The Trin­ba­go Knight Rid­ers put on a strong dis­play to de­feat the St Kitts & Nevis Pa­tri­ots by 12 runs in their Caribbean Pre­mier League open­er at Warn­er Park.

Opt­ing to bowl first af­ter win­ning the toss, the Pa­tri­ots re­strict­ed TKR to a for­mi­da­ble 231 for 5 in their 20 overs, pow­ered by a breath­tak­ing 120 off 57 balls from Col­in Munro (14 fours, 6 six­es) and a fiery 47 off 27 from Alex Hales.

Chas­ing a daunt­ing tar­get, the Pa­tri­ots limped to 219 for sev­en in their 20 overs, with Ja­son Hold­er top-scor­ing at 44 off 22, flanked by con­tri­bu­tions from Kyle May­ers. Us­man Tariq was the stand­out bowler for TKR, claim­ing 4 for 33 in 4 overs