Mayers 3-39) by means of 8 wickets

After being set 191, the Royals started shakily, shackled within the powerplay by means of Jeavor Royal, ahead of a double-wicket maiden seemed to have put them on the point of defeat early. Johnson Charles holed out to cover-point the primary ball of Roston Chase’s spell, whilst Shai Hope was once run out on the non-striker’s finish off the following one, pushed aside with out even getting the danger to get on strike. With Mayers suffering for fluency, it was once Phillips who grabbed keep watch over of the sport early on, environment the tone by means of smashing Chase for a six over cow nook in his subsequent over. From that time onwards, the 2 persisted to chip away on the runs, and as they started to attract nearer, the asking price all the time remained smartly below keep watch over.

Even if Wahab Riaz bowled a good 18th over to crank the drive up rather, Phillips launched it emphatically within the penultimate one. 3 of the following 4 balls went for 6 as Alzarri Joseph’s horror day (0-49) got here to an as it should be depressing finish, and the aspect that may prop up the desk completed with their maximum spectacular batting show of all.

It seemed adore it may were a unique tale when the Kings shrugged off the absence of Faf du Plessis. Rakheem Cornwall and Andre Fletcher blitzed in the course of the Powerplay. Cornwall struck a breezy 26-ball 40 to set the tone ahead of the irrepressible Chase top-scored with 56 because the Kings started to eye up a large end. With out a Mohammad Amir, the Royals lacked a little of guile each on the height and tail in their bowling effort, and Raymon Reifer and Mayers got here in for hefty punishment against the demise. At that level, the Kings seemed like they’d seized keep watch over of their very own future. Phillips, and the Royals, be certain they’ll must stay up for the evening video games as an alternative.