CPL 2020, TKR vs GUY Live Cricket Score Updates: Trinbago Knight Riders battle Barbados Tridents. (CPL)CPL 2020, TKR vs BT Highlights: On Super Sunday, in the first match of the day Trinbago Knight Riders defeated Barbados Tridents by 19 runs. Knight Riders, with a squad boasting of quality, made it three wins out of three with Colin Munro, Kieron Pollard and Dwayne Bravo leading amongst the ranks.
The Tridents’, on the other hand, failed to strike with their with a potent spin attack comprising Rashid Khan, Mitchell Santner, Hayden Walsh Jr. They failed to chase down 186 and ended on 166/6 after 20 overs. Scroll down for all the live updates.
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A six and a four in the last over and Barbados Tridents end at 166/6. It was all too much in the end for Barbados as they fell short by 19 runs Trinbago Knight Riders win by a comfortable margin.
Holder strikes big with two sixes and a four and a couple to fetch 19 off the over. But as we said before t is getting too little too late. 35 needed off the final over!
WICKET! Ali Khan finishes his spell with figures of 32/1 after 4 overs. Holder and Nurse are still unable to get the big hits and it is getting too little too late.
Just 5 runs off the over. Dwayne Bravo with all his experience varies his pace ( from 93.9kph to 131.2kph ). Barbados Tridents need 61 runs in 18 balls.
Caught by Jayden Seales!! Narine gets a wicket in his final over. Shai Hope goes for 36(38). Over 60 more to get
The equation continues to tilt towards Trinbago Knight Riders as Ali Khan hits the bullseye. Carter clears his front leg but misses the line and even gets a send-off from Ali Khan. He is gone for 8(13). Barbados Tridents need 86 runs in 34 balls.
Another boundary as Carter gets hold of a low full toss. But will it be enough as acceleration is the need of the hour? The run-rate is creeping and Bibhu on social media writes, "What is Shai Hope doing there ..."
SIX! and the Tridents gets a move on with the. Hope swings and swings hard over wide long-on. But only more run off the over, as Fawad Ahmed comes back well.
Kyle Mayers is gone for 1 as a pull shot goes wrong off Khary Pierre. DM Bravo completes a great catch in the deep. This means 111 more runs needed to win for Barbados. At the same stage, TKR were 65/2. BT- 75/3 after 10.1 overs
Anderson is gone! BT are 73/2 after 9.2 overs. A mix-up and the Kiwi is short of his ground! He fails again with the bat. Gone for 2(3)
BREAKTHROUGH! Right after getting his fifty, Charles is sent back to the pavilion on 52. Fawad Ahmed strikes and it's a brilliant delivery which uprooted the off-stump. On comes Corey Anderson. BT are 68/1 after 8 overs.
Trinbago try to go on the frontfoot in the last two overs as both Narine and Khan restricted the blistering opening partnership, mostly Charles, to just eight runs in twelve deliveries. Still, a wicket's missing for them. BT are 64/0 after 7 overs.
After Narine's economical over where he conceded just four runs, Barbados again find their groove against Dwayne Bravo. After a two, Charles hits his third maximum of the innings over deep mid-wicket. 15 runs from the over. BT are 56/0 after 5 overs.
Johnson Charles (30*) and Shai Hope (7*) have started the chase quite well for Barbados with a flurry of fours in the opening two overs. Charles continues his momentum with two massive sixes against Jayden Seales -- one over fine leg, another over deep square leg. He finishes the over with a brilliant boundary with a hook. 20 runs from the third over. BT are 37/0 after 3 overs.
50 up for Darren Bravo in the last ball of the innings! His 9th CPL half-century. It's a thrilling finish as Bravo smashes a six off the last ball. An incredible partnership by Darren Bravo and Kieron Pollard as 69 runs came off the last four overs which propels Trinbago Knight Riders to a commanding total of 185.
SIX! Again one-handed! "How is he doing it," says the commentator It is all about the timing as he got hold off the low full toss from Reifer. Raymon Reifer has bowled nine full tosses in this year's CPL, more than any other bowler in the competition.
4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 - no that's not a telephone number, that is 19 runs of the over. Darren Bravo along with Pollard plundered 19 runs in Santner's first over. Don't think the Kiwi is coming back for one more over. Incidentally, the last ball six from Pollard was a one-handed swipe! Phew!
SIX! Pollard gets a full toss from Rashid Khan and he isn't gonna miss that one as he lofts it with all his might over wide long-on. That was all about timing and so easy on the eyes. "It's very ordinary captaincy from Jason having two international spinners in team and not getting them to bowl is very poor and when you are not using Walsh he shouldn't be in the team as there is a scope for batsmen may be Brooks Grimacing face," says Roop on social media.
Colin Munro is gone for 50 (30). A wicket to end a good little spell from Nurse. Munro came down the track and the lofted drive gets the toe end of the bat and its a huge hit. A smart catch by Rashid Khan! TKR - 87/3 after 13 ovs
Ashley Nurse is being taken apart here by Colin Munro - first, the reverse sweep and then the cut short split the inner circle. A single to follow it up and that's the half-century! 29-ball half-century for Munro
Ray Reifer shatters the stumps! A perfect yorker, even Narine can't hit that out the ground, off and middle go FLYING - huge wicket for the Tridents! No fifty for Narine today. At the drinks break, the Knight Riders are 63/2.
Munro in BEAST MODE already! This time it is an effortless SIX!! Rashid Khan bowled it slightly fuller and Munro bent down and unleashed the slog sweep, all the way for a maximum. He is looking in ominous touch today.
Colin Munro explodes! 6 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | & Kyle Mayers has his hands over his head. Much needed after a lackadaisical start to that PowerPlay! 9/0 after 3 overs to 45/1 after 6! Ashley Nurse into the attack after the PowerPlay ends.
Holder strikes! Simmons was never looking at ease on this pitch - the short ball which didn't arrive as well as Simmons expected, he was through with the pull a tad too early - might have held up on the pitch, high off the bat and lobs it to the fielder. TKR- 27/1 after 5 ovs
Barbados Tridents have bowled spin with 49% of their overs in this CPL, the most of any team. But in the PP, that figure is just 33%, the 2nd lowest in the comp. It's a good strategy to stick with seam v Narine who is much more dangerous v spin than seam.
Simmons breaks the shackles at last as Holder bowls a fullish delivery on the stumps and the batsman makes room to smash it over the inner circle. Trinbago Knight Riders finally get a move on. TKR - 9/0 after 3 ovs
Simmons and Narine are at the crease. Simmons is on strike. Holder will open the attack. Just one run off the over and it's a quiet start. The pitch does seem two-paced, so another low scoring thriller on cards?
Lendl Simmons, Sunil Narine, Colin Munro, Darren Bravo, Kieron Pollard(c), Tim Seifert(w), Dwayne Bravo, Khary Pierre, Jayden Seales, Ali Khan, Fawad Ahmed
Johnson Charles, Shai Hope(w), Corey Anderson, Kyle Mayers, Jason Holder(c), Jonathan Carter, Ashley Nurse, Raymon Reifer, Mitchell Santner, Rashid Khan, Hayden Walsh
Barbados Tridents have won the toss and have opted to field.
The rain has stopped and the covers are being slowly removed. Both the team players have also started to warm up. However, the main pitch is still under cover.
Unfortunately, it is raining at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy, so it doesn't look like we'll be starting on time. We'll have further updates when we know more.
Hello and welcome folks! What a doubleheader we have for you today as the Trinbago Knight Riders take on the Barbados Tridents and then we have The Guyana Amazon Warriors taking on the St Lucia Zouks. The first match is being played at Brian Lara Stadium, Tarouba, Trinidad and the key battle to look out for is between Sunil Narine and Rashid Khan. So stay tuned for all the live updates.