“[…] When the incumbent David Granger administration tried to stop the party of Bharrat Jagdeo and Irfaan Ali from taking office after an election they’d won in March 2020, some in that party felt that Dr Keith Rowley was soft on Granger, in contrast to his Barbadian and Vincentian colleagues …
Read More »T2021 W/C: Jackman sees flawed logic in calls to drop Gayle and add Holder to WI squad
“[…] For years the destroyer of bowling attacks, Chris Gayle is but a shadow of the fearsome figure he once was. His run production rapidly declining in recent years, he has endured a near-barren 2021 for both WI and the Patriots. “[…] If, as the multitude insists, Gayle cannot be …
Read More »T2021 W/C: ‘The best of the available candidates’, you say?! Best on differing value of the Bravos
Darren Bravo is a gifted left-hander who, for years, was the best batsman in the region and a clone of his cousin, Brian Charles Lara, the best batsman the country has produced. But that was once upon a time. Darren Bravo vintage 2021 is not vintage at all. On merit. …
Read More »CPL 2021: How a Champion and a ‘Dom’ gave the Patriots their champagne moment
“[…] Then came the finale, the most thrilling CPL final in the tournament’s nine-year existence. The home upstarts SKN Patriots, representing the Leeward Islands against the dominant St Lucia Kings, representing the Windward Islands. “[…] Videos were out, shade being thrown by all supporters. Memes galore. So much fun and …
Read More »CPL 2021: Mark Deyal leads the way as Kings dethrone Pollard’s un-Weise TKR
A spot of brainlessness on Tuesday saw Kieron Pollard’s Trinbago Knight Riders surrender the CPL title in the first semi-final at Warner Park in St Kitts and Nevis. But there was no inkling of that in the TKR skipper’s post-match, post-defeat interview. He praised his team, singling out World Cup-bound …
Read More »CPL 2021: Pumped Shepherd, Pollard blast GAW and TKR into perfect semi match-ups
They left it late. But in the end, Kieron Pollard’s Trinbago Knight Riders reversed the result of Saturday evening’s match-up against Dwayne Bravo’s St Kitts and Nevis Patriots and finished on top of the 2021 CPL group stage table. The four-wicket victory they carved out at Warner Park in St …
Read More »CPL 2021: Evin Lewis gets sweet revenge, clouts unbeaten century vs Pollard’s TKR
If Evin Lewis brings the form he brought to Saturday’s penultimate St Kitts and Nevis Patriots game at Warner Park in St Kitts to Wednesday’s CPL 2021 final, new champions will be crowned. And thanks to a lacklustre showing by Kieron Pollard’s Trinbago Knight Riders in the late game on …
Read More »CPL 2021: Ali Khan, Pollard in spotlight as TKR thump back-pedalling Tallawahs
The official record will show Ali Khan as the Man-of-the-Match in the hugely important Match 19 at Warner Park in St Kitts on Tuesday. The 30-year-old Khan, returning to the Trinbago Knight Riders’ line-up after missing half the season, claimed four wickets for six runs to completely undermine the Jamaica …
Read More »CPL 2021: Simmons’ 70 sees TKR to safety, sinks Tallawahs into the cellar
A catastrophic early collapse when they batted and a steady, level-headed second-wicket partnership when they fielded left the Jamaica Tallawahs’ ship taking water as they fell to the Trinbago Knights Riders in 2021 CPL action at Warner Park in St Kitts today. On a day when they needed their A-game, …
Read More »CPL 2019: Starting from zero; might Shoaib Warriors’ perfect 20 give them an advantage over Pollard’s TKR?
Understandably, Shoaib Malik and the Guyana Amazon Warriors management and supporters are currently cock-a-hoop. So I think it may be appropriate today to remind them all of what the then West Indies coach said to Brian Lara in Sydney in 1992. The Prince of Port-of-Spain had just completed the superb …
Read More »CPL 19: Pollard leads Trinbago Knight Riders to victory over SKN Patriots in opener
Prodigal son, Kieron Pollard, captained the Trinbago Knight Riders to a tense victory on debut with fellow debutant Jimmy Neesham, producing the all-round goods to deny the St Kitts and Nevis Patriots in the Caribbean Premier League 2019 opener at the Queen’s Park Oval on Wednesday. Patriots won the toss …
Read More »CPL 19 Draft: Gotcha! DJ Bravo pranks TKR fans, as Hales, Malinga and Shadab join CPL party
Once a Knight Rider, always a Knight Rider. Dwayne Bravo isn’t going anywhere. The ‘champion’ all-rounder was selected in the first round of the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) draft by two-time defending champions Trinbago Knight Riders (TKR), roughly 24 hours after hinting that he would be leaving the powerhouse franchise. …
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