Fielders drowned water on Brendon King’s innings. (Photo-Randy Brooks/CPL T20 Via Getty Images)
Barabdos Royals opener Brendon King hit the first Fifty in the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) 2025. He could not complete his century by just two runs and returned unbeaten after scoring 98 runs. On this brilliant innings of Brendon, the fielders of his team turned water. The fielders of Barabdos Royals left so much catches that they lost the winning match and had to face the fifth defeat in this league. During this time, Barabdos was very heavy for Antiga and Barbuda Falkans’ opener leaving a catch and this batsman returned only after winning his team.
Had to leave 7 catches heavy
CPL 2025 Batting first in the 22nd match, Barabdos Royals scored 187 runs for 4 wickets in 20 overs with the help of Brandon King’s brilliant innings. Brendon King scored an unbeaten 98 in 65 balls with the help of 6 fours and 7 sixes, but the Royals fielders turned their hard work. Fielders of Barabdos Royals left the first catch on the 7th ball during the innings of Antiga and Barbuda Falkans.
After this, this trend continued and it went on till 17.3 overs. During this, Rovman Powell’s team left 7 catches. In this, Chris Green left the maximum 4 catches. Daniel Sams left two and Ramon Simands left a catch. In this, leaving the catch of opener Andries Gaus from Falkans was the most heavy. His first catch was released when he was playing only 2 runs. After this, Gaus played amazing innings
Andries Gaus got life for 2 runs
Taking advantage of the animal donation for 2 runs, Falkans opener Andries Gaus hit the first fifty in this season. Chasing the target of 188 runs, Antiga and Barbuda Falkans’ openers Amir Jungu and Andries Gaus made a great debut. Both added 45 runs in 27 balls for the first wicket. Gaus’s first catch was released on the first ball of the second over, when Chris Green dripped her catch.
First fifty after life
At that time Gaus was able to score only two runs. In this match, Gaus’s three catches were missed, with the help of which he scored an unbeaten 85 runs in 53 balls with the help of 5 fours and 4 sixes. Apart from this, Amir Jungu scored 23 runs in 14 balls with the help of 3 fours and 1 six. Kevin Vikam scored 26 runs in 21 balls.
Captain Imad Wasim Scored 17 runs in 11 balls. In this way, Falkansa’s team took 188 runs for 6 wickets in 20 overs and won the match by 4 wickets. Daniel Sams took the most 3 wickets for Barabdos Royals. With this, Brendon King played a brilliant innings from Barabdos.
Brendon King missed a century
Barabdos Royals made a brilliant start, batting first against Antiga and Barbuda Falkans. Wicketkeeper batsman Quinton decock And Brendon King shared 91 runs in 68 balls for the first wicket. Dickock was dismissed for 27 runs in 28 balls. After this, Sherfen Rutherford carried forward the innings with Brendon King to bat and took the team’s score to 150. Sherfen Rutherford scored 29 runs in 17 balls with the help of 3 fours and 2 sixes.
Brendon King scored an unbeaten 98 runs in 65 balls with the help of 7 fours and 2 sixes. However, he missed out on completing his century. Chris Green scored 16 runs in 6 balls with the help of 1 six and 1 four. In this way, Barabdos team scored 187 runs for 4 wickets in 20 overs. Salman Irshad bowled very well for Falkans. He sent 2 players to the pavilion for only 13 runs in 4 overs. Obed McCoy got one wicket.
