{"id":23253,"date":"2024-09-24T14:12:12","date_gmt":"2024-09-24T14:12:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=23253"},"modified":"2024-09-24T14:12:14","modified_gmt":"2024-09-24T14:12:14","slug":"falcons-secure-second-cpl-victory-over-knight-riders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/falcons-secure-second-cpl-victory-over-knight-riders\/","title":{"rendered":"Falcons Secure Second CPL Victory Over Knight Riders"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>In a thrilling match on Thursday night at Queen\u2019s Park Oval in Port-of-Spain, the Antigua and Barbuda Falcons triumphed over the Trinbago Knight Riders (TKR) for the second time this season in the Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Knight Riders, batting first, managed to put up a score of 134 runs for the loss of 8 wickets. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kieron Pollard led the innings with a top score of 47, while Australian player Tim David contributed 25 runs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Falcons\u2019 bowling attack proved effective, with Fabian Allen and Shamar Springer both taking two wickets, while Mohammad Amair, Joshua James, and captain Chris Green each secured one wicket.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chasing a target of 135 runs, the Falcons faced early challenges as wickets fell. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, Justin Greaves played a crucial role in stabilizing the innings with a well-crafted 46 runs off 48 balls. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He received valuable support from Hassan Khan and Imad Wasim, who both scored 36 runs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Falcons successfully reached the target with six balls to spare, winning the match by six wickets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The victory marks the second time the Falcons have defeated the Knight Riders this season, having previously won both home and away matches. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With this win, the Falcons remain hopeful as they look ahead to their next match in Guyana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Trinbago Knight Riders are scheduled to face the Patriots on Sunday at the Toruba Stadium, aiming to regroup and bounce back from their recent losses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a thrilling match on Thursday night at Queen\u2019s Park Oval in Port-of-Spain, the Antigua and Barbuda Falcons triumphed over the Trinbago Knight Riders (TKR) for the second time this&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":23211,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,352],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23253","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\/23253","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=23253"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23253\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23254,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23253\/revisions\/23254"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23211"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23253"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23253"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}