The veteran all-rounder, JP Duminy scored a superb fifty combined with the bowling effort from Hayden Walsh Jr helped Barbados Tridents to end their eight-match losing home streak in the ongoing Caribbean Premier League (CPL) by defeating the defending champions Trinbago Knight Riders by 63 runs on Thursday.
Duminy smashed the fastest ever CPL half-century before Walsh Jr took the first five-wicket haul of the season as the Knight Riders came up well short in their pursuit of the Tridents’ 192/5. Tridents had been given a solid platform by openers Johnson Charles and Jonathan Carter, both men passing 50 in a first-wicket stand worth 110. Duminy provided the late push amassing 65 runs in just 20 balls to propel his team to a winning total.
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In all, 76 came from the last five overs of the innings, but it ended with the disappointment of the three quick wickets. Carter’s half-century was certainly overshadowed by Duminy’s but he was more fluent in his 58 from 39, striking the ball crisply and collecting eight fours.
During the chase, Colin Munro had flown to 23 from 12 when a rare miscue sent the ball high into the sky but over the backpedaling Jason Holder at mid-off. Walsh Jr then started his own contribution to the Tridents’ success as he bowled Denesh Ramdin for 11 from 14 balls.
Kieron Pollard, Neesham and Seekkuge all fell in his second over to leave the defending champions reeling at 83/7 and out of the contest, while Walsh Jr had the amazing figures of 2-0-4-4. Darren Bravo smashed the leg-spinner for a four and a six off to slightly dent those figures, but Walsh teased Bravo into a miscue outside off stump to secure his fifth wicket and spark wild celebrations around the Kensington Oval.
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For all Walsh Jr’s brilliance, it was still fitting that the final word should go to Duminy. Despite the loss, the Knight Riders remain second despite having now gone three matches without a victory after winning their first four.
