The 23rd game of the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) proved to be a one-sided contest. Table-toppers Trinbago Knight Riders (TKR) bulldozed over bottom-placed St Kitts and Nevis Patriots (SKP) on Wed☂nesday at the Bri🦋an Lara Stadium in Tarouba.
SKP skipper Rayad Emrit opted to bowl first after winning the toss. The spectators were treated with ‘the Lendl Simmons show’ upfront.
96 fro 63 balls! L⛦endl Simmons was on Fire today and helped get Trin♒bago Knight Riders reach a match winning score
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The flamboyant strokemaker announced his return to form in style with a majestic 96, which came off 63 deliveries. Simmons smacked seven boundaries and six maximums in the process and boasted a strike-rate of 152.3.
He was well supported by Darren Bravo at the other end, who registered a run-a-ball 36. The Knight Riders crꦏuised towards a score of 174 on the𒁏 back of a 144-run partnership between Bravo and Simmons.
Coming out to bat, the Patriots was never really in the run-chase, with the early wicket of Evin Lewis. Chris Lynn (34) and Joshua da Silva (29) consumed🍬 way too many deliveries upfront and could not take the game dee🍬p.
After Lynn’s dismissal, the Patriots fell like a pack of cards and handed a whopping 59-run-win to the Knight Riders.
The Trinbago Knight Riders are still UNDEFEA💦TED! Co🃏ngrats and cheers going out TKR 🎉🎊.
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Akeal Hosein (1/15), Pravin Tambe (1/12) and Sikander Raza (3/15ܫ) were the pick of the bowlers for the Knight Riders.
48 and flying! Pravin Tambe takes a screamಌer to take the Googly 🧔Magic Moment of the game! What a catch!
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TKR proved to be the team to beat in the tournament yet again as they created history by becoming the second side in the CPL to win eight matches in a row. They dismantled the opposition even without the presence of Kieron Pollard and Sunil Narine.
Simmons was adjudged as the ‘Player of the Match’ for setting up the vic🌟tory for the Knight Riders.
