Saint Lucian blood runs in my best friend’s veins. And he graces almost all international and regional cricket at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy (BLCA) in Tarouba with his presence. Religiously. So he has just a little trouble keeping his JCs apart. Let’s call him Christian, shall we? He is …
Read More »RBCPL24: Powell’s Royals see light at end of the tunnel; after controversial TKR KO
For roughly two hours, cricket fanatics in Trinidad and Tobago and the Caribbean shared memes and amused themselves as the ground staff and the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) organisers hurriedly tried to address the outage of two lighting towers at National Stadium in Providence, Guyana on Tuesday night. At approximately …
Read More »RBCPL24: Pooran wins battle for TKR; but GAW edge war for top-two finish
In the splendid third CPL century he scored on Sunday evening, Nicholas Pooran got only one life. His 59-ball 101 put Trinbago Knight Riders on track to score a massive win over heavy favourites Guyana Amazon Warriors in Match 30 of the Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League (CPL) at Providence …
Read More »RBCPL24: Royals stumble; Hosein, Hinds set up last gasp TKR win
With six runs needed off the last two balls, Jason Holder served up a no-ball over number 10 batsman Jayden Seales’ waist. And number 9, Terrance Hinds, smacked the resultant free-hit delivery over the leg-side fence to ruin the Barbados Royals’ unblemished record and give the Trinbago Knight Riders a …
Read More »RBCPL24: TKR’s Shaq Parris and Pollard wrest win away from hapless Kings
Twenty-two-year-old Shaqkere Parris’ got a 20-ball half-century at the Daren Sammy Cricket Ground in St Lucia on Tuesday. But Kieron Pollard needed one ball less to power the Trinbago Knight Riders to 188 and a 4-wicket win over the hapless St Lucia Kings in Match 12 of the 2024 Republic …
Read More »RBCPL24: Allen thwarts TKR with bat and ball, as Falcons finally soar
Thanks to Fabian Allen and their highest 2024 Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League (CPL) score so far, 176 for 6, the Antigua and Barbuda Falcons were good enough to finally earn their first points of the season. At the Sir Vivian Richards Ground in Antigua on Thursday, they restricted four-time …
Read More »RBCPL2024: Pooran, Carty power TKR to 44-run win over St Kitts Patriots
Led by the in-form Nicholas Pooran, the Trinbago Knight Riders easily moved past St Kitts and Nevis Patriots in the third match of the Republic Bank CPL 2024 at Warner Park in Basseterre, Saint Kitts on Saturday. Man-of-the-Match Pooran fell only three short of what would have been a well-deserved …
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