After three successive losses, the Trinbago Knight Riders returned to successful methods with an emphatic seven-wicket win over the Barbados Tridents in Trinidad on Friday, August 28. The Knight Riders constricted their opponents by bowling 15 overs of spin earlier than chasing the 128-run goal in simply 14.5 overs.
The Powerplay was a wrestle for the Tridents who have been requested to bat first. Their first boundary got here solely on the finish of the third over and whereas two sixes have been struck within the following over, they made 31 runs within the first six overs whereas additionally dropping Shian Brathwaite. Scoring didn’t get any simpler as soon as the fielding restrictions eased and the Tridents weren’t capable of speed up at the same time as two catches went down.
With the stress mounting, batters saved discovering fielders whereas making an attempt to interrupt free. Wickets saved tumbling often and the Tridents had little to cheer about till the seventeenth over when Chris Inexperienced struck consecutive sixes. That gave them some momentum in the direction of the tip, with the ultimate three overs yielding 30 runs however their whole of 127 for 9 impressed little confidence.
The Knight Riders’ begin with the bat was in stark distinction as Colin Munro started the innings by hammering Mujeeb Ur Rahman for 2 boundaries earlier than ending the over with a towering six down the bottom. That set the tone for the chase and the Powerplay ended with Sunil Narine taking down Mujeeb in a 16-run over. At 60 for no loss after six overs, the Knight Riders had almost scored half the runs.
Narine smashed consecutive sixes off Rivaldo Clarke proper after the Powerplay and notched up his fifty two overs later. The openers had carried out all of the heavy lifting earlier than the 95-run stand ended when Munro holed out within the tenth over. The Knight Riders misplaced two extra wickets within the subsequent two overs however all it did was delay the inevitable as they romped to victory within the fifteenth over.
Temporary Scores: Barbados Tridents 127/9 in 20 overs (Zachary Carter 28; Sunil Narine 2-14, Kieron Pollard 2-19) misplaced to Trinbago Knight Riders 128/3 in 14.5 overs (Sunil Narine 55, Colin Munro 37; Chris Inexperienced 1-20) by 7 wickets.
