KarpiGames Editorial
Game recreation captured locally; this is not an archival match photograph.
Nineteen from six balls is a tense final over. Carlos Brathwaite turned it into four swings and a title. His 2016 finish against England is memorable for its repetition: each six made the next delivery feel larger, until there was no chase left.
What happened in the real match
West Indies entered the last over of the World T20 final at Eden Gardens needing 19. Brathwaite hit Ben Stokes for six from each of the first four deliveries, securing a second men's World T20 title for West Indies. Marlon Samuels was at the other end after holding the chase together with an unbeaten 85 from 66 balls. The finish belonged to Brathwaite, but the innings that kept a finish possible belonged to Samuels too. Cricket West Indies' account of the 2016 final.
The fourth six was a finish, not a mathematical necessity
After three sixes, eighteen of the required nineteen runs were already scored. That is part of what makes the fourth hit so striking: the same action that rescued the chase also ended it emphatically. In a replay, the useful lesson is to update the goal after every successful shot. The first-ball strategy and the fourth-ball strategy need not be identical just because the historical highlights look like a loop.
Step into the game scenario
The game gives you 19 from six against Stokes. You need boundaries, but you do not need to promise yourself four identical shots. Watch the delivery, choose the direction and time the contact. Once the target becomes small, consider what the field allows. If a loft is mistimed, read the feedback before the next ball rather than pressing earlier simply because the required rate has risen.
In this game challenge | Starting value |
|---|---|
Target | 19 runs in 6 balls |
Format | Chase inspired by the finish |
Wickets available | 4 |
Rated bat level | 4 |
Before the first ball
The left controls choose leg, straight or off; the right controls choose defend, drive or loft. The brief shows your equipped bat against the scenario's rating. A lower-rated bat can make a demanding boundary target harder, so use that information when judging a missed attempt. The numbers in the table are the game's starting conditions; its lives, delivery sequence and progression are not a historical scorecard.
Play an attempt while recalculating after every boundary. If you reach a small remaining target, deliberately reconsider the shot type instead of automatically repeating LOFT.
Try this finish: Play the Carlos Brathwaite scenario. If it is ahead of your career progress, the link opens an exhibition: you use your own bat and kit, and it does not advance the career or award diamonds. An already-open stage follows normal career rules.
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