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McCullum, spinners consign Barbados to second defeat in 24 hours

Trinbago Knight Riders 130 for 6 (McCullum 66, Irfan 2-24) beat Barbados Tridents 128 for 8 (Hope 42, Fawad 2-13, Bravo 2-23, Pierre 2-29) by four wickets

Trinbago Knight Riders joined Jamaica Tallawahs at the top of the table on eight points after a dominant display in a four-wicket win over Barbados Tridents. The final margin painted the Tridents in a flattering light, but they were out of the game by the second over when left-arm spinner Khary Pierre singlehandedly wrecked the Tridents top order with two wickets and a run-out off his own bowling in the space of four balls.

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Powell fifty propels Tallawahs atop the table

Jamaica Tallawahs 204 for 5 (Powell 64, Williams 3-34) beat St Lucia Stars 183 for 8 (Pollard 46, Simmons 45, Russell 2-15) by 21 runs

After ending their three-game Florida ‘home’ slate winless, the Jamaica Tallawahs looked more at ease in a true road setting as Andre Russell’s charges rediscovered the winning touch in St Lucia by scoring a 21-run win over St Lucia Stars. A match-up with the franchise holding the most losses in CPL history was just the tonic the Tallawahs needed to reclaim the first place on the table as Rovman Powell‘s splendid 64 took the Tallawahs past 200.

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Patriots overcome miserly Irfan spell to register third win

St Kitts and Nevis Patriots 148 for 4 (King 60, Thomas 32, Irfan 2-1) beat Barbados Tridents 147 for 6 (Holder 54, Cutting 2-18, Devich 2-25) by six wickets

Brandon King overcame a torturous opening spell from Mohammad Irfan to record his maiden CPL fifty, leading the St Kitts & Nevis Patriots to a six-wicket win over Barbados Tridents on Saturday evening at Kensington Oval.

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Pollard blitz keeps Stars playoffs hopes alive

St Lucia Stars 141 for 4 (Fletcher 45, Pollard 41*, Permaul 2-20) beat Guyana Amazon Warriors 140 for 9 (Delport 25, McCoy 2-23) by six wickets

Captain Kieron Pollard ensured St Lucia Stars’ playoff hopes aren’t snuffed out as the Stars bounced back from Tuesday night’s abysmal effort of 69 all out to trip up CPL table-toppers Guyana Amazon Warriors by six wickets with 11 balls to spare.

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Smith mimics Afridi to send Tallawahs tumbling

Barbados Tridents 156 for 6 (Smith 63, Hope 43, Russell 2-32) beat Jamaica Tallawahs 154 for 3 (Charles 42, Smith 2-19) by two runs

Jamaica Tallawahs can’t wait to get on the first plane out of Fort Lauderdale after their disastrous three-game ‘home’ stretch in Florida ended with yet another defeat. Steven Smith was the architect of their woes, striking a half-century to lead Barbados Tridents to a total of 156 and following it up with a match-winning spell of 2 for 19 in three overs.

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Sheldon Cottrell, spinners knock over Stars for 69

St Kitts & Nevis Patriots 70 for 3 (Thomas 38*, Hodge 1-1) beat St Lucia Stars 69 (Ahmad 24, Cottrell 3-14, Lamichhane 2-13) by seven wickets

After shellacking 226 – the highest total in the CPL – and snapping their 14-match losing streak on Friday, St Lucia Stars returned to their old ways, folding for 69 in 12.3 overs against St Kitts & Nevis Patriots at the Darren Sammy Stadium. Notably, this was the shortest innings and the third-lowest total in the league.

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Trinbago Knight Riders beat Jamaica Tallawahs in a final ball thriller in Lauderhill

Javon Scantlebury-Searles crashed the final ball of the match for four as Trinbago Knight Riders sealed a thrilling four-wicket victory over Jamaica Tallawahs in a high-scoring Caribbean Premier League match at Lauderhill.

A 112-run fourth-wicket partnership between Glenn Phillips and South African David Miller had helped the Tallawahs set the holders 183 to win.

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Tallawahs suffer first defeat as Hetmyer stars in Florida with century

Jamaica Tallawahs suffered their first defeat of the 2018 Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) going down by 72 runs against Guyana Amazon Warriors in Florida on Saturday night.

The Tallawahs lost their last eight wickets for just 35 runs.

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Ton-up Pollard Stars as St Lucia Stars Clinch First CPL Win in Two Years

A maiden T20 hundred from skipper Kieron Pollard at last propelled St Lucia Stars to a first Caribbean Premier League (CPL) victory in 15 matches as the disappointment of 24 hours earlier was washed away in a dominant 38-run victory over Barbados Tridents.

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Darren Bravo, McCullum turn tables on Stars in breathtaking chase

Trinbago Knight Riders 218 for 5 (Darren Bravo 94*, McCullum 68, McClenaghan 2-21) beat St Lucia Stars 212 for 2 (Warner 72*, Pollard 65*) by five wickets

After a dim start to the season, marked by three winless matches on the road, St Lucia Stars’ season had begun to look brighter on Thursday night, after a trio of half-centurions boosted them to a franchise record total. But in the end, history repeated itself, as Trinbago Knight Riders maintained their impressive record over the Stars, who crashed to a stunning five-wicket defeat at the Darren Sammy National Cricket Stadium in Gros Islet.

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