GROS ISLET, St Lucia, CMC – Trinbago Knight Riders defeated St Lucia Stars by nine wickets in the opening game of the 2017 Caribbean Premier League at the Darren Sammy Cricket Ground here Friday night.
Scores:
STARS 132 for nine off 20 overs (Andre Fletcher 26, Kyle Mayers 23; Shadab Khan 2-15, Dwayne Bravo 2-23)
KNIGHT RIDERS 137 for one off 10.4 overs (Colin Munro 66 not out, Brendon McCullum 58 not out)
Scoreboard
STARS
J Charles c DM Bravo b Pierre 2
A Fletcher lbw b Shadab Khan 26
+Kamran Akmal run out 5
M Samuels c DM Bravo b Cooper 13
J Ryder c Munro b Shadab Khan 18
R Cornwall b DJ Bravo 10
*D Sammy c Scantlebury-Searles b Beaton 6
K Mayers run out 23
J Taylor c DM Bravo b DJ Bravo 11
M McClenaghan not out 0
Extras (b1, lb1, w14, nb2) 18
TOTAL (9 wkts, 20 overs) 132
Did not bat: O McCoy.
Fall of wickets: 1-18, 2-27, 3-55, 4-72, 5-81, 6-95, 7-101, 8-125, 9-132.
Bowling: Beaton 4-0-29-1, Pierre 2-0-24-1, Cooper 2-0-15-1, Narine 4-0-24-0, Shadab Khan 4-0-15-2, DJ Bravo 4-0-23-2.
TKR
B McCullum not out 58
S Narine b Taylor 0
C Munro not out 66
Extras (lb7, nb3, w3) 13
TOTAL (1 wkt, 10.4 overs) 137
Did not bat: DM Bravo, +D Ramdin, *DJ Bravo, K Cooper, J Scantlebury-Searles, Shadab Khan, R Beaton, K Pierre.
Fall of wicket: 1-5.
Bowling: Taylor 3-0-22-1, McClenaghan 2.4-0-32-0, McCoy 2-0-28-0, Cornwall 2-0-27-0, Sammy 1-0-21-1.
Result: Knight Riders won by nine wickets.
Man-of-the-Match: Shadab Khan.
Toss: Knight Riders.
Umpires: G Brathwaite, L Rusere; TV – N Duguid.