Barbados Royals' Kyle Myers
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Hero CPL 2022 Match 16: Barbados Royals keep unbeaten run intact beating Trinbago by 8 wickets
Barbados Royals kept their unbeaten run intact as they made it six wins from six in Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) following victory over the Trinbago Knight Riders
Match Summary
Barbados Royals 136/2 (Mayers 79, Bosch 33*Dupavillon 2/30)
Trinbago Knight Riders 132 (Pooran 52, Narine 30; Ur Rahman 3/17, Cornwall 2/27)
Result - Barbados Royals won by 8 wickets
Top Tournament Stats - Men's Caribbean Premier League 2022
The Royals won the toss and opted to field first and took full advantage of that decision with their spinners Rahkeem Cornwall and Mujeeb Ur Rahman causing havoc upfront.
Four wickets fell in the first seven overs and the Knight Riders struggled to get back into the game.
Nicholas Pooran put up a valiant fight with a battling half century but the 132 they posted was short of a competitive total.
If there were any lingering doubts in the Royals' minds about chasing the total in front of a raucous Queens Park Oval, Kyle Mayers didn’t read the script. He hit a blistering 79 to stun the home crowd and lead the Royals to a comfortable win.
The Queens Park Oval was silenced inside the PowerPlay as the Royals took out the Knight Riders top order.
Cornwall and the debuting Mujeeb Ur Rahman dismissed Tion Webster, Colin Munro and Tim Seifert in quick succession to leave Nicholas Pooran and Kieron Pollard with a major rescue job on their hands.
When Pollard fell to Ur Rahman straight after the PowerPlay all looked lost for the Knight Riders but Pooran and Sunil Narine put together a fine rebuilding partnership to leave the home team well set at 100/4 with five overs to go.
However when Obed McCoy bowled Pooran for a well-constructed 52 off 44 balls that signalled the end of the Knight Riders fight back. The remaining batters stuttered their way to a total of 132 that was not enough against the irresistible Barbados Royals.
If the Knight Riders were going to have a chance then a lot depended on taking wickets in the PowerPlay, Daryn Dupavillon provided the early joy clean bowling Cornwall for 1.
But that was to be as good as it got as the Hero CPL leading run scorer, Kyle Mayers, hit a stunning 79 from 35 balls to guide the Royals to the edge of victory.
Corbin Bosch and Quinton De Kock saw out the remaining runs with minimum fuss to ensure the Royals remain unbeaten.
Match Stats
Trinbago Knight Riders: Fall of wickets: 1-23 (Tion Webster - 3.1 ov), 2-25 (Colin Munro - 3.6 ov), 3-26 (Tim Seifert - 4.2 ov), 4-37 (Kieron Pollard - 6.1 ov), 5-107 (Nicholas Pooran - 15.5 ov), 6-111 (Sunil Narine - 16.3 ov), 7-115 (Andre Russell - 17.4 ov), 8-121 (Seekkuge Prasanna - 18.6 ov), 9-129 (Ravi Rampaul - 19.3 ov), 10-132 (Daryn Dupavillon - 19.6 ov)
Barbados Royals: Fall of wickets: 1-10 (Rahkeem Cornwall - 1.3 ov), 2-108 (Kyle Mayers - 11.4 ov)
Playing XIs
TRINBAGO KNIGHT RIDERS - Kyle Mayers, Rahkeem Cornwall, Quinton de Kock (WK), Corbin Bosch, David Miller (C), Azam Khan, Jason Holder, Hayden Walsh, Obed McCoy, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Ramon Simmonds
BARBADOS ROYALS - Tion Webster. Sunil Narine. Colin Munro. Tim Seifert (WK). Nicholas Pooran. Andre Russell. Kieron Pollard (C). Seekkuge Prasanna. Jayden Seales. Ravi Rampaul. Daryn Dupavillon
Match Details
Date - 2022-09-13 23:00:00
Venue - Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad
Toss - Barbados Royals won the toss & elected to field
Umpires - Deighton Butler (West Indies), Nigel Duguid (West Indies), Verdayne Smith (West Indies
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