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 Best: Berry wide of mark for praising WI style, yet blasting Lara …
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 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 »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 »CPL 17 TKR Review: ‘Dey does only run until the Knights ketch dem’
The time to be in front, every successful sportsman knows, is at the end. Ask Sir Alex Ferguson (but not Arsene Wenger!), Serena Williams, Roger Federer, Mo Farah, Usain Bolt (but not Justin Gatlin!) and Dwayne Bravo (but not Jason Holder!) That’s illustrious company for the Trinbago Knights Riders captain, …
Read More »CPL 17: Cooper gets a lover, Pollard gets a blank as TKR seal title number two
“Aye, Cooper, ah love yuh,” he shouted (Yes, he! No mistake! An older, balding gentleman whose gait suggested a certain unsteadiness that was perhaps liquid-provoked). “TKR is the greatest side in the world.” He was dressed in a Trinbago Knight Riders tee-shirt and waving a red bandanna energetically to and …
Read More »CPL 17: Cooper steals show to push Knight Riders to final victory over SKN Patriots
The Trinbago Knight Riders have a second CPL title in their hands, thanks to Kevon Cooper. Without the heroics the allrounder produced in the late stages of the TKR innings in their CPL final match-up last night, the St Kitts and Nevis Patriots might well have walked away from the …
Read More »CPL 17: Knight Riders fight off Warriors; bid to avenge Patriots defeat in Saturday final
For the tenth time in twelve matches this season, Trinbago Knight Riders skipper Dwayne Bravo won the toss. And for the third time, his side last night got the better of the Rayad Emrit-led Guyana Amazon Warriors in yesterday’s second Eliminator of the Hero Caribbean Premier League at the Brian …
Read More »CPL 17: Celine Dion consolation for TKR as T&T lose twice in one night
“Every little thing’s gonna be alright,” Brenty M sang, quoting Bob Marley in an attempt to put the minds of the anxious Trinbago fans around us at rest. “But this is a big thing,” some wit behind us retorted, “so that eh happening tonight.” Under normal circumstances, the exchange might …
Read More »CPL 17: Cottrell charges as Patriots kayo kamikaze Knight Riders to march into CPL final
Sheldon Cottrell gleefully snaffled the easy return catch offered by Colin Munro and celebrated with a smart soldier’s salute. With military precision, the St Kitts and Nevis Patriots were on the march to their first Hero CPL finals. And at home at the Brian Lara Stadium in Tarouba last night, …
Read More »CPL 17: Bravo’s down-sized TKR tackle Gayle’s Goliaths; can class trump form?
Boasting a spin attack that would be the envy of many teams in world cricket, Trinbago Knight Riders lost only two matches on their way to ending the round robin phase of this year’s Hero CPL T20 comfortably at the top of the table. But as they prepare to meet …
Read More »CPL 17: No easy ride for Knight Riders; buoyant Patriots bid for revenge in Tuesday playoff
They’re back at home and up against it! After a stellar run of qualifying matches, including eights wins, ended in defeat on Saturday, Dwayne Bravo’s Trinbago Knight Riders must get back to winning ways. But it won’t be easy. And they may be quaking in their boots. Tomorrow, they take …
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