Kieron Pollard turned again the clock and reclaimed the highest spot within the all-time T20 run-charts with a 26-ball 65. However he couldn’t avert a 3rd straight defeat for Trinbago Knight Riders, who went right down to Saint Lucia Kings by 36 runs on the Brian Lara Stadium in Trinidad. The Kings’ victory was arrange by Tim Seifert’s second CPL hundred and a three-wicket over from skipper Roston Chase that derailed TKR’s chase, whilst Pollard threatened to do the unthinkable.
Seifert and Kamil Pooran received the Kings off to a fast begin with a 60-run opening stand, with the New Zealander elevating a fast half-century. Pooran and John Campbell chipped in with helpful cameos earlier than Sunil Narine eliminated the latter for his 650th T20 scalp, at which level Seifert was on 82 off 38 and the Kings, 135/2 after 12 overs. Narine and Tariq stunted the Kings’ progress as simply 21 runs got here throughout the following 4 overs. Charith Asalanka broke free with a hat-trick of sixes off Drakes however the slower ones proved tough to place away even for Seifert. Pollard gave away simply 15 runs throughout the 18th and twentieth over, however Seifert notched up his second CPL hundred because the Kings posted 211, the very best complete of the season.
TKR received off to a flyer of their chase, with Colin Munro proving to be the chief aggressor in a 70-run opening partnership with Narine. It took Chase simply 4 deliveries to flip issues round, nevertheless: instantly after being hit for a one-handed six, the offspinner eliminated Narine and backed it up with the wickets of Matthew Breetzke and Nicholas Pooran. Joshua Bishop bowled a nagging spell at his finish and as soon as Munro too fell within the eleventh over, it appeared all however over for the Knight Riders.
Pollard had different concepts although, taking Bishop down in a 21-run over as he thundered alongside. Such was the marauding hitting on show that whereas a struggling Matthew Tromp crawled to 7 off 19 at one stage, Pollard raced to 44 off the identical variety of deliveries. He quickly raised a fifty as he tore into Maheesh Theekshana in one other 21-run over, bringing the equation right down to a really gettable 66 off the final 24 balls.
However Matthew Forde landed the decisive blow, eradicating Pollard with a brief supply. That shut the door on the Knight Riders as neither Tromp nor Jyd Goolie managed to get a transfer on. Not one of the final 4 overs produced runs in double-digits because the Kings moved to the highest of the desk.
Transient Scores: Saint Lucia Kings 211/4 in 20 overs (Tim Seifert 105*, Charith Asalanka 33; Kieron Pollard 1-24, Sunil Narine 1-27) beat Trinbago Knight Riders 175/6 in 20 overs (Kieron Pollard 65, Colin Munro 48; Roston Chase 3-24, Joshua Bishop 1-25) by 36 runs
