Caribbean Premier League 2023 (Aug 16- Sept 24)

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Kieron Pollard is blowing up

 

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Only 3 fielders outside 30-yard circle for Trinbago in the last over

 

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A bit of argy bargy between Chris Green and Kieron Pollard

 

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Not sure if Chris Green and Pollard will be exchanging Christmas Cards this season.

 

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Jamaica post 154 in Game 22 against Trinbago Knight Riders

Going to be a fascinating chase.

 

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After Game 22 this is the standings after Trinbagos romp over Jamaica:

 

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Game 24 of the CPL

Trinbago Knight Riders (Playing XI): Martin Guptill, Sunil Narine, Mark Deyal, Nicholas Pooran, Kieron Pollard(c), Andre Russell, Lorcan Tucker(w), Akeal Hosein, Jayden Seales, Ali Khan, Waqar Salamkheil



Saint Lucia Kings (Playing XI): Colin Munro, Johnson Charles(w), Sean Williams, Sikandar Raza(c), Roston Chase, Sadrack Descarte, Roshon Primus, Matthew Forde, Alzarri Joseph, Peter Hatzoglou, Khary Pierre

Trinbago Knight Riders have won the toss and have opted to field

 

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Russell is past it at this level as a T20 bowler.

 

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St Lucia post 167 against Trinbago in Game 24 and I think Trinbago will be happy with their bowling effort.

 

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Joseph with a no-ball wicket. And very next ball it goes for 6.

 

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No 2nd life for Pooran this time and he has to depart off the bowling of Joseph.

 

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Dropped chance , could have been a team hattrick.

 

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Deyal goes for a 'Republic Bank Maximum'!

 

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A 'Republic Bank Maximum' from Andre Russell in the 19th over.

 

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Trinbago need 10 off 9 balls with 7 wickets in hand.

 

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The banks are open on Sunday!

 

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Game Set Match , Trinbago win Game 24 of the CPL over Saint Lucia.

 

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After Game 24 of the CPL what an absolute humdinger of a tournament this has been:

 

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Trinbago guaranteed a double chance in the 2023 Version.

 

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Another kinda rant, but why is this tournament so long? There is maybe 1 game per day, with time between grouped games, for travel. It's also resulting in teams playing 1 game per week. With 6 teams, they could make this tournament a lot more compact. Taking over a month just to play 30 games is too long.

 

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Another kinda rant, but why is this tournament so long? There is maybe 1 game per day, with time between grouped games, for travel. It's also resulting in teams playing 1 game per week. With 6 teams, they could make this tournament a lot more compact. Taking over a month just to play 30 games is too long.

Its because they have to allow themselves a couple of days to move teams from different islands.

 

[akkaps]

Its because they have to allow themselves a couple of days to move teams from different islands.

Do they have to take down everything in one country and put it back up in the other?
Can't there be a slight overlap? It doesn't take a few days to travel between islands

 

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Do they have to take down everything in one country and put it back up in the other?
Can't there be a slight overlap? It doesn't take a few days to travel between islands

Whilst I dont like the gap between days from island to island, Id imagine it would be a cost thing. You have one team who is on 9 matches completed , whilst another team has 6 matches completed - which doesnt make sense from my side.

 

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Game 25:

Teams:

Jamaica Tallawahs (Playing XI): Brandon King(c), Alex Hales, Kirk McKenzie, Shamarh Brooks(w), Imad Wasim, Fabian Allen, Chris Green, Raymon Reifer, Shamar Springer, Nicholson Gordon, Salman Irshad

Guyana Amazon Warriors (Playing XI): Saim Ayub, Matthew Nandu, Shai Hope, Azam Khan(w), Shimron Hetmyer, Keemo Paul, Romario Shepherd, Odean Smith, Dwaine Pretorius, Gudakesh Motie, Imran Tahir(c)

Guyana Amazon Warriors have won the toss and have opted to field

 

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a couple of lovely drives from King to start this game.