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Kieron Pollard blasts red card rule as ‘absolutely ridiculous’ in Caribbean Premier League

Kieron Pollard blasts red card rule as ‘absolutely ridiculous’ in Caribbean Premier League

Former West Indies captain Kieron Pollard said the first Caribbean Premier League red card handed out to his Trinbago Knight Riders side was “absolutely ridiculous”. Trinbago was forced to field with only 10 players, including just two outside the 30-yard circle, for the final over of its bowling innings against St Kitts and Nevis Patriots […]

Former West Indies captain Kieron Pollard said the first Caribbean Premier League red card handed out to his Trinbago Knight Riders side was “absolutely ridiculous”. Trinbago was forced to field with only 10 players, including just two outside the 30-yard circle, for the final over of its bowling innings against St Kitts and Nevis Patriots on Sunday due to a slow over-rate.

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The CPL has brought in the red card rule as part of new initiatives to speed up slow over-rates. Kieron Pollard was first forced to have one extra fielder inside the ring for the 18th over, before another had to come up from the boundary in the penultimate over, leaving just three in the outfield.

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His team was still behind the required rate heading into the final over and spinner Sunil Narine was forced to leave the field. “To be honest, it will take away the hard work everyone has done,” Kieron Pollard said.

“We are like the pawns and we are going to do what we are told. We are going to play as fast as we can. If you are penalised for 30-45 seconds in a tournament like this, it is absolutely ridiculous.” Despite the final over of the Patriots’ innings costing Trinbago’s Dwayne Bravo 18 runs, it did not prove crucial.

Kieron Pollard, Nicholas Pooran and Andre Russell made short work of a 179-run target with 17 balls spare.

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