Marlon Samuels' debut as Antigua Hawksbills captain ended in a 12 run loss to the Barbados Tridents in the latest match of the Caribbean premier league twenty20 tournament at Kensington Oval last night.
Electing to bat the tridents put together a workman like performance to score 146-8 from their allotted overs. Shoaib malik 33,and Jonathan Carter 31 made most runs against Samuels 2-17 and fellow Jamaican Sheldon Cotterel 2-36.
Set 147 to win, the hawksbills struggled throughout and were restricted to 134-8. Johnson Charles got a top-score of 44 while Samuels made 23 from 31.
Ashley Nurse 4-28, Rayad Emrit 2-25, and man of the match Shakib Al Hasan 1-16. It was a second straight victory for the Barbados Tridents who will have another home game against Trinidad and Tobago red steel on Saturday.
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