GROS ISLET, St. Lucia, CMC- A swashbuckling 19-ball knock of 52 not out from captain Kieron Pollard helped to energy the Trinbago Knight Riders to an exciting four-wicket victory over the St Lucia Kings within the twelfth match of the Caribbean Premier League on Tuesday on the Darren Sammy Stadium in Gros Islet.
TKR chased down a difficult 188-run goal with 5 balls to spare. Earlier, Roston Chase and Bhanuka Rajapaksa anchored the Kings’ innings after a shaky begin, main them to a aggressive complete of 187-6.
Nonetheless, a blitz of a knock from Shaqkere Parris and Pollard’s ending secured the Knight Riders’ second win of the season.
St Lucia Kings opted to bat first and began aggressively, going at 9.5 runs an over in the course of the powerplay. Johnson Charles smashed a quickfire 29 off simply 14 balls, whereas captain Faf du Plessis contributed 34 off 26 deliveries.
After a quiet first over, Charles took the assault to Jayden Seales, hitting him for a six, a 4, and one other six, all by means of the off-side, and adopted that with extra huge hits in opposition to Akeal Hosein.
Sunil Narine was launched within the fourth over, and the veteran spinner delivered instantly, dismissing Charles, who held out at long-off. Whereas du Plessis continued to tackle Hosein, Narine tightened the screws, ultimately dismissing Sadrack Descarte for a golden duck.
Regardless of Narine dropping du Plessis on 23, the South African skipper couldn’t capitalize for lengthy as Waqar Salamkheil bowled him with a pointy turning supply. Chase and Rajapaksa then steadied the ship, placing collectively a significant 80-run partnership for the fourth wicket.
After scoring at a run-a-ball, Rajapaksa shifted gears, smashing back-to-back sixes off Salamkheil, whereas Chase joined the assault within the seventeenth over. Pollard ended Rajapaksa’s stick with a slower ball, however Chase stored the momentum, hitting two sixes off the 18th over.
Late cameos from Tim Seifert (11 off 4) and Matthew Forde (11 off 7) pushed the Kings to a robust end regardless of Narine’s distinctive figures of two for 13 in his 4 overs.
Narine wasn’t executed but. Within the run chase, he set the tone with two early sixes in his transient eight-ball cameo of 14, giving the Knight Riders a fast begin. Shaqkere Parris adopted swimsuit with a first-ball six after which tore into Khari Campbell, smashing three extra sixes in 4 balls, propelling TKR to 70-1 in simply 5 overs.
Noor Ahmad introduced some management by dismissing Jason Roy for 16 in a tidy first over, however Parris stored dealing in sixes, mentioning his half-century off simply 20 balls along with his sixth most.
The Kings managed to gradual issues down between overs 10 and 15, permitting simply 35 runs in that interval. Noor Ahmad eliminated the damaging Parris for 57 as strain constructed on TKR.
Nonetheless, with the chase faltering, Pollard took cost. Having already launched a six early in his innings, the TKR captain hammered 4 extra within the nineteenth over, mentioning his 19-ball fifty and sealing a snug victory for his facet.
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