The seventh season of The Caribbean Premier League concluded with the final on Saturday night, where The Guyana Amazon Warriors and Barbados Tridents contested the final at The Brian Lara Stadium in Tarouba, Trinidad. It has been another great season where there was an emergence of young talent coming to the fore in Jamaican batsman, Brandon King, who opened the first time in his career, scoring a tournament-leading 496 runs and United States’ Hayden Walsh Jr. who led the wicket-takers with 22 wickets.
Bat and ball competed on a level playing field. There was drama throughout, which included a super over between Trinbago Knight Riders and St.Kitts Patriots. Going into the playoffs, I believed that Guyana Amazon Warriors would break their duck and win the CPL for the first time. They were by far the best all-round team in the tournament, but momentum is everything, especially in sport. Barbados Tridents at one point in time, was struggling to make the playoffs, but believed in themselves and achieved second place in the league format and proceeded to achieve one of the biggest upsets in the CPL by beating the GAW in the final. As a neutral fan, that is what you for in a global tournament. Hollywood executives could not have written a better script. It would be boring that the clear favorite from ball one win. I always like rooting for the underdog.
Congrats to everybody who was involved in making CPL 2019 a success.
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