Denesh “Shotta” Ramdin swatted St Kitts and Nevis Patriots pacer Hasan Ali to the boundary and then roared at the heavens. Against the odds, he had just led the Trinbago Knight Riders to a fifth win in six games and guaranteed them a spot in the four-team play-offs, which will …
Read More »CPL 17: Narine leads charmed life and TKR back to top of CPL table
Nobody yet knows who greased the palms of the Barbados Tridents at the Queen’s Park Oval last night; Sunil Narine is certainly not complaining! The mystery-spinner-turned-Trinbago-Knight-Riders-opening-batsman rode his luck to hit 79, his career highest score in T20 cricket, and lead the home team to their fourth win in five …
Read More »CPL 17: Trinbago Knights fans riding high after fourth win, planning for Tarouba party
Kieron Pollard might be a Trinbagonian but he’s not a Knight Rider. So the thousands of glad, largely red-clad fans who filled the house at the Queen’s Park Oval last night did not come to see any effortless straight-back-over-your-head shots from the Barbados Tridents’ captain. Outside the Oval, I ran …
Read More »CPL 17: No short drops! Munro pulls Amazon Warriors apart to inspire TKR to 7-wicket win
Colin Munro pulled his way to an entertaining 47-ball 70 as he engineered a comfortable seven-wicket victory for the Trinbago Knight Riders against Guyana Amazon Warriors just past midnight in the capital city of Port-of-Spain. Already with scores of 66 not out and 41 to his name in the current …
Read More »CPL 17: Fast-starting TKR falter on the straight; tense win takes Tallawahs to 3rd place
With eight runs needed off the last nine balls at the Queen’s Park Oval last night, Jamaica Tallawahs’ Jonathan Foo hoists Trinbago Knight Riders’ skipper Dwayne Bravo high to long-on. Waiting for an eternity under the ball at the boundary’s edge, double CPL 2017 Man-of-the-Match Shadab Khan mistimes his leap …
Read More »CPL 17: Shillingford gives T&T fans the shivers; but TKR has last laugh in colourful clash
“We go chase down dem runs in 14 overs,” an eager Carib Stand patron told Wired868, his smile so wide there might have been saliva spilling into his ears. “Fourteen?” another fan within earshot sneered. “Yuh mad or what? We winning in ten!” I was struck by the complete identification …
Read More »CPL 17: Trinbago Knight Riders look to double up; bid to down Sammy’s Stars again
They’re back! And they’re bidding to do better than they did last year! When Dwayne Bravo’s Trinbago Knight Riders (TKR) take on Darren Sammy’s St Lucia Stars (SLS) in an early return match at the Queen’s Park Oval this evening, they will be at almost full strength. Missing from the …
Read More »Dinas confirmed as SPORTT chairman; Bravo, Herschelle, Ranatunga among stars for Lara opening
Former Sri Lanka cricket captain Arjuna Ranatunga and dashing South Africa opener Hershelle Gibbs are among a host of stars of yesteryear who will don cricket gear once again and take to the pitch tomorrow evening for the opening of the Brian Lara Cricket Stadium in Tarouba. Former West Indies …
Read More »Dwayne Bravo retires hurt from 2017 IPL season; apologises to Gujarat Lions
The following statement on his aborted 2017 Indian Premier League (IPL) season was submitted by Trinidad and Tobago and West Indies cricketer Dwayne Bravo: It is with deep regret that I announce my decision to withdraw from the ongoing season of the Indian Premier League, owing to my hamstring injury. …
Read More »Who will lead WI away from the abyss? Vidale urges fans to rally for the team we deserve
“It is bad captaincy that is causing us to be scrambled, everybody is whispering and shrugging shoulders. ... In this campaign I shall spare nobody… I hereby give notice; I shall not let this question rest until it is corrected… This fooling with the West Indies captaincy has gone on too …
Read More »Darren and the IPL: Best examines links between Bravo, Pooran, Lara… and the media
It brought Garry Sobers to the verge of public tears in Sri Lanka in 2015. Wherever Curtly Ambrose and Courtney Walsh and Clive Lloyd and Viv Richards are in the world, it is almost certain to bring them to private tears. And it will make cricketing knights Frank Worrell and …
Read More »Bravo: I accept Adidas’ apology; says he felt “fans hurt” but mum on own feelings
West Indies cricket star Dwayne Bravo said he accepted an apology from the artist and creator of a controversial Adidas caricature of the athlete, which was since taken down. However, Adidas has made no further comment on the issue and did not issue a joint statement. Tellingly, Bravo did not give his …
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