Barbados Tridents vs Jamaica Tallawahs 19th CPL T20 Match 2013


  • Barbados Royals
    113/4
    20 Overs
    Dwayne Smith
    52(53)
    Raymon Reifer
    22(24)
    Muttiah Murali..
    12/3
    Nikita Miller
    19/1
  • Jamaica Tallawahs
    114/4
    18.1 Overs
    Ahmed Shehzad
    28(25)
    Andre Russell
    27(17)
    Shoaib Malik
    19/1
    Shakib Al Hasa..
    22/1
Tallawahs reach the knockout stage with a win over tridents - Jamaica Tallawahs hosted the mighty Barbados Tridents in a league match of Caribbean Premiere League. the game was played in the last stage of the league and held its own importance. The home team needed a victory in this match to make sure its qualification to the next round. On the other hand the visitors had already cemented their place in the knockout phase. The home side after winning the toss elected to field first. the home team bowlers from the start kept the screws tight and made it difficult for the batsmen to score runs. the first success was achieved in the 7th over when Raymon Reifer lost his wicket. The second success came in the form of Shoaib Malik in the 14th over. He departed after scoring 14 runs and leaving his team to a score of 62/2. The team needed some quick runs but failed miserably. The runs never came because of tight bowling line. At the end the visitors managed to score only 113 runs while Dwayne Smith top scored with 52 runs. The ace off-spinnerMuttiahMuralitharan was the pick of the bowler for the team. he took 3 wickets giving away only 12 runs.

The home side went onto a good start scoring 23 runs in just 2 overs. But soon a speed breaker was applied by the bowlers as the team lost some quick wickets. By the start of 13th over the team was struggling at 65/4 and a good batting was needed to qualify for the next phase. Andre Russell and Jermaine Blackwood displayed some sensible cricket scoring 27 and 21 respectively. Both the batsmen together took their team cross the line. Hence the Tallawahs not only won the match but successfully qualified for the next round. Muralitharan was name the man of the match for his bowling performance.