Trinbago Knight Riders (TKR) beat St Lucia Kings (SLK) by 7 wickets and confirmed their playoff berth. They become the 2nd team to book their seats after Guyana Amazon Warriors (GAW).
Kings posted 167/3 in 20 overs which Knight Riders chased down in 18.5 overs and scored 169/3.
A convincing win by Knight Riders in their last match against Jamaica Tallawahs (JT) by 7 wickets. Whereas Kings got defeated by St Kitts and Nevis Patriots (SNP) by wickets and Patriots registered their first victory in this year CPL.
After winning the toss, Trinbago Captain Pollard opted to bowl first.
Kings lost their first wicket on 18 runs of Johnson Charles (13 runs). A solid partnership built between Colin Munro (72 runs) and Roston Chase (32 runs) of 76 runs. Munro batted for 20 overs and remained unbeaten till the end. He hit 6 fours and 3 sixes in his innings. Whereas Chase hit 3 fours and a six.
In the end Sean Williams (34 runs) provided some blasting shots due to which SLK posted 167 runs in 20 overs by losing 3 wickets. Williams hit 4 fours and a six in his 17 balls knock.
Sunil Narine, Waqar Salamkheil and Jayden Seales got 1 wicket each.
Knight Riders were a little slow and they put 21 runs in 4 overs and lost the wicket of Martin Guptill (16 runs). Nicholas Pooran (15 runs) also didn’t provide much and got out in the last ball of the powerplay. Mark Deyal (57 runs) and Lorcan Tucker (38 runs) then built a partnership of 87 runs. Both of them look solid with their shots. Deyal held the pitch and hit 6 fours and 2 sixes.
As the match seemed to be neck to neck, then Andre Russell (29 runs) came and took the match away from the Kings. He hit 2 four and 3 sixes and with his powerful hitting they chased down the target in 18.5 overs and scored 169 runs by losing 3 wickets.
Alzarri Joseph took 2 wickets while Roston Chase got 1 wicket.
With this win TKR again claimed the top spot with 13 points in 9 matches whereas SLK is at 3rd spot with 8 points in 8 matches.
Mark Deyal, TKR, Player of the Match
“Thanks to God for all the opportunities. This one is special, to get in front of my home crowd and play for my home team. We had some discussions in the dressing room, we knew how important these two points were. We enjoy each other’s success here. We ran well between the wickets, put pressure on the bowlers and waited for the bad balls.
It was a good batting wicket and that partnership set the game for us. Going into Guyana at the top of the table. It’s a great feeling, we have one game left, it gives us a chance to be well rested. We have played a good brand of cricket, and have been a total team effort.”