Trinbago Knight Riders take on St Lucia Zouks. (Twitter/TKR)CPL 2020, SLZ vs TKR Live Cricket Score Online Updates: Two table-toppers St Lucia Zouks and Trinbago Knight Riders lock horns in the 13th match of the CPL 2020 season. Pravin Tambe, selected in the Knight Riders XI, is the first Indian to make an appearance in the CPL. He took a wicket in his very first over. Dwayne Bravo became the first to reach 500 T20 wickets in the match.
The Trinbago Knight Riders stand top at the CPL 2020 points table, with six points from three matches played so far in the league. St Lucia Zouks, on the other hand, stand second in the rank table, with a score of six points from four matches. The team have lost one match, while winning three.
Pollard finishes his spell, giving away just 26 runs in his 4 overs. Fawad Ahmed is laid into in his last over by Nabi. A four and a six to start off the over. Deyal looks to get into the act but is caught in the deep off the last ball. He goes for a long innings of 16, off 23 balls. Zouks 106/5 after 15
Nabi comes out at 6. Times a Pollard ball to perfection to roll it past the keeper for four. Some more runs for the Zouks in the last couple of overs. Tambe taken off after that eventful over, which went for 15, and Fawad Ahmed brought back into the attack. And he bowls another excellent over, giving away just 4 runs. Zouks 86/4 after 13
Tambe is on for the 11th over. And he is smashed over wide long on for a six by Najibullah. What a welcome to the CPL. That's the first boundary in 6 overs. Najibullah goes after Tambe later in the over too. Four smashed in the same area. The last ball brings a wicket! Najibullah gets a thick edge and Tambe has his first wicket in the CPL! Zouks 73/4 after 11
Pollard brings himself on to bowl the 8th over. And does well to keep it tight too. The two left handed batsmen are trying to build a partnership, with some quick wickets causing some trouble in their innings. Just 4 runs from the Pollard over. Fawad bowls another tight over. Again, four more singles pushed around the field. Pollard bowls the 10th with the scoring rate taking a serious beating. No boundary has been hit for more than 5 overs now. Zouks 58/3 after 10 overs
Fawad Ahmed bowls the 7th. Najibullah Zadran has joined Deyal. Fawad does well to square up both batsmen on occasions. Zadran plays out five dots before getting a single with a nudge. Zouks 44/3 after 7
Pierre bowls the 5th over. Roston Chase, continuing his fine form, rocks back and pulls the spinner for four. Bravo comes back to bowl the 6th over, leading the highest wicket takers list in T20s by more than a 100 wickets. Another intelligent over from Bravo, varying his pace. And there is wicket number 501! Roston Chase has been bowled! He falls for 7. Zouks 42/3 after 5.5
Deyal comes out at 3. Cornwall continues smashing even after the first wicket. Another six down the ground. Bravo, on 499 T20 wickets, bowls the 4th over. And Cornwall holes out at cover. He falls for 18. But for Bravo this is wicket number 500 in T20s. He is the first bowler to reach the mark. Roston Chase is in at 4. Zouks 33/2 after 4
Ali Khan continues in the 3rd over. Andre Fletcher looks to get going in the over. Hits a six down the ground to start his boundary account. But then is caught in the deep. Ali Khan gets Fletcher's wicket. Zouks 24/1 after 2.3
Khary Pierre, the left arm spinner used to bowling in the Powerplay, bowls the 2nd over. Rushes Cornwall by bowling onto his pads. Cornwall gets some room for a shot off the fifth ball and lofts over the covers for the first boundary of the match. Follows up with another crashing four to long on. Zouks 17/0 after 2
The players have taken the field. Andre Fletcher and Rahkeem Cornwall to begin the batting innings. Ali Khan opens the attack. And starts with a very wide ball. Lots of wide balls in that over. Drives seen on the off side for singles and doubles. Zouks 7/0 after 1
St Lucia Zouks: Andre Fletcher(w), Rahkeem Cornwall, Mark Deyal, Roston Chase, Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Nabi, Javelle Glenn, Daren Sammy(c), Scott Kuggeleijn, Kesrick Williams, Chemar Holder
Trinbago Knight Riders: Lendl Simmons, Tion Webster, Colin Munro, Darren Bravo, Kieron Pollard(c), Tim Seifert(w), Dwayne Bravo, Khary Pierre, Ali Khan, Fawad Ahmed, Pravin Tambe
Sammy says Cornwall is back in the XI for the Zouks. Dwayne Bravo, meanwhile is one wicket away from becoming the first player to 500 T20 wickets. Can he get there tonight?
Pollard wins the toss and says the Knight Riders will field first. Pravin Tambe comes in for Javon Searles, he informs. Narine misses out as well. Says the dryness of the track is why they have gone for the extra spinner.
Welcome to the 13th match of CPL 2020. We see two of the most successful teams so far taking the field today. Darren Ganga steps out in the middle with the referee and the two captains Kieron Pollard and Darren Sammy.