Match Details
One can always argue that Mohammad Amir opened the game by taking both the openers up top, one of them was the in-form Lendl Simmons. However, still, it was a one-sided affair for the defending champions as TKR sealed the game by six wickets with 19 balls remaining.
It all began when Kieron Pollard called right at the toss to opt to field first. His aggressive decision was proved correct by his bowlers. Both spinners and pacers were up to the mark in the first innings as they restricted Barbados on 93 runs.
The chase was always gonna be easy peasy for a batting line-up like Trinbago. Although the former Pakistan international spiced up things in the chase, when he made Simmons nick off to the keeper on the first ball, before removing Webster on 9 inside three overs. Leaving TKR at 22 for 2 in 2.5 overs.
However, the same old tale repeated for the Royals as no one aided Amir’s brilliance, not even the skipper Holder. A couple of decisions also went towards the defending champions, all thanks to some basic fielding efforts and ordinary umpiring.
Darren Bravo and Colin Munro grinded the bowlers by knocking the ball around, before Bishop removed the former. But the Kiwi stemmed a match-clinching partnership of 24, alongside his mate from New Zealand - Tim Siefert, before the latter was removed by Bishop. But Akeal Hosien came out to wham two successive sixers to take his team to the top of the table.
28 yrs
Best
22