CPL 2020: Knight Riders book final spot after thrashing Tallawahs; Zouks reach final with crushing win over Guyana

Trinbago Knight Riders and St Lucia Zouks will face each other in the summit clash on September 10.

Trinbago Knight Riders and Jamaica Tallawahs faced each other in the first semi-final of the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) 2020 in Trinidad on Tuesday (September 8).

Opting to bowl first, Knight Riders restricted Tallawahs to 107/7 in 20 overs, with Akeal Hosein (3-14), Sunil Narine (1-13), Khary Pierre (2-29) and Fawad Ahmed (1-29) doing the damage with the ball.

For Jamaica, Nkrumah Bonner was the top-scorer with 42-ball 41 while skipper Rovman Powell chipped in with 35-ball 33.

In reply, TKR rode on Lendl Simmons’ 44-ball 54* and Tion Webster’s 43-ball 44 to overhaul the target with 9 wickets in hand and 30 balls to spare.

Brief Scores:

Jamaica Tallawahs 107/7 in 20 overs (Nkrumah Bonner 41; Akeal Hosein 3-14) lost to Trinbago Knight Riders 111/1 in 15 overs (Lendl Simmons 54*; Mujeeb Ur Rahman 1-18) by 9 wickets.

In the second semi-final on the same day and at the same venue, St Lucia Zouks registered a crushing 10-wicket defeat over Guyana Amazon Warriors.

St Lucia bundled out Guyana for a paltry 55 in 13.4 overs after winning the toss.

It was a listless batting performance from the Warriors as none of the batsmen managed to cross the 30-run mark. Chandrapaul Hemraj was the top-scorer with 26-ball 25.

For Zouks, Scott Kuggeleijn (2-12), Roston Chase (2-15), Zahir Khan (2-12) and Mark Deyal (2-2) picked up two wickets each.

In reply, St Lucia Zouks chase down the target in just 4.3 overs on the back of Rahkeem Cornwall’s unbeaten 32 off 17 balls.

Brief Scores:

Guyana Amazon Warriors 55/10 in 13.4 overs (Chandrapaul Hemraj 25; Scott Kuggeleijn 2-12) lost to St Lucia Zouks 56/0 in 4.3 overs (Rahkeem Cornwall 32*; Mark Deyal 19*) by 10 wickets.