Tarouba: Akeal Hosein scalped three wickets while Lendl Simmons played an unbeaten knock of 54 runs as Trinbago Knight Riders defeated Jamaica Tallawahs by nine wickets in the first semi-final of the ongoing Caribbean Premier League (CPL) 2020 here at the Brian Lara Cricket Stadium on Tuesday.
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Now, Trinbago Knight Riders will face the winners of the match between Guyana Amazon Warriors and St Lucia Zouks in the finals of CPL 2020 on Thursday, September 10.
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What a start for the Trinbago Knight Riders and Akeal Hosein taking 3/14 👏👏👏 #CPL20 #TKRvJT #RoadToTheFinal #CricketPlayedLouder pic.twitter.com/T3kfbJLKv3
— CPL T20 (@CPL) September 8, 2020 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data="
">What a start for the Trinbago Knight Riders and Akeal Hosein taking 3/14 👏👏👏 #CPL20 #TKRvJT #RoadToTheFinal #CricketPlayedLouder pic.twitter.com/T3kfbJLKv3
— CPL T20 (@CPL) September 8, 2020What a start for the Trinbago Knight Riders and Akeal Hosein taking 3/14 👏👏👏 #CPL20 #TKRvJT #RoadToTheFinal #CricketPlayedLouder pic.twitter.com/T3kfbJLKv3
— CPL T20 (@CPL) September 8, 2020
Chasing 108, Trinbago Knight Riders lost the wicket of Sunil Narine (4) in the second over of the innings as he was clean bowled by Mujeeb Ur Rahman, reducing the side to 14/1.
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The Jamaica Tallawahs finish on 107/7 can the Talllawahs defend this total? #CPL20 #TKRvJT #RoadToTheFinal #CricketPlayedLouder pic.twitter.com/qCishzlhtn
— CPL T20 (@CPL) September 8, 2020 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data="
">The Jamaica Tallawahs finish on 107/7 can the Talllawahs defend this total? #CPL20 #TKRvJT #RoadToTheFinal #CricketPlayedLouder pic.twitter.com/qCishzlhtn
— CPL T20 (@CPL) September 8, 2020The Jamaica Tallawahs finish on 107/7 can the Talllawahs defend this total? #CPL20 #TKRvJT #RoadToTheFinal #CricketPlayedLouder pic.twitter.com/qCishzlhtn
— CPL T20 (@CPL) September 8, 2020
Lendl Simmons and Tion Webster then got together at the crease for Trinbago Knight Riders and the duo put on 97 runs for the second wicket to keep the side on course for a victory.
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Lendl Simmons is making short work of this run chase! #CPL20 #TKRvJT #RoadToTheFinal #CricketPlayedLouder pic.twitter.com/OSr6K9EU5N
— CPL T20 (@CPL) September 8, 2020 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data="
">Lendl Simmons is making short work of this run chase! #CPL20 #TKRvJT #RoadToTheFinal #CricketPlayedLouder pic.twitter.com/OSr6K9EU5N
— CPL T20 (@CPL) September 8, 2020Lendl Simmons is making short work of this run chase! #CPL20 #TKRvJT #RoadToTheFinal #CricketPlayedLouder pic.twitter.com/OSr6K9EU5N
— CPL T20 (@CPL) September 8, 2020
In the end, Simmons and Webster remained unbeaten on 54 and 44 respectively to guide Trinbago Knight Riders to a win by nine wickets with 30 balls to spare.