Pooran’s men seek playoff revival against Falcons

LAST CHANCE FOR TKR
Pooran’s men seek playoff revival against Falcons

It will be “do-or-die” for the Trinbago Knight Riders and the Antigua and Barbuda Falcons when they square off in the Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League Eliminator from 8 p.m. at the Guyana National Stadium in Providence.Of their opponents, Pooran said the Falcons have challenged them in the past and the conditions in Guyana could prove favourable to their opponents.

Having replaced former three-time champions Jamaica Tallawahs in 2024, the Falcons have been on the rise. The newest CPL franchise missed out on a playoff berth in 2024 but managed to squeeze into the top-four this time around with victories in their final two group games against the Barbados Royals and Guyana Amazon Warriors.TKR will lean on the experience of Kieron Pollard, Sunil Narine, Akeal Hosein, Colin Munro, Ali Khan and Pooran himself, while the Falcons will count on Imad, Shakib Al-Hasan, Amir Jangoo and Jayden Seales, who have all stood up recently.

Former West Indies pacer Tony Gray said TKR must rediscover their earlier form when they bounced back from a second-round defeat to win five straight matches to qualify first for the playoffs.“I think that TKR lost some momentum and have not been able to recuperate. And without Mohammad Amir, the other players would have to be a lot more consistent where the bowling is concerned,” he said. Gray added that losing before the playoffs could “ignite a lot more fire and focus for the players knowing what the stakes are.”

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Ok TKR its serious bizniz now....time to clip em falcons...

In reply to sgtdjones

It’s lights out time now bro

In reply to sgtdjones

Weh Jumpskunt hiding....he has been missing from here in de last few days after Warriors made de playoffs.

Maybe he gawn mudland

In reply to Narper

Jumpy is busy at university...completing his civil engineering courses.

He will be back later. Especially if the lights go out at Providence.

In reply to sgtdjones

Falcons!

TKR slackness at worst time in CPL

The Caribbean Premier League (CPL) 2025 was off with a bang, giving spectators lots of excitement, some theatrics, a mixture of good and bad cricket, plus some frustration with very close finishes. Now, they’re into the climax of all the action, concentrated on the final four teams, those that have negotiated their way after over a month of competitive participation, to determine the best team in the CPL for 2025. The participants of the various teams had to contend with playing each other twice in order to reach this stage.

After viewing these last three games it is patently clear that the TKR lacks leadership, not only on the field but also off it. Actually, the most important aspect of a side taking part in a cricket match is in its captaincy. It dictates the movement of a game, its progress, the flow of the action in attempting to create victory, when and how to defend or attack, field placing for different bowlers. Also, the knowledge of his players, plus establishing plans with his team to setup victory.Again, it is noticeable after TKR’s last game against Barbados Royals, the reference of captain, Nicholas Pooran, that his statements are not excuses, while there is no doubt that that is exactly what it is.He made this statement after the game and I quote: “I think we’re not batting properly in the power play to begin with. We’re losing too many wickets in the power play. And when you lose two or three wickets in the power play, it’s a big step back. I still felt we were in the game with 167.

If your team is losing too many wickets in the power play and they’re not batting properly, the skipper should think of what should be done. Are you going to change the batting order or are you going to give your early batsmen longer hours in the nets? What will be your plan to improve the batting in the top order? Or is it just a luck-and-chance game and hoping for the best?The test of a team depends on their performance on the day of the game. The reason for a cricketer practising, whether batting, bowling, wicket-keeping, fielding close to the wicket or on the boundary, is for him to produce his best on match day.In the playoffs one has to look for the best-balanced team. The players don’t seem to be a happy bunch and I wonder why. It makes me think that after winning those early six games, the atmosphere in the changing room must have been super-optimistic and haughty. Hence the collapse.

So the first part of that article in Newsday is clearly written by Copilot or similar.

It grates against the latter part by Bryan Davis.

You think that is an editorial decision? To pad out what Bryan wrote with AI? Very very strange and disappointing.

In reply to Halliwell

I leave such to you and the experts to summarize who wrote stuff with co-pilots, AI...

I cannot tell the difference...the comments I leave to pseudos on this site, like yourself...

My interest is reading, hoping to increase my knowledge.

In reply to WIfan26

Did you check the Minister of Sports Facebook page?

They got an issue with one of the lights. In the Guyana vs Barbados match it nearly cut off. An emergency crew was called in to keep it on

According to him its sorted now and they tested it last night. Won't be surprise if they cut it off for this match

In reply to sgtdjones



Not much light is needed for pelting mangoes!

In reply to googley

Your president is an expert at such...he coached Beaton...

Guyana Amazon Warriors and St Lucia Kings will have two cracks at the final after Antigua and Barbuda Falcons face Trinbago Knight Riders in the Eliminator

In reply to anthonyp

I'll be surprised if they don't. The stage has been set.