The Barbados Royals secured their fifth straight victory of the 2022 Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) season with a win over Jamaica Tallawahs by eight wickets.
The Barbados Royals gained the toss and selected to area, getting off to a dream begin by eradicating opener Brandon King for a duck. Nonetheless, as soon as once more it was captain Rovman Powell who took cost for the Tallawahs, scoring his second successive half century to take his facet to 153/7 after 20 overs.
Of their chase, Barbados Royals bounced again after the early dismissal of Kyle Mayers with their South African contingent of Quinton de Kock, Corbin Bosch and captain David Miller combining throughout the innings to information the facet to victory by eight wickets.
Jamaica Tallawahs misplaced King within the first over as Mayers demonstrated his capacity with the ball. Amir Jangoo and Powell fashioned a 57-run partnership that was supported by some energy hitting in a while from Raymon Reifer and Fabian Allen. West Indies quick bowler Obed McCoy was the stand out bowler for the Royals, taking 3 wickets for twenty-four runs because the Tallawahs completed on 153/7.
Barbados Royals have been in early bother of their chase as opener Mayers was dismissed within the second over, however an impressive partnership of 117 runs between de Kock and Bosch stifled the Tallawah bowlers. As soon as Bosch misplaced his wicket, Miller got here in and scored 16 runs off 8 balls in a nervy end to take his facet throughout the road with only one ball to spare.
The win means Barbados Royals keep their unbeaten begin to the season and retain their spot on the high of the league desk, whereas Jamaica Tallawahs stay second.
Transient Rating: Barbados Royals 157/2 (de Kock 64*, Bosch 56 ; Inexperienced 1/24, Amir 1/26) beat Jamaica Tallawahs 156/8 (Powell 52, Reifer 41; McCoy 3/24, Holder 2/24) by 8 wickets
