Well TKR Captain Nicholas Pooran was in high praise of Kieron Pollard's batting performance. However, despite the win he was not completely satisfied with their batting effort.
00:00Well, Kairon Pollard took more than a few deliveries over the boundary, and he says it's something he likes to do at the Darren Sammy Stadium.
00:08To be honest, I think this is the best batting wicket, you know, in the Caribbean.
00:11So, you know, every time I come here, I've played for this franchise, you know, as well.
00:14My only T200 has been here against this franchise, and I just love batting here.
00:19Captain of the Trinbago Knight Riders, Nicholas Puran, says he liked the approach taken by Pollard, and added he never doubted his desire to win.
00:27He wants to win, regardless of his age, regardless of how his body is feeling.
00:32Yesterday, he got smashed on his shoulder, and he wasn't sure if he was going to play, and he strapped up.
00:37He came out here like a warrior that he is, and he performed just like Kairon Pollard did.
00:40So he's setting the tone for us.
00:42Still, though, he felt that they could have gotten more runs on the board after studying a plan of attack.
00:48We understood the conditions here, and obviously, the Darren Sammy venue.
00:52Last game, we spoke about how do we play different phases in the game, and what was really important for us is that every individual take, you know, that responsibility of their position.
01:02And tonight, obviously, Monez got off to a brilliant start there.
01:05We got off to a nice start in their power play.
01:07We lost two wickets, and we just felt like the wickets had something for spinners.
01:11Obviously, our batters are six-eighths of spinners, and I felt like we got some nice momentum there from Pauly in the middle of us, and we just felt like we had to take that partnership as deep as possible and set it up for the back end.
01:24We didn't finish the way we wanted.
01:25I think we were of course for 190, but in saying that, the way McKinney came out, if we were still boys in front of the home crowd, that was really special.
01:32And nice to see consistency for Pauly.
01:34Captain of the St. Lucia Kings, David Wieser, felt that they could have gotten the runs, but knows that they have a few areas to work on.
01:43Yeah, I think, you know, if you have to look at it, it probably wasn't our best performance in the field.
01:47First of all, we did let a couple of opportunities go by, and, you know, good players hurt you if you give them a second chance.
01:53And then, obviously, that partnership between Kilian Pollard and Nicholas Pooly in there just kind of took the game away from us.
01:58But then we managed to fight back nicely there, so I was quite happy with the way it ended up there, chasing 183.
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