Akeal Hosein, Andre Russell star in Trinbago Knight Riders hard-fought win
Akeal Hosein and Andre Russell stowed three wickets each as Guyana Amazon Heroes were packaged out for 124, and gave Trinbago Knight Riders a 26-run succeed at the Sovereign's Park Oval on Wednesday, finishing their three-match long string of failures.
Choosing for field, Guyana struck right on time, with Romario Shepherd excusing Tion Webster legbefore for a first-ball duck. Be that as it may, Colin Munro and Nicholas Pooran took the assault to the bowlers. Pooran broke two limits and a six in a space of five balls in Shepherd's next finished, yet the bowler ultimately had the valued scalp of the southpaw who went for one more showy slice to a conveyance outside off just to get a thick edge to the diminutive third man defender.
Munro, notwithstanding, steadied the innings in the organization of Tim Siefert, who was battling to pick speedy runs. The couple, in any case, added a run-a-ball 51 for the third wicket before the previous cleared Tabraiz Shamsi to the defender at long leg. While Imran Tahir and Keemo Paul were difficult to take care of, consolidating to bowl a clean spell of eight overs in which they yielded just 41 takes off, Shamsi fended breaking off with wickets.
The left-arm spinner had Sunil Narine confused and Kieron Pollard tidied up after their short rush and Hosein excused to return figures of 4 for 36. Shepherd excessively got back to excuse Siefert, who had rocked to a 35-ball 27. In any case, more modest however basic commitments by the lower request permitted Knight Riders to post a serious 150 for 8.
Eventually, it ended up being a solid objective for Guyana, who were scratched right on time by the deficiency of Paul Stirling for a three-ball duck. Indeed, even as Chandrapaul Hemraj, Shimron Hetmyer and Heinrich Klaasen got begins, they neglected to force themselves in the pursuit. Sunil Narine's clean spell in the center overs ended up being the underlying obstacle. Colin Ingram, explicitly, battled to handle the spinner prior to getting found out behind off Narine.
Russell and Hosein tore through the center and lower request, picking three wickets each while Narine returned a support as they fell from 81 for 3 to 100 for 9 in a space of five overs. Junior Sinclair and Shamsi endeavored to put on a battle, however it was past the point of no return by then. In spite of a 21-show commitment to the last wicket pair, Guyana couldn't undermine the objective, and with the misfortune, keep on being at the lower part of the focuses table.
Brief Scores: Trinbago Knight Riders 150/8 in 20 overs (Colin Munro 42, Tim Siefert 27; Tabraiz Shamsi 4-36, Romario Shpeherd 3-22) beat Guyana Amazon Warriors 124 in 17.5 overs (Chandrapaul Hemraj 28, Shimron Hetmyer 20; Andre Russell 3-16, Akeal Hosein 3-36) by 26 runs