Massive win = Massive NRR boost. Barbados Royals sit proudly at the top of the table, while the Falcons languish at the bottom with a hat-trick of losses. Lost all three while defending as well. Do they need a change of luck? That is all for later though. We got St Kitts and Nevis Patriots taking on Saint Lucia Kings in a few hours from now. Do remember to join us for that one. Cheers!!
Rovman Powell: It's good to start the campaign like we did, credit to bowlers for justifying the decision and Quinny and Rakheem were exceptional in the powerplay. The guys looked sharp and ready which is nice to see. Once we have Quinny in the Royals it is a totally different team and my advice to youngsters is to pick his brains and see how much they can improve from it.
Chris Green: We were completely outplayed in all facets, the way they batted took the game completely away from us. Sometimes gotta tip your hat off and say well played. We gotta up our game and play better cricket and put more impetus with the bat and play aggressive and passionate cricket and show our fans what we can do in the last 2 games.
Quinton de Kock | Player of the Match: It wasn't a big total and we knew it was a good wicket and we knew we had to take down the bowlers in the powerplay. My plan was to bat normally and pick up the boundaries, and try and rotate the strike as well. I love batting with him (Rakheem Cornwall), he bats with a lot of flair and takes the game forward.
13:21 local, 17:21 GMT, 22:51 IST:
15.3
Amir to de Kock, SIX, to long-on
15.2
Amir to de Kock, FOUR, overpitched outside off
15.2
Amir to de Kock, wide
15.1
Amir to Shamarh Brooks, 1 run, short at the hip
15.1
Amir to Shamarh Brooks, wide
14.6
Imad Wasim to de Kock, FOUR, to deep mid-wicket
14.5
Imad Wasim to Shamarh Brooks, 1 run, short outside off, stabbed away to the left of short third
14.4
Imad Wasim to de Kock, 1 run, to mid-wicket
14.3
Imad Wasim to Shamarh Brooks, 1 run, cuts the flatter delivery to sweeper cover
14.3
Imad Wasim to Shamarh Brooks, wide, quicker and drifting down leg, Brooks clips and misses
Antigua and Barbuda Falcons
Barbados Royals
