Antigua Hawksbills vs Barbados Tridents 15th CPL T20 Match 2013


  • Barbados Royals
    97/9
    20 Overs
    Raymon Reifer
    30(42)
    Umar Akmal
    15(18)
    Sheldon Cotter..
    20/4
    Marlon Samuels
    12/2
  • Antigua Hawksbills
    98/5
    19 Overs
    Orlando Peters
    31(22)
    Marlon Samuels
    18(28)
    Shannon Gabrie..
    7/1
    Shoaib Malik
    3/1
Hawksbills win the low scoring tie against Tridents - The Antigua Hawksbills acted as the hosts to Barbados Tridents in a Caribbean Premiere League match. this was a must win game for the home team as a win in this match will keep them in hunt for the knock out stage of the tournament. after winning the toss the Tridents elected to bat first. the first wicket fell for the visitors in form of Dwayne Smith in the 3rd over of the game. The 2nd wicket fell in the 5th over and the visitors soon were struggling at 25/3 at the end of 5 overs. The very next over saw the fall of the Tridents captain Kieron Pollard which took the visitors in deep trouble. Soon the 5th wicket in the form of Shoaib Malik too fell just before the end of 10th over. It was Raymon Reifer and Umar Akmal who scored some runs for the team. the Tridents scored only 97 runs in 20 overs. Sheldon Cottrell was the top bowler taking 4 wickets giving away 20 runs in his 4 overs.

The target of 98 is one of the easiest targets to achieve in 20 overs. The first over of the innings saw the fall of Johnson Charles. The fourth over of the match saw the fall of wicket of Rahkeem Cornwall, leaving the team to a score of 23/2. It was Orlando Peters who top scored scoring 31 runs in 22 balls. the team successfully chased the score of 98 runs in 19 overs. Shoaib Malik was the top bowler who took 1 wicket but gave away only 3 runs in his 4 overs. With this win the Hawksbills earned the important 2 points and Sheldon Cottrell was named the man of the match for a wonderful bowling performance.