Caribbean Premier League 2020: Day 10 – Twitter Reactions

After restricting the St Lucia Zouks for a paltry 92, it seemed to be a matter of time before Barbados Tridents secured a win. But, Jason Holder and Co imploded in the most horrendous manner and lost by three runs, despite playing out their full quota of 20 overs. With 22 runs needed off the last 30 balls, the Tridents could manage only 18 runs, failing to garner any kind of momentum whatsoever.

In his first ball in T20 cricket, leg-spinner Javelle Glenn picked up his maiden wicket in the form of Johnson Charles, who got a useful 42-ball 39 with four fours. Then in the 19th over, the leggie picked up Rashid Khan, pushing the Tridents back. The spinners were hard to get away and the fast bowlers bowled only five overs at the Queen’s Park Oval in Trinidad during the Tridents’ run-chase.

Batting first, the Zouks huffed and puffed and were bowled out with 12 balls left. Leniko Boucher, Roston Chase and Najibullah Zadran got into double digits, but none could convert their starts. Hayden Walsh Jr was the wreaker in chief, picking up three wickets. With their fifth win, the Zouks hold on to their number.2 spot while the Tridents find themselves in the fifth position.

Nicholas Pooran go berserk

In the second of Sunday’s doubleheader, the Guyana Amazon Warriors managed their third win in seven matches, pushing themselves to third in the points table with six points. But had Nicholas Pooran not come to the party, Chris Green and Co would have strained once again. The left-hander smashed four fours and 10 sixes on his way to a 45-ball 100, helping his side win by seven wickets.

The target of 151 wasn’t expected to be a cakewalk on a slow and low strip, but Pooran’s heroics made sure that the Warriors win with 15 balls to spare. After being put in to bat first, the St Kitts and Nevis Patriots notched 150 in their 20 overs on the back on Joshua da Silva’s 59 off 46 balls.

Denesh Ramdin’s 37 off 30 propelled them as well. In the run-chase, the Warriors lost the early wickets of Brandon King, Kevin Sinclair and Shimron Hetmyer with only 25 on the board. With the Warriors needing 126 off 84 balls, Pooran unfolded mayhem in the Patriots dugout.

Here’s how Twitter reacted:

NICHOLAS 1️⃣0️⃣0️⃣RAN 😍#SaddaPunjab #CPL20 #SKPvGAW @nicholas_47 https://t.co/ykT8neLwfT

— Kings XI Punjab (@lionsdenkxip) August 30, 2020

Just sumptuous batting from Pooran. Only if he carries this form in the IPL. Absolutely smoking it !#IPL2020 #CPL20 #Cricket

— Arnav Berry (@square_cut_) August 31, 2020

Pooran just scored a 45-ball 100 on the same pitch where in the previous game both sides did not get to three digits 🤔 #CPL20

— Saurabh Malhotra (@MalhotraSaurabh) August 30, 2020

6️⃣ x 10
4️⃣ x 4

It rained boundaries as Nicholas Pooran brought up the first century of #CPL20, in just 45 balls, in a win for Guyana Amazon Warriors.pic.twitter.com/zlwZpXagRN

— T20 World Cup (@T20WorldCup) August 31, 2020

Nicholas Pooran Scores 45 Ball Century against SKN Patriots 👏👏 3rd Fastest in CPL #IPL2020 #IPLupdates #ENGvsPAK #CPL20 #Cricket #Morgan #Malan pic.twitter.com/9dwwUphx4S

— Abhishek Mishra MSDIAN (@msdian_abhi) August 31, 2020

What a absolute dynamite player Nicholas pooran is #CPL20

— JayDee (@Stoodup4Change) August 30, 2020

Pooran and Sodhi made sure their Indian fans should not be deprived of runs, hence the 100,
Pooran Viram to the carnage ! Thank you Ish Sodhi! #cpl20

— Mon (@monicas004) August 30, 2020

Take a Bow @nicholas_47.
First 💯 of CPL 2020#SKPvGAW #CPL20

— JaayShaan(Shankar) (@JaayShaan) August 31, 2020

@nicholas_47 Congrats on ur century, well deserved #CPL20

— Brit (@brit_phit) August 30, 2020

The dot ball Percentage in this year's CPL is 42%. No major T20 league to have hosted 20+ matches has had higher
dot ball percentagee than this.
Just like tests league!!#CPL20

— Ashmin 🇳🇵🇳🇵🇳🇵Aryal (@ashmin777) August 31, 2020

What a Leadership…. @darensammy88 @MohammadNabi007 a ture champion of Cricket.. Well done St Lucia Zouks.. #CPL20 #IPL2020Updates #IPLinUAE https://t.co/vBd79UN2dF

— Ab Azmeri (@Ab_Azmeri) August 31, 2020

CARIBBEAN PREMIER LEAGUE GAME 19
ST LUCIA ZOUKS 92 beat BARBADOS TRIDENTS 89
Oh boy – Poor batting, great bowling or terrible wicket?
🤦‍♂️
Javelle Glen with 8 runs and 2 for 11 Man of Match 😂#T20World #T20Cricket #T20News pic.twitter.com/hOJnf3tsVQ

— DMT Sports Media (@au_dthompson) August 30, 2020

Ah! Today's win by St Lucia Zouks, defending a modest total of less than 100, under the captaincy of @darensammy88 reminded his days with #SRH in #IPL where he led @SunRisers to similar victories 😀@Zouksonfire @CPL#OrangeArmy #STZvBT #CPL

— మైత్రేయ (@mythreyaa) August 30, 2020

What a match between Barbados Tridents vs St. Lucia Zouks in #CPL20 2020
STZ 92/10 18 overs
BT 89/7 20 Overs

Great performance of cricket by @darensammy88 and company. Fan of your captaincy and you deserve it. Two times #Champions in T20Is.

— SKC Parmar (@SKParmar41200) August 30, 2020

Lowest totals defended successfully: (Full 20 over games)

in T20 Leagues – 92 by St Lucia Zouks vs BT, CPL 2020
in T20I cricket – 96 by West Indies vs IRE, 2014 Kingston

Daren Sammy was the captain of the winning team on both occasions. #CPL2020 #BTvSLZ

— Sampath Bandarupalli (@SampathStats) August 30, 2020