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Best performances - Batsmen

Imad Wasim
Imad Wasim
62(33) 6x4 - 3x6
Control %57%
  • Productive Shot
  • flick
  • 15 runs
  • 2x4 - 0x6
2 0 5 4 15 16 18 2
N Pooran
N Pooran
54(35) 6x4 - 2x6
Control %80%
  • Productive Shot
  • on drive
  • 11 runs
  • 0x4 - 1x6
1 9 7 7 6 10 11 3

Best performances - Bowlers

Ali Khan
Ali Khan
O3
M0
R27
W3
Eco9.00
RHB
OFFLEG
2W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W
Imad Wasim
Imad Wasim
O3
M0
R28
W2
Eco9.33
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W

Scorer: Binoy George | Commentator: Shashwat Kumar

11:52pm Right. That will be that from us for tonight. Hope you enjoyed our coverage as much as we loved bringing it to you. Until next time, this is me (Shashwat) signing off on behalf of Binoy George and everyone else at ESPNcricinfo. Goodbye and take care!

Kieron Pollard, Trinbago Knight Riders captain: (Most pleasing aspect) The way the guys went about it, especially in the first half. To bowl that many overs of spin was a job well done. (On bowling spin throughout the powerplay) It was more about the conditions and how our team is structured. I know they wanted pace on the ball and tried to keep them away from it. To bowl 14 overs of spin (and still get penalized)
the logic of this rule (the over-rate penalty) makes me wonder how we are going to move forward. Last game, it took just less than two hours and there were no penalties. Maybe we will have to go with 20 overs of spin.

Brandon King, Jamaica Tallawahs captain: Disappointed with the performance on the whole. We were 20-30 runs short. We did not apply enough pressure in the first ten overs (with the bat). (On his team's over-reliance on him) I have a responsibility to contribute to the team. If I don't get the runs, I would want someone else to step up and hopefully that happens moving forward. (On holding Imad back because of the match-up against Pooran) That is part of it. The ball was very wet and I did not want to introduce him at the time. After the change of ball, he came into the game. (On how they can turn things around) It comes down to mindset. A little more intensity. We are looking forward to the next game.

Sunil Narine, Player of the Match: (On what he enjoyed most) The way we started, the way the spinners bowled in the powerplay, that set the tone. (On how much the conditions changed) There was less dew bowling first. I want to commend the bowlers and the batters then did their job. You cannot ask for anything more (from the crowd). We have one more game and we can hopefully end on a high.

11:35pm A fairly comfortable victory for the Knight Riders, led by two vastly different but equally effective half-centuries. Pooran was his usual self, finding the fence often and putting the bowlers under pressure just when the situation demanded. Guptill, on the other hand, was composed, kept things ticking and flexed his muscles towards the end. Russell played his part too, as did Narine at the top of the order and this game has just proved by the Knight Riders now find themselves perched atop the points table.

Plenty to ponder for the Tallawahs, though. They did not have a huge score on the board and to compound matters, they held Imad back, perhaps because Pooran was at the crease. As fate would have it, Imad dismissed Pooran in his first over and also accounted for Pollard. There was not much penetration elsewhere, though, and the Tallawahs, unsurprisingly, could not make a fist of their defence.

They have now lost four on the bounce and while they are not yet out of the qualification race, they need to turn things around soon to have a chance of making the playoffs.

17.2
1
Pitman to Guptill, 1 run, The Knight Riders win, and they do it at an absolute canter! Full and angled into the stumps. Guptill, after all the carnage in the previous over, decides he wants to just nurdle this into the leg side to take the Knight Riders to the top of the points table (at least for now)!
17.1
2
Pitman to Guptill, 2 runs, back of a length on leg stump. Guptill tucks it off his hips and places it well enough to race back for the second. Scores level now!

Pitman to bowl what could be the final over of this game

fred: "Why did the captain give imad the ball so late?" -- The only explanation is that he did not want to match Imad up with Pooran. The Tallawahs got too caught up with the match-up and by the time Imad came in (and dismissed Pooran), it was already too late...

END OF OVER:
17 | 18 Runs | TKR: 152/3 (3 runs required from 18 balls, RR: 8.94, RRR: 1.00)

  • Andre Russell20 (12b)
  • Martin Guptill50 (43b)
  • Imad Wasim3-0-28-2
  • Fabian Allen1-0-14-0
16.6
0
Imad Wasim to Russell, no run, back of a length delivery just outside off that grips in the surface and comes off slower than Russell expects. He has a massive mow across the line but cannot get bat on it
16.5
0
Imad Wasim to Russell, no run, fired into the blockhole outside off. Russell tries to tonk it into tomorrow but can only shank it to mid wicket

Just three needed now....

16.4
6
Imad Wasim to Russell, SIX, oh my days! That has erupted off the bat like a volcano! Another slot ball and Russell gets his front foot out of the way and smokes it over deep square leg. That sound off the bat, wow!
16.3
6
Imad Wasim to Russell, SIX, Russell is in a hurry! Half-tracker on off stump. Russell picks it early, gets into position and biffs it flat over wide long on!

Trinbago 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st22MJ GuptillSP Narine
2nd80MJ GuptillN Pooran
3rd13MJ GuptillKA Pollard
4th40MJ GuptillAD Russell