END OF OVER:
20 | 7 Runs 2 Wkts | TKR: 170/9 (7 runs required, RR: 8.50)

  • Waqar Salamkheil0 (1b)
  • Josh Little1 (1b)
  • Roshon Primus4-0-40-2
  • Shamar Springer4-0-31-1

11pm That will be all from us for tonight. Another humdinger, and a game where the Falcons finally got off the mark. We will be back at it again tomorrow and we hope to have your company then. Until next time, this is goodbye from Shashwat, Thilak, Vairavan and everyone else at ESPNcricinfo. Take care, folks!

Chris Green, Antigua and Barbuda Falcons captain: We have had a tough time here at home, we were not at our best in the last couple of games. The way we finished, bringing four in and then three in and then getting a man sent off, I think they got the timings wrong. (On losing the toss again) Luck has not been on my side, really happy for the fans and for my team. The thing that makes me so happy was that Primus, Springer and Amir, they have had some tough times but the character and the bravery they showed, when nothing was going their way, that was serious character. We still have to carry on playing this positive, aggressive brand of cricket. I think we showed ourselves what we can do. Nothing needs to change. We know the equation is simple and we need to apply our knowledge (for the rest of the games on the road).

Kieron Pollard, Trinbago Knight Riders captain: It was a good game of cricket. Just felt we let ourselves down a bit. We have to play the emerging players - that rule is there for a reason (smiles). But you saw the way he (Parris) batted, he had some elegance and character. It is about giving opportunities (to the emerging players) as well. It is early in the tournament. When we get to Trinidad, the games will come thick and fast. We have a couple of days off, so we will travel, take some rest and then get back to practice. There is a good bunch of experienced guys who understand the nature of travelling and cricket.

Fabian Allen, Player of the Match: We were searching for that win and grateful we got it tonight. (On him batting higher up) Whatever the team requires, I will bat there. (On the catch to dismiss Pooran) When you take catches of one of the best players, you have to celebrate and I am grateful (I could take it). I just wanted to bowl in the right areas and got the results. We were searching for 180 but 170-odd is good on this wicket, we defended well. (On the crowd) Grateful for the crowd, they supported us right through.

10:43pm Phew. What a game of cricket that was. It ebbed and flowed. It twisted and turned. And it was perhaps fitting that Primus, who huffed and puffed with the bat and contributed to a major middle-overs slowdown, stood tall with the ball, restricting the Knight Riders and getting the job done for the home side. Prior to that, Springer had done his bit, especially removing Carty in the previous over. Allen was also magnificent through the middle and it was arguably his spell that sowed the seeds of success for the Falcons.

The Knight Riders will be disappointed. The total seemed within reach but they just could not kick on when it mattered. They kept losing wickets at crucial moments and despite Carty and Pollard putting together a decent partnership to take them within touching distance, they could not get over the line. Their decision to hold Pooran back also seemed to misfire, given the required run-rate had shot up to more than ten runs per over when he came out to bat. It was a game of fine margins and unfortunately for the Knight Riders, they were not on the right side of those tonight.

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Primus to Waqar Salamkheil, no run, there it is! Primus roars in delight and the crowd follows suit soon after! The Falcons' CPL 2024 campaign finally takes flight! Back of a length just outside off. Salamkheil, for some reason, looks for the lap and makes no contact whatsoever. Each and every Falcons fielder comes rushing over to Primus. They were up against it. They had all the odds stacked against them - three fielders outside the ring, just ten on the field and yet, they found a way. Perhaps they were meant to, after all the heartbreak earlier in the tournament, and after all the support they have received from their passionate fans throughout, despite the previous results!

7 needed off the last ball. Salamkheil to face. A six and we go into.....A Super Over

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Primus to Hosein, 1 run, OUT, hard length outside off. Hosein moves across his stumps and splices it into the mid wicket region. Hosein always seems second-best to complete the second run but there could be a bit of drama with Billings fumbling his collection. Has he done enough to effect the run out? Billings does not take the bails off, but the ball ends up bobbling ono the top of the stumps. The rub of the green goes the Falcons' way, and they can feel and touch that elusive victory now!

AJ Hosein run out 11 (6b 1x4 0x6) SR: 183.33

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Trinbago 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st10SP NarineAGS Gous
2nd62AGS GousSD Parris
3rd0AGS GousN Pooran
4th7AGS GousKU Carty
5th63KA PollardKU Carty
6th11AD RussellKU Carty
7th2KU CartyT Hinds
8th13AJ HoseinT Hinds
9th2AJ HoseinJB Little
10th0JB LittleWaqar Salamkheil