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It was a tough night for the Trinbago Knight Riders, who gave Antigua and Barbuda Falcons their first win from five matches.

Playing in Antigua, the Falcons made 176 for 6, with 46 from Imad Wasim.

In reply, TRK were restricted to 170 for 9, with Andries Gous top-scoring with 39.
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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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