CPL 2022, Trinbago Knight Riders vs Guyana Amazon Warriors: Russell, Munro sparkle for TKR

The
Amazon
Warriors
won
the
toss
and
opted
to
field
first
and
they
produced
a
disciplined
performance
with
the
ball
that
kept
the
Knight
Riders
in
check
throughout.

Led
by
Tabraiz
Shamsi’s
4/36,
wickets
were
taken
at
regular
intervals
to
ensure
that
no
batter
ever
felt
comfortable
at
the
crease
as
the
Knight
Riders
reached
150/8.

Needing
151
to
win
the
Amazon
Warriors
got
off
to
the
worst
possible
start
losing
Paul
Sterling
for
a
duck
and
three
wickets
in
total
in
the
power
play.

Shimron
Hetmyer
and
Colin
Ingram
briefly
threatened
to
take
the
game
away
from
the
Knight
Riders
but
when
Andre
Russell
removed
Hetmyer
the
collapse
began
and
the
remaining
Amazon
Warriors
batters
fell
for
just
26
runs.

Earlier
on
the
Knight
Riders
had
constructed
their
best
total
of
the
Hero
CPL
campaign
courtesy
of
a
well
compiled
42
from
Colin
Munro.

Overcoming
the
early
loss
of
Tion
Webster
and
Nicholas
Pooran,
Munro
combined
with
Tim
Siefert
to
compile
a
51-run
partnership
that
set
a
foundation
for
some
late
order
risk
taking.

Sunil
Narine,
Kieron
Pollard
and
Ravi
Rampaul
hit
a
combined
five
sixes
to
help
the
Knight
Riders
set
a
total
of
150
runs
that
always
appeared
as
if
it
would
be
tricky
to
chase.

This
proved
to
be
the
case
in
the
Amazon
Warrior
reply.
No
batter
was
able
to
face
more
than
20
deliveries
and
despite
reaching
81/4
in
the
10^th
over.
The
Amazon
Warriors
lost
their
remaining
six
wickets
for
43
runs
to
succumb
to
a
heavy
defeat.

The
returning
Akeal
Hosein
proved
to
be
crucial
in
the
Knight
Riders
bowling
attack
taking
3/36
and
he
was
ably
supported
by
the
parsimonious
Andre
Russell
(3/16)
and
Sunil
Narine
(2/9).

Brief
scores:
Trinbago
Knight
Riders:
150/8
(Munro
42,
Seifert
27;
Shamsi
4/36,
Shepherd
3/22)
beat
Guyana
Amazon
Warriors
124
all
out
(Hemraj
28,
Hetmyer
20;
Russell
3/16,
Hosein
3/36)
by
26
runs.