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The Trinbago Knight Riders secured there place in the CPL finals after beating Guyana Amazon Warriors by seven wickets in their playoff match last evening at Providence Stadium.

The Knight Riders contained the home team to 166 for 7, before Chadwick Walton hit a brutal 80 not out to take TKR to victory with 11 balls to spare.
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00:00 Trinbigo Knight Riders won the toss and put Ghana Amazon Warriors into bat in their playoff
00:21 at the Providence Stadium.
00:23 Saim Ayub and Udin Smith opened the batting with the Pakistani being the aggressor.
00:30 Their partnership was with 53 with Smith being dismissed by Akhil Hossain for 15.
00:34 Ayub was the top scorer with 49 of 39 deliveries.
00:40 Left arm spinner Waqar Salam Kheeli picked up two wickets in the innings.
00:47 The rotund Azam Khan chipped in with 36.
00:55 Terence Hines also bowled well taking two scalps in the innings.
00:59 The Amazon Warriors closed on 166 for 7 with Gudakesh Murthy picking up a 4-2 at his boundary
01:04 of the final ball.
01:06 When TKR responded, Mark Dayal and Chadwick Walton made a rapid start with a stand of
01:11 41 in 4.1 overs.
01:13 Dayal was LBW to the wily leg spinner Imran Tahir for 15.
01:17 Nicholas Puran joined Walton and started off positively.
01:22 The two batsmen were frustrating the Amazon Warriors.
01:28 Their partnership was with 51 with Puran caught in the deep for 33.
01:36 Walton and captain Kieran Pollard then put on 66 loaded with fireworks.
01:43 Pollard was castled by Dwayne Pretorius for 23 giving the bowler his second wicket.
01:48 Walton hit the winning run to end unbeaten on 80 of 57 deliveries.
01:52 TKR reached 100 and 67 for 3 in 18.1 overs to win by 7 wickets and qualify for the final.
02:00 another final of Republic Bank.
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