Tue, Aug 31, '21
Trinbago Knight Riders moved up to second in the 2021 Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) table with a 27 run victory over the Saint Lucia Kings.
The Kings won the toss and opted to field first and for the first half of the TKR innings they had full control of the game. However, a late salvo from Kieron Pollard and Tim Seifert helped the Knight Riders to post a challenging total.
In reply Andre Fletcher played a fine lone hand for the Kings but the team never got going as a disciplined Trinbago bowling attack kept a firm stranglehold on proceedings throughout.
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Tue, Aug 31, '21
THE JAMAICA Tallawahs will be hoping to kickstart a series of wins when they face Barbados Royals in their return fixture in Match 10 of the Caribbean Premier League, which bowls off at 6:00 p.m. (Jamaica time) at Warner Park in St Kitts and Nevis today.
The Jamaican franchise will be looking to avenge their only loss of the competition thus far after they went down to the Royals by 15 runs in their second game, also at Warner Park, on Saturday.
With St Kitts and Nevis Patriots being the only team with a perfect record following three wins, the Tallawahs, who are in second place with two points because of a better net run rate, will be hoping for consistency and momentum with a string of games lined up.
“I think it’s been a pretty good start for us with one win and a loss in this type of competition. It’s just for us now to continue to get these wins and hope for the best,” said captain Rovman Powell.
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Mon, Aug 30, '21 by KRISSANIA YOUNG
The 50-over World Cup is just six months away. And the qualifying tournament—a prerequisite for the number-six ranked West Indies Women—is set to begin in November. Now, WINDIES Women will take on South Africa Women in a three-match T20 International series beginning on Tuesday in Antigua, resuming the mission of rediscovering their form as a competitive force in the format. Yet, assuming that the current priority will be the New Zealand-hosted 2022 tournament, we must then reconsider what would be deemed a ‘successful’ series for the Taylor-led team against the number-five ranked Proteas.
It is expected that Deandra Dottin, whose workload has been carefully managed since returning from a shoulder injury and subsequent surgery in 2020, will return to bowling in the upcoming series. Dottin, who has been an integral part of the West Indies bowling line-up in the past, especially at the death, did not feature with the ball in the multi-format white-ball series against Pakistan.
In my opinion, the West Indies Women’s continued redemption in International cricket partially relies on the Barbadian rediscovering her best all-round form; which includes ball in hand during the latter stages of the innings. And in addition to having the renewed option of Dottin in this phase, the West Indies should also be looking to groom the immense talents of Aaliyah Alleyne and Shabika Gajnabi, while cementing their power-play strategies.
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