00:00Trinbego Knight Riders won the toss and put Barbados Royals into bat in their
00:05Republic Bank CPL clash at the Kensington Oval. Rakeem Cornwall fell
00:10for a third straight duck giving Aqil Hussain the scalp. Then Alec Athenez was
00:14out LBW to Hussain in the opening over also for naught. Quinton de Kock
00:21chipped in with 39 for the Barbados franchise. The spinners were the
00:27ones doing the job for the Trinbego Knight Riders.
00:31Waqar Salam Khail was the pick of the bowlers taking three for 13 including
00:37David Miller. Sunil Narine was also frugal picking up two for 16 from his
00:43four. Rahman Powell had to play a captain's knock in order for his team to
00:48have something to work with. His unbeaten 59 came of 38 deliveries
00:54inclusive of five maximums. Barbados Royals closed on 156 for 7 from their
00:5920 overs. When TKR responded Narine's reckless shot saw him falling to
01:04Mahesh Tikshanar for a golden duck. Then another one for Tikshanar as Jason Roy
01:11was out LBW 11 for 2. Nicholas Puran came to the wicket and got off to a flyer.
01:20Shakir Paris and Puran had a partnership with 51 for the third wicket.
01:25Puran was magnificently caught in the deep for 35
01:31with Powell releasing the ball to Holder who did the rest.
01:40Paris also fell for 35 giving Tikshanar his third wicket.
01:47Casey Carty chipped in with 32 of 21 deliveries. It got worse for TKR
01:55when skipper Karen Pollard played on to Naveen Ul Haq for 3, 120 for 6.
01:59Aqil Hussain came in and made a crucial 20 with Willow in hand.
02:08When it reached 6 from 3 Jason Holder struck and it was anybody's game.
02:15No ball which resulted in Terence Hines capitalizing on a free hit of the
02:19penultimate delivery. TKR reached 159 for 8 of 19.5 overs to win this humdinger by
02:26two wickets. Vinod Narwani Chiefs export.
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