CPL 2016: Colin Munro ton in vain Guyana kick Trinbago Knight Riders

Kiwi Colin Munro became a initial abroad actor to make a Caribbean Premier League (CPL) century as he played a conspicuous sole palm that helped a Trinbago Knight Riders to strech a rival measure opposite a Guyana Amazon Warriors, though not a winning one.

Despite a New Zealander’s heroics a Knight Riders finished on a losing side as Australian Chris Lynn saw a Guyana authorization home as distinct in a Trinbago innings there were contributions by all a Amazon Warriors’ batsmen.

As good as it being a initial ton by a non-West Indian it was also Munro’s top measure in T20 cricket, though a emanate was no other Knight Rider could find a approach to measure freely. The spin to that Munro dominated a Knight Riders innings was usually remarkable, he struck 13 bounds including 6 sixes, a rest of group found a ropes usually 3 times.

When Munro came to a double a resources could not have been some-more trying. Fellow New Zealander and Knight Riders’ marquee actor Brendon McCullum had left to a really initial round of a innings. A length smoothness from Sohail Tanvir swung divided from McCullum really somewhat and it held a skinny corner by to a keeper. So Munro walked out to bat to face a second round of a innings with no runs on a board.

This did not seem to put Munro underneath any genuine vigour as he plundered 16 runs from Paul Wintz’s initial over, a second of a match. While each other Trinbago batsman struggled to time a round on a Queen’s Park Oval aspect that was a hold two-paced and was charity spin for a spinners. The subsequent top measure of a innings was 18 by Dwayne Bravo, with usually Darren Bravo and Kevon Cooper also creation it into double figures.

There was something of a slack as Munro changed toward his hundred – a Knight Riders managed usually 3 bounds in a final 5 overs of their innings. They finished on 162 for 5 and they had Munro to appreciate for it. He done 100 runs from 65 balls, a rest of a group managed usually 53 runs from a bat from 56 balls.

The Amazon Warriors got off to a navigator in their follow of 163 to win, with Dwayne Smith looking to lift on from a 62 he done opposite a St Kitts Nevis Patriots in his final match. He had done it to 26 when a glorious Sunil Narine doosra pinned him lbw. When associate opener Martin Guptill over in a 10th over, bowled by a Nikita Miller round that went on with a arm, there was outrageous vigour on Chris Lynn.

In a past Lynn has struggled on branch pitches opposite high category spin, though here he put those struggles behind him. He done 77 from 43 balls and struck an implausible 8 Hero Maximums as he helped Guyana to victory, good upheld by Jason Mohammed who finished on 33.

This better means a Knight Riders have usually one win from their initial 3 home fixtures that will be a beating for a side that has done a Queen’s Park Oval a outpost in a past. TKR will face an in-form Jamaica Tallawahs in their final home compare of on Monday night.

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