00:00Trinbago Knight Riders were told to take first strike by Barbados Royals in the
00:05Republic Bank CPL game at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy.
00:08Mahesh Tikshana made a mess of Jason Roy's furniture and the batter fell for
00:12a duck. When Nicholas Puran came to the wicket, his first delivery was stared to
00:17the fence. But his cameo ended at 27 while Shakir Paris went for 5.
00:28Casey Coarty and skipper Kyron Pollard had to then rebuild the innings. The two
00:35had a partnership that was worth 70 for the fourth wicket. Coarty was gone for
00:4332 giving Naveen Ul Haq his second scalp and Quinton de Kock his third catch.
00:48In came Andrew Russell who kept smashing a wide cherry out of the park.
00:55Pollard was out for 42 and Russell 31 with Tikshana grabbing three wickets.
01:01Naveen Ul Haq also took three scalps in the innings. The Knight Riders would
01:09eventually close on 175 for 7 from their 20 overs. When Barbados Royals
01:15replied, left arm spinner Akhil Hossain and Jason Roy combined in removing both
01:20Kadhimalian and de Kock cheaply. There was a 53 run partnership between Kevin
01:25Wickham and the left-handed Alec Athanase. Wickham gave Hossain his third
01:31wicket when he was caught and bowled for 23. Athanase was out for a top score of
01:3844 with Roy taking his third catch of the match. David Miller chipped in with
01:43Thatcher but it was not enough. Terence Hines bowled well and picked up two
01:50scalps
01:54and Chris Jordan grabbed three. Barbados Royals were restricted to 145 for 9
02:02from their 20 overs giving TKR victory by Thatcher runs.
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