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Pollard's Tridents take on Ramdin's Warriors in CPL opener
« on: June 20, 2015, 02:04:46 AM »
Pollard's Tridents take on Ramdin's Warriors in CPL opener.
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Barbados Tridents' Jason Holder said the defending champions are out to prove a point when they host Guyana Amazon Warriors in the opening match of the Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) at the Kensington Oval, Barbados, from 6 p.m. today.

And up to eight 'Trinis' could feature in the proceedings, including Tridents skipper Kieron Pollard, along with Ravi Rampaul, Akeal Hosein, Rayad Emrit and Navin Stewart in the line up.

Meanwhile, Denesh Ramdin will lead the Amazon Warriors with Lendl Simmons and Sunil Narine also in the squad. The 2015 tournament opener throws together a rematch of last year's rain-marred final, in which the Tridents prevailed by eight runs under the Duckworth-Lewis method.

In the 2014 final, the Tridents were restricted to 152 for six and the Amazon Warriors were 107 for four after 15.5 overs when rain intervened. They needed 46 to win off 25 balls with six wickets in hand.

That result left many Amazon Warriors fans feeling hard done by, but Holder says last year's events add more spice to the opening fixture.

“They think that they had a chance to win that game so I think it'll be interesting to see how we match up against them this year. We always have a good game against Guyana,” said Holder.

“I think they beat us in the preliminary stage last year so we will look to make amends from that and show them that if the final had finished last year we would have won,” he added.

The Tridents began their preparations for the tournament at the Kensington Oval this week and Holder added that confidence is high in the camp, despite high expectations being placed on the 2014 champions.

“We are defending champions and the other franchises will be coming out to beat us this year. The first season we started very well and faded. Last year we didn't start so hot but peaked at the right time,” added the 23-year-old Barbadian.

“Obviously there will be people who have their opinions and will talk as we build up towards the tournament but that's normal in a sense and you just find a way to deal with it. I wouldn't say there is any added pressure just because we are defending the title.

“For us it is just about getting into the tournament and executing our skills in pressure situations. If we do that more often than not, we will come up on top,” Holder added.


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Pollard stars in Trident's grand opening
« Reply #1 on: June 21, 2015, 03:08:12 AM »


Kieron Pollard's all-round brilliance was the centrepiece in Barbados Tridents' crushing win against Guyana Amazon Warriors in the opening game of the Caribbean Premier League, in Bridgetown. Pollard smashed 48 off 26 deliveries to inject momentum into a flagging innings and helped his team raise a challenging total of 158. He then rotated his bowlers well, himself striking twice, to bowl Amazon Warriors out in 18 overs.

The match-up, a repeat of the controversial final last season, promised much with both sides loaded with experienced T20 campaigners from around the world, but turned out to be rather one-sided, with Tridents, again, the winners.

Opting to bat first, Tridents lost their openers within the first five overs and would have struggled further had it not been for Jonathan Carter's three sixes. Carter was dismissed in the 11th over, caught in the deep off Sunil Narine, with Tridents on 67. Pollard walked in at that stage to join Shoaib Malik, took a couple of overs to settle down, before hitting a six and a four off the first two balls of the 14th over. Ronsford Beaton was then carted away for 15 runs in the 16th over.

By the time the partnership between Pollard and Malik ended, 56 runs had been added in six overs. Pollard was dismissed two short of his half-century but Navin Steward, who hit consecutive sixes in the 19th over, ensured the team had a big finish.

Amazon Warriors needed just that at the start of the innings but ended up losing three wickets - Lendl Simmons, Shiv Chanderpaul and Denesh Ramdin - in the first four overs. Pollard ensured there was no fightback by dismissing Tillakaratne Dilshan in his first over. When Robin Peterson dismissed Brad Hodge in the next, Amazon Warriors had lost half their side. There were no surprises thereafter.

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Re: Pollard's Tridents take on Ramdin's Warriors in CPL opener
« Reply #2 on: June 21, 2015, 07:54:39 AM »
FIVE Trinbagonians featured on the Tridents team (Four Trinis, One Bago)

Watched the game and good performances from Tridents players, Holder, Pollard, Stewart.

Narine bowled well for Warriors but the team batting was poor.
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