{"id":22802,"date":"2024-09-10T12:18:10","date_gmt":"2024-09-10T12:18:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=22802"},"modified":"2024-09-10T12:19:28","modified_gmt":"2024-09-10T12:19:28","slug":"fabian-allen-leads-falcons-to-narrow-victory-over-tkr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/fabian-allen-leads-falcons-to-narrow-victory-over-tkr\/","title":{"rendered":"Fabian Allen Leads Falcons to Narrow Victory Over TKR"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>The Antigua and Barbuda Falcons finally secured their first win of the 2024 Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League (CPL) season, defeating the Trinbago Knight Riders (TKR) by 6 runs in a thrilling match held in Antigua on Thursday night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Batting first after losing the toss, the Falcons set a competitive total of 176 for 6 in their 20 overs. Opener Fakhar Zaman led the charge with a solid 38, while Justin Greaves contributed to a strong 65-run opening partnership. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Roshon Primus chipped in with 19, and Imad Wasim boosted the innings with a quickfire 46 off 29 balls. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fabian Allen played a pivotal role with a late surge, adding crucial runs to the Falcons&#8217; score. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>TKR bowlers Sunil Narine and Waqar Salamkheil each claimed two wickets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In reply, TKR started strong with Andries Gous top-scoring with 39 and Shaqkere Parris contributing 31. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite their promising start, TKR&#8217;s middle order faltered, with key players like Narine and Nicholas Pooran dismissed without scoring. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kieron Pollard and Keacy Carty tried to rescue the innings with a solid partnership, but the Falcons&#8217; bowlers struck at regular intervals to restrict the visitors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fabian Allen\u2019s all-around performance proved decisive, as the Falcons limited TKR to 170 for 9 in their 20 overs, securing a narrow but crucial victory by 6 runs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This win marked the Falcons&#8217; first in the tournament after suffering four consecutive losses in their home leg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Falcons captain Chris Green expressed satisfaction with his team&#8217;s response after previous close defeats, while TKR skipper Kieron Pollard pointed to fielding errors as a key factor in his team&#8217;s loss.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The victory breathes new life into the Falcons&#8217; CPL campaign, while TKR will look to regroup after the narrow defeat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Antigua and Barbuda Falcons finally secured their first win of the 2024 Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League (CPL) season, defeating the Trinbago Knight Riders (TKR) by 6 runs in&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":22807,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,352],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22802","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-sports"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22802","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22802"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22802\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22810,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22802\/revisions\/22810"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22807"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22802"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22802"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}