Was it that sort of pitch or should we give that extra credit to the bowlers for the way they bowled?

I think it was.

They did bowl well, but I think the pitch was really assisting our spinners.

We always knew that this pitch was the one that spins a little bit more than the other two that we played on.

But...

Credit to them for sticking to the plans and Carey was just phenomenal in the power play.

He was very stingy, he hit zeroes and he was able to restrict the batsmen from getting the boundaries.

Why do you think it is that these surfaces over the three years of the Global Super League have been such that the chasing sides almost always seem to be more successful than the defending sides?