CPL T20 2013 Match 1 Barbados Tridents beat St Lucia Zouks

Caribbean Premier League 2013: Barbados Tridents won by 17 runs in the 1st T20 match of the CPL T20 cricket tournament against St Lucia Zouks Played at Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados on 30th July 2013. Click here for the Full Scorecard Update. Shoaib Malik and Kieron Pollard smashed half-centuries as Barbados Trident defeated St Lucia Zouks by 18 runs.

Barbados kick off the tournament with a win. Their skipper Kieron Pollard led the side from the front. He made a fine fifty under pressure and picked up 3 wickets with the ball. He was also very good with his captaincy and in the end his side have won by a comfortable margin. St. Lucia will be wondering how they wasted a brilliant start given by the openers. At one stage, it looked like they will win with a few balls to spare, but Barbados bowled really well in the middle overs and put them under pressure. Sammy played a quickfire cameo but didn't get any support from his partners and eventually his side fell short by 17 runs.

Barbados Tridents won the toss, and elected to bat first

Barbados Tridents: 169/5 (20.0 Ovs)

St Lucia Zouks: 152-all out (19.4 Ovs)

Barbados Tridents won by 17 runs

Man of the Match Shoaib Malik

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CPL T20 Match 1 Preview: Barbados Tridents vs St Lucia Zouks Live Score

Warm welcome to the first match of the Caribbean Premier League 2013 T20 Cricket Tournament which start from Tuesday July 30, 2013. Click here for the Live Scorecard Update

Barbados Tridents would take on St Lucia Zouks in the CPL t20 1st match. Barbados Tridents vs St Lucia Zouks match schedule to be begins at 19:30 local time. Here find the match details and live scorecard update for CPL T20 1st Match.

The Caribbean Premier League is away for its inaugural season and the first match will be played between Barbados Tridents and St Lucia Zouks in Barbados' home ground, Kensington Oval.

While Barbados is led by Trinidadian Kieron Pollard, St Lucia have their local boy, Darren Sammy as their captain. There is nothing to separate this sides and all depend on the execution of skills at the right time for this format. The home side have filled in excellent players like Dwayne Smith, Shoaib Malik, Umar Akmal, Shakib Al Hasan, they are also bolstered by local talent in the names of pacers, Jason Holder and Shannon Gabriel.

St Lucia on the other hand, have players of the caliber of Herschelle Gibbs, Albie Morkel, Misbah-ul-Haq and Tamim Iqbal to name a few. Should be a cracker of a game to what promises to be an exciting league coming up.

Barbados Tridents Team Squad:
Kieron Pollard (c), Devendra Bishoo, Carlos Brathwaite, Jonathan Carter, Kirk Edwards, Rayad Emrit, Shannon Gabriel, Jason Holder, Kyle Mayers, Ashley Nurse, Raymon Reifer, Shakib Al Hasan, Shoaib Malik, Dwayne Smith, Umar Akmal

St Lucia Zouks Team Squad:
Darren Sammy (c), Tino Best, Andre Fletcher (wk), Herschelle Gibbs, Kavem Hodge, Garey Mathurin, Misbah-ul-Haq, Albie Morkel, Nelon Pascal, Keon Peters, Dalton Polius, Liam Sebastien, Shane Shillingford, Devon Smith, Tamim Iqbal

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Caribbean Premier League 2013 Schedule - CPL T20 Matches List, Fixture and Time Table

The Caribbean Premier League is an annual Twenty20 cricket tournament held in the Caribbean by the West Indies Cricket Board. It was created in 2013 and replaced the Caribbean Twenty20 as the premier Twenty20 competition in the Caribbean.

Caribbean Premier League matches schedule was announced by the West Indies Cricket Board for 2013 tournament. CPLT20 2013 tournament will begin on 30 July and end on 24 August 2013. The tournament has six teams and is divided into a group stage and a knockout stage. The group stage comprises 21 matches, with each team playing 7 matches. The knockout stage features two semi-finals and a final.

Below find the Caribbean Premier League 2013 Schedule, Matches List, Fixture and Time Table 

Barbados Tridents vs St Lucia Zouks
Tuesday July 30, 2013
23:30 GMT | 19:30 local
Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados

Guyana Amazon Warriors Vs Trinidad & Tobago Red Steel
Wednesday Jul 31
23:30 GMT | 19:30 local
Providence Stadium, Guyana

Barbados Tridents Vs Antigua Hawksbills
Thursday August 1, 2013
23:30 GMT | 19:30 local
Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados

Guyana Amazon Warriors Vs Jamaica Tallawahs
Friday August 2, 2013
23:30 GMT | 19:30 local
Providence Stadium, Guyana

Barbados Tridents Vs Trinidad & Tobago Red Steel
Saturday August 3, 2013
23:30 GMT | 19:30 local
Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados

Antigua Hawksbills Vs Jamaica Tallawahs
Sunday August 4, 2013
19:00 GMT | 15:00 local
Providence Stadium, Guyana

Guyana Amazon Warriors Vs St Lucia Zouks
Sunday August 4, 2013
23:30 GMT | 19:30 local
Providence Stadium, Guyana

St Lucia Zouks Vs Antigua Hawksbills
Tuesday August 6, 2013
23:30 GMT | 19:30 local
Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia

Trinidad & Tobago Red Steel Vs Jamaica Tallawahs
Wednesday August 7, 2013
23:30 GMT | 19:30 local
Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad

St Lucia Zouks Vs Barbados Tridents
Thursday August 8, 2013
23:30 GMT | 19:30 local
Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia

Trinidad & Tobago Red Steel Vs Guyana Amazon Warriors
Friday August 9, 2013
23:30 GMT | 19:30 local
Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad

St Lucia Zouks Vs Jamaica Tallawahs
Saturday August 10, 2013
23:30 GMT | 19:30 local
Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia

Barbados Tridents Vs Guyana Amazon Warriors
Sunday August 11, 2013
19:00 GMT | 15:00 local
Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad

Trinidad & Tobago Red Steel Vs Antigua Hawksbills
Sunday August 11, 2013
23:30 GMT | 19:30 local
Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad

Antigua Hawksbills Vs Barbados Tridents
Tuesday August 13, 2013
23:30 GMT | 19:30 local
Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound, Antigua

Jamaica Tallawahs Vs Guyana Amazon Warriors
Thursday August 15, 2013
19:00 GMT | 14:00 local
Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica

Antigua Hawksbills Vs St Lucia Zouks
Thursday August 15, 2013
23:30 GMT | 19:30 local
Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound, Antigua

St Lucia Zouks Vs Trinidad & Tobago Red Steel
Saturday August 17
15:00 GMT | 10:00 local
Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica

Jamaica Tallawahs Vs Barbados Tridents
Saturday August 17, 2013
19:00 GMT | 14:00 local
Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica

Antigua Hawksbills Vs Guyana Amazon Warriors
Saturday August 17, 2013
23:30 GMT | 19:30 local
Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound, Antigua

Jamaica Tallawahs Vs Trinidad & Tobago Red Steel
Sunday August 18 , 2013
19:00 GMT | 14:00 local
Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica

1st Semi-Final - TBC Vs TBC
Thursday August 22, 2013
23:30 GMT | 19:30 local
Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad

2nd Semi-Final - TBC Vs TBC
Friday August 23, 2013
23:30 GMT | 19:30 local
Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad

Final - TBC Vs TBC
Saturday August 24, 2013
23:30 GMT | 19:30 local
Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad

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