Clinical TKR drub Tridents to arrest three-match slide

Trinbago Knight Riders vs Barbados Tridents – Match Summary

• Date & Venue: Friday, 28 August – Trinidad

• Result: Trinbago Knight Riders won by 7 wickets (128/3 in 14.5 overs)

• Barbados Tridents: 127/9 in 20 overs

  • Top score: Zachary Carter 28
  • Bowling figures: Sunil Narine 2‑14, Kieron Pollard 2‑19

• Trinbago Knight Riders: 128/3 in 14.5 overs

  • Sunil Narine 55 (off 36 balls) – 6 fours, 4 sixes
  • Colin Munro 37 (off 21 balls) – 4 fours, 2 sixes
  • Chris Green 1‑20

Key Points

• The Tridents struggled early, reaching only 31/2 in the first six overs and finishing on 127/9.
• A late surge by Chris Green (two consecutive sixes in the 17th over) added 30 runs in the final three overs, but it wasn’t enough.
• Knight Riders opened explosively: Colin Munro hit two boundaries off Mujeeb Ur Rahman and a six in his first over.
• At the end of the Powerplay, Knight Riders were 60/0, having scored almost half the required total.
• Sunil Narine accelerated after the Powerplay, smashing sixes off Rivaldo Clarke and reaching his half‑century by the 12th over.
• A solid 95‑run partnership between Narine and Munro set the platform; the stand ended when Munro was out in the 10th over.
• Despite losing two more wickets, Knight Riders comfortably chased the target, finishing in the 15th over.

Brief Scorecard