The fourth match of the CPL 2026 was nothing short of a roller-coaster, as the Barbados Tridents survived a scare against the Jamaica Kingsmen in Kingston.
Chasing a stiff 207 after comprehensive fifties from Brandon King and Sherfane Rutherford for the Barbados Tridents in the first innings, the Jamaica Kingsmen almost got the job done, but fell agonisingly short to register their second defeat in a row.
One doesn’t really stand a chance chasing the stiff total after being reduced to 8-3, which soon became 60-5. But Andre Russell had other plans, turning around the game in one of his best knocks in recent years.
He stitched a 72-run stand along with Carty for the sixth wicket, which came in 30 deliveries before Carty was dismissed in the 14th over of the innings. Keemo Paul followed soon after as Daniel Sams finished with figures of 4-20 in his four overs. Russell then got together with Vitel Lawes for a 69-run stand, to take the Kingsmen within touching distance of the target.
Fifteen runs were required off the last over, which Russell got down to six off three with his ninth six of the innings. Just as the team were looking towards a miracle win, two wickets off the next two deliveries changed the course of the game.
Russell was dismissed off the fourth delivery of the last over, and Lawes ran himself out on the very next delivery to leave six runs to get off the last ball. Ramon Simmonds bowled a dot to hand Tridents their first win of the season.
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Andre Russell breaches yet another milestone
Russell hit nine sixes in his knock of 68, without a single four. The former West Indies all-rounder is third on the list for most sixes in the format with 801 to his name currently, just behind teammates Chris Gayle and Kieron Pollard, who have 1,056 and 1,001 against their names, respectively.
Most sixes in T20 cricket
Player | Innings | Sixes |
Chris Gayle | 455 | 1056 |
Kieron Pollard | 663 | 1001 |
Andre Russell | 520 | 801 |
Nicholas Pooran | 448 | 650 |
Jos Buttler | 493 | 608 |
Image credits: CPL, Andre Russell
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