Trinbago Knight Riders defeated St Lucia Zouks in the final of the Caribbean Premier League 2020 (CPL T20) and clinched their record fourth title.
As usual, six teams took part in this season as well and all matches were played at two grounds - Brian Lara Stadium in Tarouba and Queens Park Oval in Port of Spain. On these spin-friendly pitches Trinbago Knight Riders - a team of T20 specialists took full advantage and went on to win the tournament unbeaten. Runners-up St Lucia Zouks also did well but couldn't cross the winning line in the final.
The other two semifinalists Jamaica Tallawahs and Guyana Amazon Warriors had an average tournament while defending champions Barbados Tridents and St Kitts and Nevis disappointed throughout the tournament.
In the batting, Glenn Phillips, Lendl Simmons, Kieron Pollard, Roston Chase, Darren Bravo, Johnson Charles, etc did well while in the bowling spinners like Mujeeb ur Rahman, Imran Tahir, Akiel Hosein, Mohammad Nabi, and Rashid Khan dominated. Overall it's a dull season of CPL if we talk about the quality of cricket. And here is a statistical look at this season of CPL.
All the major stats and facts from Caribbean Premier League (CPL T20) 2020 :
Result Summary -
Champions - Trinbago Knight Riders (4th title)
Runners-up - St Lucia Zouks
Semifinalists - Guyana Amazon Warriors / Jamaica Tallawahs
5th place - Barbados Tridents
6th place - St Kitts and Nevis Patriots
Highest Totals -
185/3 - Trinbago Knight Riders vs Barbados Tridents at Tarouba
184/4 - Trinbago Knight Riders vs Jamaica Tallawahs at Tarouba
175/5 - Trinbago Knight Riders vs St Lucia Zouks at Tarouba
174/4 - Trinbago Knight Riders vs St Kitts and Nevis Patriots at Tarouba
172/6 - St Lucia Zouks vs St Kitts and Nevis Patriots at Tarouba
Lowest Totals -
55 - Guyana Amazon Warriors vs St Lucia Zouks at Tarouba
77 - St Kitts and Nevis Patriots vs Trinbago Knight Riders at Tarouba
89/9 - Barbados Tridents vs Guyana Amazon Warriors at Tarouba
89/7 - Barbados Tridents vs St Lucia Zouks at Port of Spain
92 - Barbados Tridents vs Guyana Amazon Warriors at Tarouba
Most Runs -
356 - Lendl Simmons (Trinbago Knight Riders)
316 - Glenn Phillips (Jamaica Tallawahs)
297 - Darren Bravo (Trinbago Knight Riders)
267 - Shimron Hetmyer (Guyana Amazon Warriors)
245 - Nicholas Pooran (Guyana Amazon Warriors)
Highest Individual Scores -
100* - Nichols Pooran (GAW) vs St Kitts and Nevis Patriots at Port of Spain
96 - Lendl Simmons (TKR) vs St Kitts and Nevis Patriots at Tarouba
89 - Evin Lewis (SKN) vs Barbados Tridents at Port of Spain
85 - Kyle Mayers (BT) vs Jamaica Tallawahs at Port of Spain
84* - Lendl Simmons (TKR) vs St Lucia Zouks at Tarouba
Highest Batting Averages (Min 100 Runs) -
59.40 - Darren Bravo (TKR, 297 runs)
51.75 - Kieron Pollard (TKR, 207 runs)
48.33 - Mitchell Santner (BT, 148 runs)
44.40 - Andre Russell (JT, 222 runs)
39.55 - Lendl Simmons (TKR, 356 runs)
Most Fifty Plus Scores -
3 - Andre Russell (Jamaica Tallawahs)
3 - Darren Bravo (Trinbago Knight Riders)
3 - Shimron Hetmyer (Guyana Amazon Warriors)
3 - Lendl Simmons (Trinbago Knight Riders)
Most Sixes -
20 - Kieron Pollard (Trinbago Knight Riders)
20 - Lendl Simmons (Trinbago Knight Riders)
20 - Darren Bravo (Trinbago Knight Riders)
18 - Evin Lewis (St Kitts and Nevis Patriots)
18 - Glenn Phillips (Jamaica Tallawahs)
Most Wickets -
17 - Scott Kuggeleijn ( St Lucia Zouks)
16 - Mujeeb ur Rahman (Jamaica Tallawahs)
15 - Imran Tahir (Guyana Amazon Warriors)
13 - Kestrick Williams ( St Lucia Zouks)
13 - Fawad Ahmed (Trinbago Knight Riders)
Best Bowling Figures in an innings -
5/15 - Mohammad Nabi (SLZ) vs St Kitts and Nevis Patriots at Port of Spain
4/14 - Naveen ul Haq (GAW) vs Barbados Tridents at Tarouba
4/19 - Keemo Paul (GAW) vs St Kitts and Nevis Patriots at Tarouba
4/21 - Fawad Ahmed (TKR) vs St Kitts and Nevis Patriots at Tarouba
4/30 - Kieron Pollard (TKR) vs St Lucia Zouks at Tarouba
Best Bowling Averages (Min 7 wickets) -
8.42 - J Glenn (SLZ, 7 wickets)
13.56 - Mujeeb ur Rahman (JT, 16 wickets)
15.00 - Akiel Hosein (TKR, 10 wickets)
15.00 - Roston Chase (SLZ, 9 wickets)
15.64 - Scott Kuggeleijn (SLZ, 17 wickets)
Best Economy Rates (Min 15 overs bowled) -
4.55 - Sunil Narine (TKR)
4.65 - Roston Chase (SLZ)
4.86 - Ashmead Nedd (GAW)
5.10 - Mohammad Nabi (SLZ)
5.27 - Sandeep Lamichhane (JT)