Elegant Trinidad and Tobago batsman Darren Bravo stunned Gros Islet with a whirlwind 94 runs from 36 deliveries last night, as the Trinbago Knight Riders (TKR) fought back from the dead to defeat the St Lucia Stars in 2018 Caribbean Premier League (CPL) action. The triumph pushed TKR to second …
Read More »CPL 18 (Video): Lara says TKR’s psyche reliant on Narine, suggests DM Bravo promotion
West Indies icon Brian Lara points to lack of batting partnerships and brittle confidence after Trinbago Knight Riders loss to St Kitts and Nevis Patriots; suggests why Sunil Narine is key and Darren Bravo could help in new role: More from Wired868 Early Bird: Do insular selectors pick and choose …
Read More »CPL 18: TKR bludgeoned again; Bravo takes responsibility after SKN Patriots win
In a matter of 24 hours, the Queen’s Park Oval was host to three scores of over 200 runs in the CPL—and two Trinbago Knight Riders defeats. Friday night belonged to Jamaica Tallawahs captain Andre Russell’s superhuman innings of an unbeaten 121, which propelled the Tallawahs to an unlikely triump. …
Read More »CPL 18 (Video): Keshorn Walcott drops in as Jamaica Tallawahs stun TKR
London Olympic Games gold medalist and current CAC champion javelin thrower Keshorn Walcott explains why he loves the CPL lime, as TKR fall to Jamaica Tallawahs in T20 stunner: More from Wired868 RBCPL24: How the CPL took wing to become dominant regional sport event Allen Stanford, remember that name? No? …
Read More »CPL 18: Super display from Russell stuns Oval; champs TKR edged in record breaking affair
New Jamaica Tallawahs captain Andre Russell had the performance of a lifetime last night, as he almost singlehandedly pulled his team to victory in an enthralling Caribbean Premier League (CPL) encounter against Trinbago Knight Riders (TKR) at the Queen’s Park Oval in Port of Spain. TKR—the defending CPL champions and, …
Read More »CPL 18 (Video): Lara says TKR look worthy favourites, but wary of top order batsmen
Wired868 Cover Drive Match Summary: West Indies cricket icon Brian Lara suggests that Trinbago Knight Riders are ahead of schedule and worthy CPL favourites; but offers a note of concern about their top order batsmen! More from Wired868 RBCPL24: Are WI being served? Wired868 looks back at CPL24 “Yuh tink …
Read More »CPL 18: Ramdin and Munro star as magnificent TKR pummel Pollard’s Stars
The Trinbago Knight Riders (TKR) produced a magnificent display in both innings to doom the St Lucia Stars to a 101 run defeat and an all too familiar opening game loss in the 2018 Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) competition last night at the Queen’s Park Oval in Port of …
Read More »CPL releases list of invalidated tickets; urges T&T fans to buy from authorised outlets
Hero Caribbean Premier League press officer, Peter Miller, revealed this afternoon that the League has invalidated over 30 tickets for T20 cricket action in Trinidad, after discovering that they were allegedly “bought fraudulently.” “Hero Caribbean Premier League would like to advise patrons in Trinidad of tickets that have been bought …
Read More »CPL 18: “The best vs the best!” Bravo and Pollard share barbs ahead of TKR’s season opener
“No pressure on our team, the pressure is on their team. They haven’t won anything in a while and the pressure is there with them.” Trinbago Knight Riders captain Dwayne Bravo threw down the gauntlet to his countryman and new St Lucia Stars captain Kieron Pollard on the eve of …
Read More »Cover Drive (Video): Brian Lara talks CPL, Test v T20 and West Indies’ missing ingredient
West Indies cricket legend and multiple world record holder Brian Lara discusses the potential talking points for the 2018 CPL season, Test vs T20 cricket, the strengths of reigning champs, the Trinbago Knight Riders, and the missing ingredient for the current crop of West Indies players, in the maiden episode …
Read More »CPL 2018: NLCB joins TKR as local cricket franchise chase T/20 history
The National Lotteries Control Board (NLCB) announced today that it will remain in the Trinbago Knight Riders’ camp, as the local cricket franchise chase history in the Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) T/20 competition. TKR are the defending CPL champions and the joint most successful team in the history of …
Read More »Sport Ministry confirms TT$20 million outlay for next three CPL finals
Trinidad and Tobago will host the next three finals of the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) cricket competition after the government agreed to spend TT$20 million (US$3 million) for that right. The 2018 season is scheduled to run from 8 August to 16 September. The government, according to a Ministry of …
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