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Caribbean Premier League 2024 Match 20 - Antigua and Barbuda beat Trinbago Knight Riders by 6 wickets

by CricDirect Staff & CPL T20 Friday 20 September 2024

Imad Wasim of Antigua and Barbuda Falcons

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In Caribbean Premier League 2024 Match 20 today, Antigua and Barbuda beat Trinbago Knight Riders by 6 wickets, at Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad.

Match Summary

Trinbago Knight Riders vs Antigua and Barbuda, Match 20, Caribbean Premier League

Trinbago Knight Riders 134/8 (20 ov)

Antigua and Barbuda Falcons 135/4 (19 ov)

Result - Antigua and Barbuda Falcons won by 6 wickets

Scorecard

Match Analysis

The win sees the Falcons keep their slim chances of progression alive and also gave them double bragging rights over the Knight Riders in this year’s Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League (CPL).

The Falcons won the toss and chose to field first, canny bowling restricted the Knight Riders to a below par 134/8, Kieron Pollard’s 37-ball 47 giving the home side a shot in the arm on a dewy night that made run scoring quite tricky. Last evening’s man of the hour Tim David chipped in with 25 off 20 balls to help haul his side to a competitive total.

Justin Greaves then played a Player of the Match innings to give the Falcons their third victory in this year’s competition. Compiling a patient 46 off 48 balls he then retired himself at the death to allow a fresh, and bigger hitting teammate to finish the job. The somewhat risky decision ultimately paid off for the visitors.

Hassan Khan played a vital cameo with 36 off 20 deliveries and Imad Wasim was there at the end to see his side home in an eventful 19th over – in shades of the 2019 World Cup final – a deflection off the bat as the batter’s returned for the second run saw the ball run over the boundary rope and six runs awarded to the batting side. 18 runs were plundered off the Josh Little over in total with Fabian Allen nudging the winning runs to midwicket to seal the victory and keep the Falcons flying in this year’s CPL.

“To win at Queen’s Park Oval is a special thing” said a beaming Greaves in the moments after the match. “We haven’t had a great season but to beat TKR twice is good. We’re just happy with how things panned out. To get the win against Trinidad in Trinidad, their fortress, feels good. We have to take one game at a time. You never know…”

The Knight Riders finish the evening still in second position in the table and the Falcons ended it with a little hope that they could still salvage something from their 2024 CPL campaign.

Match Stats

Trinbago Knight Riders Fall of wickets: 1-5 (Sunil Narine - 0.5 ov), 2-29 (Shaqkere Parris - 4.2 ov), 3-40 (Keacy Carty - 7.3 ov), 4-42 (Nicholas Pooran - 8.3 ov), 5-82 (Tim David - 13.5 ov), 6-82 (Andre Russell - 13.6 ov), 7-128 (Kieron Pollard - 19.2 ov), 8-134 (Chris Jordan - 19.6 ov)

Antigua and Barbuda Falcons Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Brandon King - 0.3 ov), 2-15 (Kofi James - 3.5 ov), 3-68 (Hassan Khan - 9.1 ov), 4-117 (Justin Greaves - 17.6 ov)