00:00Antigua and Barbuda Falcons were put in a bat by the Trinbago Knight Riders in
00:04the Republic Bank CPL match at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium and some will
00:08say should have won those. Fokker Zaman and Justin Graves opened the batting for
00:12their side. That's nicely played enough with. The two had a partnership that was
00:19worth 65 and just 5.5 overs. This is more like it
00:25Graves was out for 37 followed by Zaman for 38. Sunil Naeem picked up 2 for 32
00:35from his four overs. Imad Waseem played a key role with a bat by top-scoring
00:42with 46. Afghan left-arm spinner Waqar Salam Khail was economical with
00:522 for 27. Fabian Allen chipped in with an unbeaten 25 of 11 deliveries. The
00:59Falcons would eventually close on 176 for 6 from their 20 overs. When TKR
01:07responded captain Chris Green removed Narine for a duck. Andrews House and
01:17Shakir Paris came together to rebuild the innings. Their partnership was worth 62
01:24runs for the second wicket. Paris was out for 31 followed by
01:33Big Fish Nicholas Puran for a golden duck. Both fell to Fabian Allen. Made that
01:4079 for 4 as Allen removed House for 39 to claim his third scalp. Casey Cotty and
01:48captain Karen Pollard tried to come to their team's rescue with a bat. They had a
01:55partnership worth 63 runs for the fifth wicket. But the Patriots were
02:03fighting back as Pollard was bowled for 30. Wickets kept falling with Cotty soon
02:11being dismissed for 34. With nine to get from four balls
02:18Rashawn Primus bowled Terence Hines to finish with two scalps. Then of the
02:25penultimate ball Akhil Hossain was looking to take two. Instead he was short
02:29of his ground when going for the second and had to depart. With seven to get
02:36from one ball Salaam Khail could not score as TKR were restricted to 170 for
02:41nine. That gave Antigua and Barbuda Falcons victory by six runs which meant
02:46that they finally opened their account. Vinod Nawani TV6 Sport
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