TKR ELIMINATE FALCONS

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L is for lopsided.  This as Trinbago Knight Riders hammered Antigua and Barbuda Falcons by nine wickets in their Republic Bank CPL eliminator at Providence Stadium.  The Falcons were restricted to 166 for 8, with Andries Gous and Amir Jangoo getting fifties, while Sunil Narine took one scalp to be the leading wicket-taker in CPL history with 130.  In reply, TKR reached 168 for 1 from 17.3 overs, with captain Nicholas Pooran smashing 90 not out off 53 balls, which means they are into the second eliminator.

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00:00TKR put Antigua and Barbuda Falcons into bat in their Republic Bank CPL eliminator at Providence

00:05Stadium.

00:08Andres Hauss and Amir Janggu were the main contributors for the Falcons.

00:12The two put on a stand of 108 runs for the second wicket.

00:16Janggu made 55, while Hauss was the top scorer with 61.

00:20Ousmane Tariq was the one to remove both batters.

00:25Sunil Narine became the leading CPL wicket-taker with 130 scalps.

00:30Shakibal Hasan played a cameo, scoring 26 not out of 9 balls.

00:36Saurabh Neitra Valkar was the pick of the bowlers with 3 for 23.

00:45And Andrey Russell took two scalps as Antigua and Barbuda Falcons closed on 166 for 8 from

00:50their 20 overs, setting TKR 167 to win.

00:57In their run chase, the Knight Riders lost Colin Munro to Rakim Cornwall for 14.

01:02But after that, it was all TKR.

01:11Alex Hales and Nicholas Puran were in a belligerent mood.

01:17Puran too was smashing the bowlers to all parts of the ground during an unbroken stand

01:21of 143 for the second wicket.

01:27Puran was going berserk and smashed three fours and eight sixes in his innings.

01:33Hales also did his part with an unbeaten 54 of 40 balls.

01:38And Puran made 90 not out of just 53 deliveries.

01:46TKR canted to 168 for 1 in the 18th over to stay alive while the Falcons were eliminated.

01:53And Bernard has gone sec at 164.

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