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The actions of Pollard was rather distasteful and downright nasty! It was the sign of a sore loser who did not believe in his own ability to bowl a legitimate ball to prevent Lewis from scoring the century.

The match was already lost at this point and there was absolutely no reason for his actions. But Pollard has been skirting the laws of the game time and time again. His treatment of the injured Rahkeem Cornwall was another example. Prior to that he was deliberately running short run so as to get back on strike. Time and time again he would pull away from the crease when the bowler in near the delivery point...

bottom line, he is a skunt who will soon be ignored by the cricketing powers especially since his performance keeps dropping.
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I will watch my recording of that infamous match tomorrow....
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In front of a good crowd at Kensington Oval on Saturday, Barbados beat Trinbago Knight Riders by 16 runs.

Legspinner Shadab Khan took 2-13 to have Barbados reeling at 62-7, but a rearguard innings of 44 not out from 35 balls from Wayne Parnell rescued the hosts to 136-9. Left-arm pacer Parnell then took 3-31, and he was supported by another leftie, Wahab Riaz (2-24), and medium pacer Kieron Pollard (2-26), as they bowled TKR out for 120 all out. Tailender Javon Searles topscored for the visitors with 29.

Both teams fielded four foreigners, two Barbadians, and four Trinidadians each. Even in their home team, Bajans were outnumbered by Trinis!
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Googley wrote:The actions of Pollard was rather distasteful and downright nasty! It was the sign of a sore loser who did not believe in his own ability to bowl a legitimate ball to prevent Lewis from scoring the century.

The match was already lost at this point and there was absolutely no reason for his actions. But Pollard has been skirting the laws of the game time and time again. His treatment of the injured Rahkeem Cornwall was another example. Prior to that he was deliberately running short run so as to get back on strike. Time and time again he would pull away from the crease when the bowler in near the delivery point...

bottom line, he is a skunt who will soon be ignored by the cricketing powers especially since his performance keeps dropping.
In front of an average crowd on Sunday, St Kitts hammered Barbados by 10 wickets with all of 13 overs to spare, in a game marred by poor sportsmanship from Tridents captain Kieron Pollard.

Medium pacer Carlos Brathwaite took 4-15 and chinaman Tabraiz Shamsi 2-14 as they restricted Barbados to just 128-9. Tion Webster topscored with 32 from 25 balls.

Evin Lewis then blasted 97 not out from only 33 balls, but was denied a well-deserved century when Pollard deliberately bowled a no-ball to deny the St Kitts opener the landmark. The result meant that Barbados failed to advance to the knockout stage.

For the first time in this year's CPL, the Barbados team featured more Barbadians than Trinidadians. The hosts fielded four foreigners, four nationals, and two Trinis. The St Kitts side remained an all-stars outfit, with four foreigners, one Leedot, and three Jamaicans.
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Googley wrote:The actions of Pollard was rather distasteful and downright nasty! It was the sign of a sore loser who did not believe in his own ability to bowl a legitimate ball to prevent Lewis from scoring the century.

The match was already lost at this point and there was absolutely no reason for his actions. But Pollard has been skirting the laws of the game time and time again. His treatment of the injured Rahkeem Cornwall was another example. Prior to that he was deliberately running short run so as to get back on strike. Time and time again he would pull away from the crease when the bowler in near the delivery point...

bottom line, he is a skunt who will soon be ignored by the cricketing powers especially since his performance keeps dropping.
On the face of it, this sounds pointless, truculent and simply spiteful.

I await the views of others with greater understanding of these matters than I have.
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In the playoff at the Brian Lara Stadium in south Trinidad on Tuesday, St Kitts crushed Trinbago Knight Riders by 38 runs in front of a mediocre crowd.

Chris Gayle hit a patient run-a-ball 54 not out, and Brandon King chipped in with 30 from 28 balls, to guide St Kitts to 149-7 on a pitch that assisted the bowlers. Pacers Dwayne Bravo (4-38) and Ronsford Beaton (2-22) did most damage for the hosts.

Left-arm pacer Sheldon Cottrell then took 3-17 to bowl TKR out for 111 all out, Darren Bravo topscoring with 29 from 33 balls. St Kitts advanced to the final, while TKR had to play another eliminator. St Kitts advanced straight to the final, while TKR had to play an eliminator to get another chance of reaching the final.

The St Kitts team featured one Leedot, four foreigners, and three Jamaicans, while TKR fielded three foreigners, and six nationals.
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That might be how Holding sees it, but he's on the wrong side of 40....
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The younger generation in the Caribbean are more interested in T20 cricket than in Holding's beloved Test cricket. The crowds at the CPL have been much better than those who've turned up for Test cricket in the Caribbean. You can count on one hand the number of CPL matches which had a poor crowd...and Wednesday's eliminator was one of them.

In front of a poor crowd at Tarouba on Wednesday, Guyana eliminated Jamaica by five wickets with more than two overs to spare.

Kumar Sangakkara hit 57 not out from 38 balls, and he received support from Lendl Simmons, who made 34 from 25 balls, to take Jamaica to 168-8. Spinners Rashid Khan (3-32) and Steven Jacobs did most damage for Guyana. Afghanistan's Rashid took the first-ever hat-trick in the CPL, ripping the heart out of the Jamaican middle-order, bowling Andre McCarthy, Jonathan Foo and Rovman Powell in succession.

Despite 3-25 from spinner Mahmadullah Riyad, Guyana were taken to victory by Luke Ronchi, who hit 70 from 33 balls, and Chadwick Walton (39 from 23).

The victory carried Guyana into a final playoff with Trinbago Knight Riders, to decide who played St Kitts in the final.
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In front of a good crowd just outside of San Fernando on Thursday, Trinbago Knight Riders raced into the final of the CPL, when they beat Guyana by six wickets.

Offspinner Sunil Narine (2-21) and pacer Ronsford Beaton (2-30) restricted Guyana to 159-6, Chadwick Walton, Gajanand Singh and Roshon Primus hitting 30s. Colin Munro took TKR to victory with an unbeaten knock of 57 from 51 balls, and he received support from Darren Bravo, who made 43 from 27 balls.

Guyana fielded three foreigners and four nationals, while TKR put out four foreigners and five locals.
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The Trinbago Knight Riders won the CPL on Saturday, when they beat St Kitts by three wickets with one over to spare in front of a packed crowd at the Brian Lara Stadium.

Medium pacers Javon Searles (2-29) and Kevon Cooper (2-12) restricted St Kitts to 135-6, Carlos Brathwaite topscoring with 30 not out from 25 balls. Offspinner Sunil Narine was particularly stingy with four overs one wicket for eight runs.

Spinners Tabraiz Shamsi (2-20) and Mohammed Hafeez (2-19), and left-arm pacer Sheldon Cottrell (2-21), hit back to have TKR reeling at 90-7, Colin Munro having made 29 from 23 balls. But then an unbeaten partnership between Denesh Ramdin (26 from 31) and Cooper (29 from 14) carried the hosts to an emotional victory.

St Kitts fielded four foreigners, one Leedot, and three Jamaicans, while TKR featured four foreigners and five nationals. In the end, I think that's what made the difference. More players on the TKR team were playing for their country, and they gave that little bit extra.
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