ZOUKS DEFEAT TKR IN TENSE HERO CPL OPENER
Thu, Jun 30, '16
A fantastic innings of 62 from 44 balls from Darren Bravo was not enough to secure victory for the Trinbago Knight Riders against the St Lucia Zouks in the opening fixture of the 2016 Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL). Johnson Charles made a fifty for the Zouks before the experience of Michael Hussey and David Miller saw their team home against the reigning Hero CPL champions.
In tricky bowling conditions with dew making the ball extremely wet it was hard for the Zouks to find control with the ball in the first innings of the match, but they had done a fine job at keeping the Knight Riders scoring in check until the last two overs. It was from there that Darren Bravo launched his assault that on another day would have been match winning.
At the start of the 19th over Darren Bravo was on 34 from 35 balls, it had been an innings of patience and it had held the Knight Riders’ effort together, but it was far from explosive. That changed in those final two overs as he scored 29 runs from nine deliveries, with Bravo hitting three sixes in the last two overs.
