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HEADLINE: Caribbean Carnival - run-rates soar, 200-plus scores proliferate

 
CaribbeanCricket.com 2018-09-18 04:04:50 

The sixth season of Caribbean Premier League concluded with Trinbago Knight Riders being crowned champions for a record third time, after beating Guyana Amazon Warriors in the final by eight wickets. This was Amazon Warriors' fourth appearance in the final in six years, and they ended up being bridesmaid every single time.

A look into the key numbers from the tournament:

Run rates soar

Despite labelled as "the biggest party in sport", CPL has over the years established a reputation as being a tournament played on low, slow tracks of the Caribbean where spinners come into play often. The slower nature of tracks has impeded the innate stroke-making capabilities of home-grown players and the average rate hovered around 7.5 an over in most seasons. This year, flatter tracks were on offer, ensuring that high totals were posted.


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POINT 2018-09-19 23:51:17 

I would like to be informed precisely
the following very Important Question

HOW IS THIS BENEFITTING OUR PLAYERS

WHEN THEY COMPETE AGAINST OTHER

COUNTRIES IN THE INTERNATIONAL

CRICKET ARENA ; IN ALL THE FORMATS

OF THE GAME ??????

My perspective is that in comparison
to most, if not all , International
Cricket Teams OUR TEAM is at or near
the BOTTOM ; particularly in the longer versions of the game .

Now this has been the case for quite sometime . I have neither seen or heard of any effort to reverse this
trend in the longer versions of the game .

So in my opinion those who are getting euphoric about the CPL ; are
living in a Fool's Paradise .

In my opinion , Players fulling grounded in ALL the Fundamentals of
Cricket should have no difficulty in
performing well in the 3 Formats of the Game .

 
navindesigns 2018-09-20 09:16:33 

fantastic tournament. cant wait for 2019

 
RemainsUnknown 2018-09-20 09:21:10 

In reply to navindesigns

Agreed! cool

 
natty_forever 2018-09-20 09:45:09 

Agree, wishing it hadn't ended.