Jonathan Carter’s (pictured right) half-century set up a match-winning total for Barbados Tridents.
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By Riley Taylor (@rileyttaylor21)
Caribbean Premier League Final
Barbados Tridents v Guyana Amazon Warriors at Brian Lara Cricket Academy, Trinidad
Barbados Tridents: 171/6 (Carter 50no, Charles 39, Tahir 1-24, Laughlin 1-28)
Guyana Amazon Warriors: 144/9 (King 43, Paul 25, Riefer 4-24, Gurney 2-24)
Barbados Tridents won by 27 runs
Full scorecard: https://www.cplt20.com/match-centre
Barbados Tridents won their second Caribbean Premier League title after beating Guyana Amazon Warriors in a thrilling encounter in Trinidad.
The Tridents collapsed to 108/6 before a half-century from Jonathan Carter pushed them up to 171/6 before Raymond Reifer took four wickets as they cruised to victory.
Barbados captain Jason Holder won the toss and elected to bat first with openers Charles and Hales adding a 43-run partnership in five overs.
Guyana then got a double breakthrough as Hales (28) and Phil Salt (0) departed within six balls of each other.
Charles (39) counterattacked briefly before his dismissal led to a collapse of 35/4 in five overs.
39 off 22 balls for Johnson Charles!!! #CPL19 #BiggestPartyInSport #CricketPlayedLouder #GAWvBT #CPLFinal pic.twitter.com/yc0FlZQubQ
— CPL T20 (@CPL) October 12, 2019
Carter then provided some much-needed fireworks with eight boundaries, as he and Ashley Nurse took the Tridents through to the end of their innings with a 63-run partnership.
Guyana’s chase started poorly as Riefer dismissed Chandrapaul Hemraj (1) and Shimron Hetmyer (5) in the powerplay.
The Warriors then lost Shoaib Malik (4) in the seventh over, the skipper caught by Riefer off the tournament’s top wicket-taker, Hayden Walsh Junior.
The tournament’s highest run-scorer, Brandon King added some quick runs before Nurse dismissed him and Pooran within three overs as Guyana continued to struggle.
Jonathan Carter is carting it all around
The Tridents have crossed 150 with a little more than an over to go#CPL19 | https://t.co/48GrRucH3x pic.twitter.com/IuqjBz9k9q
— ESPNcricinfo (@ESPNcricinfo) October 12, 2019
Sherfane Rutherford (15) and Romario Shepherd (9) were then dismissed cheaply by Harry Gurney and Reifer respectively as Guyana chased quick runs.
Some late hitting from Keemo Paul (24) gave the Warriors a sliver of hope but when he and Chris Green (5) departed, Barbados had the game won.
Barbados Tridents are the Champions of CPL 19! #GAWvBT #CPLFinal #BiggestPartyInSport #CPL19 #LetsGoTridents #WeTridentStrong #LifeNice pic.twitter.com/PMYMy0Cw5s
— Barbados Tridents (@BIMTridents) October 13, 2019
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