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Trinbago Knightriders lifts 2018 CPL title

by September 17th, 2018

The Trinbago Knightriders became the first team to capture consecutive Hero Caribbean Premier League titles after romping to a 8 wicket win over the Guyana Amazon Warriors in the 2018 championship decider at the Brain Lara Stadium in Trinidad last night.

In a game which was affected by rain the Knightriders chased down a winning target of 148 and secure the victory at 150 for 2 with 15 balls to spare.

Kiwis batsman Colin Munro was once again the star clobbering an unbeaten 68 from 39 balls.

The player of the tournament smashed 6 fours and 3 sixes in his knock and in the process ended the campaign with a record 567 runs.

This after Brendan McCallum 39 and Dinesh Ramdin 24 had put on 52 for the first wicket.

Chris green and Romario Sheperd picked up a wicket for the amazon warriors.

Earlier they amazon warriors who have now lost in four CPL finals posted a modest 147 for 9 from their 20 overs.

Spinner Khary Pierre starred with the ball bagging 3 for 29 while Dwayne bravo picked up 2 for 30.

After the game Knightriders captain Dwayne Bravo gave credit to the chief contributors for the win.

Chris green the amazon warriors captain while expressing disappointment said the knight-riders were deserving winners

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