BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Brandon King	c Simmons b Ali Khan	0	3	-	0	0	0.00

Chandrapaul Hemraj	c & b Narine	3	6	-	0	0	50.00

Shimron Hetmyer	not out	63	44	-	2	2	143.18
Ross Taylor	b Narine	33	21	-	2	2	157.14

Nicholas Pooran †	c DJ Bravo b Seales	18	16	-	2	1	112.50

Sherfane Rutherford	c Munro b DJ Bravo	0	2	-	0	0	0.00

Keemo Paul	not out	15	10	-	1	0	150.00
Extras	(lb 7, w 5)	12
TOTAL	17 Ov (RR: 8.47)	144/5
Did not bat: Naveen-ul-Haq, Romario Shepherd, Chris Green (c), Imran Tahir
Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Brandon King, 0.3 ov), 2-23 (Chandrapaul Hemraj, 3.4 ov), 3-73 (Ross Taylor, 9.3 ov), 4-111 (Nicholas Pooran, 13.5 ov), 5-117 (Sherfane Rutherford, 14.2 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Ali Khan	3	0	21	1	7.00	7	1	0	4	0
0.3 to BA King, banged in short and outside off, King eyes up a big leg-side slog, loses his shape, and instead top-edges a catch to point. After a brilliant CPL 2019 season, King falls for a duck in his first innings this season. 1/1
Sikandar Raza	1	0	7	0	7.00	3	0	0	1	0
Sunil Narine	4	0	19	2	4.75	11	1	0	0	0
3.4 to C Hemraj, got him! Stopped on him a bit and he ended up tamely pushing it straight back to Narine off the leading edge, who strikes in his first over.. 23/2 9.3 to LRPL Taylor, through him! The slog sweep connects with air and Narine connects with the stumps. Brought this closer to off stump and spinning into Taylor, who was eyeing the cow corner boundary again. But Narine gets this to spin sharply in, and knock back off stump. Good little knock by Taylor ends. 73/3
Fawad Ahmed	3	0	26	0	8.66	6	2	1	0	0
Jayden Seales	2	0	24	1	12.00	4	2	2	0	0
13.5 to N Pooran, simple catch to extra cover first wicket for the young Seales. Went for a flat-batted slog to another wide and full one, ended up top edging for the ball to spoon to the fielder. 111/4
Dwayne Bravo	4	0	40	1	10.00	4	1	2	0	0
14.2 to SE Rutherford, caught at long-on and that is wicket number 498 to Dwayne Bravo in T20s. Took the pace off this as he does, and bowled it wide of off. Rutherford had to go for it and did, with a slog-sweep but got it off the toe end. Still had enough for Munro to take the catch above his head at the edge of the boundary. 117/5

Trinbago Knight Riders (T: 145 runs from 17 ovs)

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Lendl Simmons	c Imran Tahir b Naveen-ul-Haq	17	21	-	2	0	80.95

Sunil Narine	c Paul b Imran Tahir	50	28	-	2	4	178.57

Colin Munro	c King b Shepherd	17	7	-	1	2	242.85

Darren Bravo	c Hetmyer b Naveen-ul-Haq	30	27	-	0	2	111.11

Kieron Pollard (c)	c King b Imran Tahir	10	11	-	0	1	90.90

Tim Seifert †	c King b Paul	2	3	-	0	0	66.66

Dwayne Bravo	not out	6	3	-	1	0	200.00
Sikandar Raza	not out	0	0	-	0	0	-
Extras	(lb 4, w 11)	15
TOTAL	16.4 Ov (RR: 8.82)	147/6
Did not bat: Ali Khan, Fawad Ahmed, Jayden Seales
Fall of wickets: 1-22 (Lendl Simmons, 4.1 ov), 2-56 (Colin Munro, 6.4 ov), 3-100 (Sunil Narine, 10.5 ov), 4-122 (Kieron Pollard, 14.1 ov), 5-131 (Tim Seifert, 15.1 ov), 6-142 (Darren Bravo, 16.3 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Naveen-ul-Haq	3.4	0	21	2	5.72	11	2	0	3	0
4.1 to LMP Simmons, slower bouncer outside off does it! Simmons, probably more confident after the last over, was shaping to thrash this into the offside after stepping away, but it was a slower bouncer that he didn't read at all. Way too early into the shot, which takes the toe end of the bat and loops comfortably to backward square leg. Clever bit of bowling by the young pacer. 22/1 16.3 to DM Bravo, slower ball and he backs away to try and punch through cover, but it flies off the bat's top half and taken by the fielder running in to take it. 142/6
Chris Green	3	0	31	0	10.33	6	2	2	0	0
Romario Shepherd	3	0	30	1	10.00	8	1	3	2	0
6.4 to C Munro, slower ball, back of a length, cramped for space, and his attempted fend bobs off the bat. Fielder at midwicket has to dive to his left, and he holds on to it. Munro pays the price for using hard hands. 56/2
Keemo Paul	3	0	21	1	7.00	8	0	1	5	0
15.1 to TL Seifert, short and wide, and the batsman backs away before reaching at it. That means he toe-ends the cut, and the fielder at cover dives full stretch to hold on to it. 131/5
Imran Tahir	4	0	40	2	10.00	6	1	3	1	0
10.5 to SP Narine, this time Tahir gets to celebrate! Full, outside off, and tries to clear deep midwicket with a slog sweep, but doesn't have the distance.. 100/3 14.1 to KA Pollard, toe ends it straight to long on! And Tahir is off celebrating again. Low full toss and Pollard gifts this.... 122/4

MATCH FLOW

Guyana Amazon Warriors innings
Wet Ground: Guyana Amazon Warriors - 0/0
Rain: Guyana Amazon Warriors - 0/0
Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 5.0 (Mandatory - 32 runs, 2 wickets)
Guyana Amazon Warriors: 50 runs in 7.4 overs (46 balls), Extras 8
3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 34 balls (SO Hetmyer 15, LRPL Taylor 33, Ex 2)
Guyana Amazon Warriors: 100 runs in 12.3 overs (75 balls), Extras 12
SO Hetmyer: 50 off 38 balls (2 x 4, 1 x 6)
Innings Break: Guyana Amazon Warriors - 144/5 in 17.0 overs (SO Hetmyer 63, KMA Paul 15)

Trinbago Knight Riders innings
Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 5.0 (Mandatory - 30 runs, 1 wicket)
Trinbago Knight Riders: 50 runs in 6.2 overs (38 balls), Extras 3
Strategic Timeout: Trinbago Knight Riders - 81/2 in 9.0 overs (SP Narine 35, DM Bravo 5)
SP Narine: 50 off 27 balls (2 x 4, 4 x 6)
Trinbago Knight Riders: 100 runs in 10.4 overs (64 balls), Extras 8

MATCH DETAILS

Brian Lara Stadium, Tarouba, Trinidad
Toss	Trinbago Knight Riders, elected to field first
Series	Caribbean Premier League
Season	2020
Player Of The Match	Sunil Narine
Hours of play (local time)	10.00 start, First Session 10.00-11.30, Interval 11.30-11.50, Second Session 11.50-13.20
Match days	18 August 2020 - day (20-over match)
T20 debut	Jayden Seales
Umpires	Deighton Butler Leslie Reifer
TV Umpire	Joel Wilson
Reserve Umpire	Danesh Ramdhanie
Match Referee	Reon King
Points	Trinbago Knight Riders 2, Guyana Amazon Warriors 0

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Trinbago Innings

PLAYER NAME	O	R	W	Econ
Naveen-ul-Haq	3.4	21	2	5.72
CJ Green	3	31	0	10.33
R Shepherd	3	30	1	10
KMA Paul	3	21	1	7
Imran Tahir	4	40	2	10

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