International Cricket Update: Trinbago Knight Riders rode the momentum from that early sequence to win by seven wickets at Warner Park. Left-arm spinner Akeal Hosein and right-arm speed bowler Ravi Rampaul combined to wreak havoc with the new ball, reducing Jamaica Tallawahs to 15 for 5 after the Powerplay.
With an 83-run partnership, Imad Wasim and Carlos Brathwaite tried to restore respectability to Tallawahs' innings, but a target of 145 seemed more insipid during Lendl Simmons' blazing 70 off 45 balls, which helped solidify Knight Riders' chase with 17 balls to spare.
Hosein quickly backed up Kieron Pollard's choice to bowl first, with a wicket-maiden that featured a gift of a wicket from Kennar Lewis, who laced a half-tracker to Colin Munro at backward point.
While Lewis' expulsion was the result of bad shot selection after dot ball pressure resulted in an overly ambitious release shot that failed during the live T20 match.
Haiden Ali attempted to smash a long ball over the stumps but skied a top edge to Simmons at short third man. Kirk McKenzie made it two in three balls for Rampaul with an easy edge behind Denesh Ramdin after an indecisive dab seeking the third man. Simmons finished the Powerplay with his third catch, pouching a superb take at slip as Rovman Powell edged a faster ball from Sunil Narine to stroll off with an eight-ball duck.
Simmons, on the other hand, was the one who posed a threat to the audience with each succeeding thundering blow. On 17, Migael Pretorius might have ended his innings with a short-ball trap at deep square leg off the penultimate ball of the Powerplay, but Chris Green snatched a simple chance.
Following that, Simmons proceeded to hammer the boundaries, hitting back-to-back sixes from Edwards in the 13th for a 37-ball half-century as part of a 102-run partnership with Munro. Pollard and Darren Bravo led the Knight Riders safely across the finish line after both fell short of the objective.