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West Indies cricket legend Brian Lara hails the Trinbago Knight Riders as the best team of the Caribbean Premier League (CPL), but can Dwayne Bravo’s boys stave off a blip at the business end of the season? More from Wired868 RBCPL24: Are WI being served? Wired868 looks back at CPL24 …

The Caribbean Premier League’s (CPL) leading run scorer Colin Munro had a rare off night at the Queen’s Park Oval last night. But, once again, the Trinbago Knight Riders (TKR) found a way to triumph with a nervy last over victory against the Barbados Tridents at the Queen’s Park Oval …

Asked to name his best-ever West Indies squad, Lloyd Best named as his very first selectee the dean of West Indian cricket writers, Tony Cozier. This was in the late 1990s; we did not yet know that, like the Israelites in the Old Testament, we West Indians would be condemned …

West Indies wicketkeeper/batsman and T20 World Cup champion Merissa Aguilleira talks to Wired868’s Cover Drive during the 2018 CPL contest between the Trinbago Knight Riders and Guyana Amazon Warriors and selects the two teams that would make a dream final: More from Wired868 1975 CWC: Ladies first—how T&T and Jamaica …

The toss, according to Guyana Amazon Warriors skipper Rayad Emrit, was the only thing that his team got right last night, as hosts Trinbago Knight Riders (TKR) surged past them to the top of the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) standings with a crushing 67-run victory at the Queen’s Park Oval …

Steve Smith had not bowled in a competitive match for at least two years before Barbados Tridents’ captain Jason Holder called him up to bowl in the August 22 game against the Jamaica Tallawahs. Smith claimed two crucial wickets, conceded a mere 19 runs in his three overs and thus …

With the exception of Tom Moody, who has been a high-level coach, I can’t say for certain that the television analysts quite understand the nuances of the T20 format. Since Andre Russell’s blitzkrieg at the Queen’s Park Oval, they have almost continually complained about the Tallawahs’ batting order. They keep …

“A tragedy of magnanimous proportions.” The phrase is borrowed from cricket media’s Mr Malaprop, who used it to summarise the rapid demise of “a triumvirate” of Jamaica Tallawahs batsmen in a recent CPL match. I damblay it to sum up how the hordes of boisterous Trinbago Knight Riders are likely …

The Trinbago Knight Riders (TKR) again snatched victory from the jaws of defeat tonight, as the defending champions edged Jamaica Tallawahs on the very last ball of the T20 contest for their second straight Caribbean Premier League (CPL) road win. Set a target of 183 to win, TKR needed six …

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 …

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 …

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. …