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00:10 Hello and welcome to the Baltimore Cricket Show.
00:12 I'm your host James Saunders replacing Marlon Hopkinson.
00:15 He's taking a rest in the dugout at the moment.
00:17 And the countdown to CPL continues where we are just 8 days away from the competition.
00:23 It's so strange seeing that as we get much, much closer.
00:26 Sit back, relax because today we're going to be taking a trip down memory lane
00:30 to relive the excitement of the Caribbean Premier League's classic matches
00:33 as we catch up as well with the happenings of a legend
00:37 and we also revisit a power hitting showdown.
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00:51 Well, might be retired at the moment but from since its inception,
00:54 Chris Gale has been one of the CPL's biggest headliners.
00:58 Well, Gale played 85 CPL matches and scored 2,519 runs in 83 innings.
01:07 The Jamaican's highest score in the CPL is 116, one of four centuries in the competition
01:12 while hitting 13 CPL half centuries.
01:15 Known worldwide as the universe boss for his prolific power with the bat,
01:19 Gale held countless international records across all three cricket formats.
01:23 Well, since his retirement, the generational batsman has been out and about doing what?
01:29 Well, superstar things as you can see right there.
01:32 And recently, he has been spotted visiting the Toronto Blue Jays
01:36 where he had batting practice with the team while throwing out the ceremonial first pitch
01:41 among other pre-game activities.
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01:48 He used to be the world boss but the universe boss.
01:51 How it came about was actually from my side.
01:54 I've dominated the world. I'm saying, "Listen, I've dominated the world.
01:57 I've dominated on the field and I've dominated off the field."
02:01 I'm like, "I need a new challenge."
02:03 So I'm saying, "Let's go to space."
02:05 And that from there on, it's always the universe boss.
02:08 And no one is bigger than the universe boss.
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02:22 Good morning, Toronto. Where's the sun?
02:26 I'm telling you, universe boss, first time in an arena like that.
02:30 Yeah. That's cool.
02:32 Mr. Rogers, I'm coming in.
02:34 [LAUGHTER]
02:35 This is for the Blue Jays.
02:37 I've been invited by the Blue Jays to be here.
02:39 The first pitch as well. I've never been in a baseball stadium.
02:42 I've never seen a baseball game.
02:44 So this is always going to be a first time for me as well.
02:47 Honour and pleasure to meet you. Thanks so much for joining us on breakfast.
02:50 Appreciate it, man. I'm looking forward to it.
02:52 Yeah. That is it.
02:54 I've played here many times already in Toronto.
02:57 This is where I actually started my international career, 1999.
03:01 So from there on, that's where I kicked on my international career.
03:04 So a lot of memories here within Toronto as well.
03:07 So it's fantastic to be back.
03:09 I've been seeing sugar cane this morning.
03:12 So let me try a sugar cane juice.
03:14 Natural?
03:15 Yeah, it's fresh.
03:16 Fully natural?
03:17 All right. That is it.
03:19 It's good where you can actually get your own Jamaican stuff here as well.
03:22 Toronto, you know what I'm saying?
03:24 Yo, where's my pitcher, man?
03:26 Where is--? What's happening here?
03:28 You just say it's the universe boss. You just put it up.
03:31 You just ask which spot the universe boss wants.
03:34 360. This is them.
03:38 Morning, everyone.
03:40 Universe boss.
03:48 Talito, Talito.
03:54 I'm tired.
03:58 Good fun. Only five home runs.
04:01 I'm going to swing this here in a second.
04:05 Yeah?
04:06 Give me some advice.
04:07 You go right to your left when you guys do this.
04:09 But when you do this, we tap like this.
04:12 But pretty much you're going to get nerves.
04:14 Proper stance as well with the back leg.
04:17 The hips and feet.
04:18 So more of that motion.
04:20 He was describing to me bowlers and what gives him trouble
04:24 and what he kind of excels against and stuff like that.
04:28 So it was interesting. I think I did all right.
04:31 That's it, booty. Six runs.
04:34 Oh, like throw up?
04:35 That's right.
04:36 That's it?
04:37 Yeah.
04:38 OK.
04:39 A bit rusty.
04:44 I haven't hit in a long time.
04:46 But having said that, overall, it was a fun day.
04:49 And it's good to meet.
04:51 Whit gave me a few tips as well.
04:53 So it's been just good fun, man.
04:54 Like I said, we can have some new fans from baseball
04:57 venturing to cricket.
04:58 And it can be a bit of vice versa as well.
05:00 Because baseball, you have a new fan, Chris Gale.
05:03 So I need some baseball fans to transfer as a cricket fan as well.
05:07 It's been a great day so far.
05:10 There's only one thing to go, is that pitch.
05:14 Because I have to do this 90 miles, 95 miles per hour.
05:18 That's my target.
05:19 So with Scotty's help, I'm sure I can get it done.
05:22 I've seen Kevin Hart, I've seen Kim Kardashian.
05:24 Yeah, it looks fun.
05:26 But they need to get it right.
05:28 So, the universe mask.
05:29 All eyes on you.
05:30 You cannot mess this one up.
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05:40 You know, those 92 miles per hour.
05:43 The reason for that, to be honest, I was on a stroke.
05:46 And that kind of put me off a bit.
05:48 But anyway, I delivered the goods.
05:50 Well done.
05:51 I'm happy I delivered the pitch.
05:52 Thank you, Blue Jays.
05:53 Appreciate it.
05:54 And I appreciate the fans as well.
05:55 See you next year.
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06:01 Well, it's so good to see the universe boss enjoying himself.
06:05 Who says one more season of Chris Gayle?
06:08 We want one more season of Chris Gayle.
06:10 Maybe our TKR, Colin Borden company.
06:13 Maybe we need another season of Chris Gayle with the TKR in Trinidad and Tobago.
06:17 He's going to be our honorary superstar.
06:20 That's what we're going to call him.
06:21 Chris Gayle, our honorary superstar.
06:24 What a thing to see Chris Gayle back in action.
06:26 So glad that he's enjoying himself.
06:28 And I hope that the baseball fans do transfer to cricket as well.
06:34 Well, from one legend to another, CPL legend who may be close to joining the universe boss in retirement soon.
06:40 Although I'm not sure you'd like me to say that.
06:42 He's none other than Trinbago Knight Riders' captain, Karen Pollard,
06:46 who will be leading the Trinbago Knight Riders in this season of the CPL.
06:50 We take a look back at his iconic innings of 65 and 23 balls in this edition of the CPL.
06:57 In this edition of Racket Breakers, I was there.
07:01 Round.
07:02 Ah! And smoke it!
07:06 And Darren Sammy's having that. He's on his feet. He should be lead.
07:12 Smash this.
07:14 Had to feel Pollard was expecting it.
07:18 It is a ploy that Pollard is to get the ball short and tuck.
07:25 He goes again!
07:29 Just short of the hero maximum. It's got to be four.
07:33 The first one was high and hard.
07:37 And this strike rate's increasing against Bravo.
07:41 It's a good pitch.
07:43 Go on! Six more! Hero maximum!
07:49 Into the breeze.
07:51 It's with how many?
07:53 This is the point. Low, full toss. Big unit.
07:58 Just gets rid of it.
08:00 I told Danny he had to go and he's gone.
08:04 Pollard had to go. No time to settle in.
08:07 One ball, Danny.
08:09 Goes for it and disappears!
08:12 This is six more, baby! Out of the ballpark!
08:16 Again, we're seeing hero sixes coming.
08:19 Hero sixes coming. The maximums, because they can comfortably hit through the line.
08:25 They're all pumped. They are all pumped because of the show that batsmen are putting on.
08:31 Straight through the line. It's the length you want.
08:35 And... yes, sir!
08:41 There they are! Back-to-back maximums!
08:46 Maximums here at the Darren Sammy Stadium. Pollard at his brutal best.
08:52 Such a powerhouse. When he's batting like this, there is no ground.
08:58 No ground in the world.
09:00 So he's two hits away.
09:02 Oh, there's one of them! There's one of them!
09:05 I tell you, that's going all the way for a hero maximum, Danny Morrison.
09:08 Oh, the hunk!
09:10 Of spark has smoked it!
09:12 And a couple of braces and there's still a delivery to go!
09:15 Oh, yes!
09:17 Oh, take it as well!
09:23 Oh, don't bowl there, does he?
09:26 Oh, it's been parred over!
09:28 There's McCullen! Dig a hole and hide, buddy!
09:32 It's a hero maximum!
09:34 Slobber one!
09:36 And bats city here tonight!
09:39 Can you see it? Pollard!
09:43 Not as much as what Pollard's loving, I can assure you of that.
09:47 There's nothing better than getting out there and finding the middle of the bat from the get-go.
09:52 And he's done it brilliantly.
09:54 They need to keep going. Two more balls left.
09:58 Now he's gone wider on the crease.
10:04 And fortunately for the Knight Riders, Pollard has hit it to extra cover on the fence.
10:12 Oh, certainly won't like him when he's angry.
10:15 And the good news is that he and Bravo are friends and thank goodness they will be on the same team.
10:20 TKR this time around. TKR was on the battering end of that innings last time.
10:25 Of course, you can catch him in action with the Trinbigo Knight Riders in this edition of the Republic Bank CPL.
10:31 Don't forget that starts on August 16th in St Lucia, by the way, where all of that fireworks took place.
10:37 Yeah, won't want to relive moments like that.
10:39 All right, we're going to take a break and when we come back, we smash him, we bash him as we go to the Head to Head showdown.
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14:25 Well, still docking from Cairo in Pollard.
14:39 He was hitting balls all over the place last time we were here.
14:42 I just had to get out of the way.
14:44 Well, since we enjoyed Pollard so much and my phone lines have been going crazy, speaking of which, I'm going to be taking some calls after this segment.
14:51 So, you can get ready to call us.
14:53 The numbers will be on the screen.
14:54 But since you enjoyed Pollard so much, I think that we will put Kyron Pollard in a head-to-head showdown against Hassan.
15:03 And we want to find out who done it better.
15:06 All right, let's take a look.
15:07 Welcome to the CPL Super Over Cup.
15:11 Six balls each.
15:12 One winner moves to the next round.
15:14 Let's go.
15:16 Oh.
15:17 Oh, to add insult to injury, knocks him back over his head.
15:23 And it's a boundary.
15:24 Thinking about a second, they go.
15:44 They need to hurry.
15:45 He's good.
15:47 They're going to go upstairs.
15:49 Initial thought was Shaqib was safe.
15:54 Fielding team were very confident.
15:58 Well, Devin Thomas thinks he has his man.
16:01 It is very tight.
16:03 But he's home. He's in.
16:12 That's a lesson to Andrew McCarthy in Holt of Sladia Batting.
16:15 Shaqib looking to put a bit of icing on the cake.
16:25 Gives himself room.
16:28 Fine leg was up.
16:30 It goes down to the rope.
16:32 What you won't realise when you're watching is when the bowler was coming in, Ian Bishop was shaping in his seat.
16:38 Shaqib should knock it round the corner.
16:41 That's exactly what he did.
16:42 Shaqib tries to beat those two fielders.
16:49 And he does.
16:50 He does it well.
16:51 He took that from miles outside the off stump.
16:55 Well, I wonder what happened to Brad Hodge.
16:59 Because I think Brad Hodge thought there was someone fielding behind him.
17:02 And he went all the way to the ball looking back to see if the man behind him would field it.
17:07 There was nobody there.
17:08 Where's Hodge?
17:11 Let me see Brad.
17:13 He'll come in to picture here.
17:16 There he is. And then he realises there's no one there.
17:19 What are you doing, Brad?
17:20 Shaqib took that a good metre outside the off stump.
17:31 Still, both men back to the square in the circle.
17:36 He goes high this time.
17:38 He hasn't pushed that one.
17:39 He's belted it.
17:40 20 rows back.
17:42 That is a hero maximum with style.
17:45 Oh, look at that first shot.
17:52 Shaqib is on fire as he smacks 24 runs from his over.
17:57 Tough ask for Pollard who now needs 25 to secure a place in a semi-final.
18:02 It's interesting that Darren Samy is having a bowl here because he doesn't bowl at the depth for the Western Leagues.
18:14 Whether in one day internationals or T20s.
18:17 He bowls at the top.
18:20 Very, very economical spells but never comes back at the end.
18:24 He's going to have to mix it up.
18:29 Change of pace.
18:32 Good strike again.
18:33 Such a strong man.
18:35 A flat shot to left field.
18:40 I'd love to see Kyron Pollard just prancing around some of the outfields in the United States for a couple of games of baseball.
18:49 Great connection.
18:54 Look at him.
19:00 Looking to get past long off. Again he does.
19:02 So the boundary is starting to flow. This is where he's getting in his range.
19:07 Maybe this is why Samy doesn't bowl at the depth.
19:10 Yeah, he hasn't got the pace. There's no doubt about that. I don't think he's going to be able to bowl the Yorkers consistently.
19:15 This is what you've got to bowl at this stage of the innings when you're bowling with someone like Pollard.
19:19 Anything short of that pace, of mid-125s, is going to disappear.
19:23 Anything pitched up like that is going to be firing off that willow very quickly.
19:27 He's targeting his opposite number.
19:33 And it's reaping rich rewards so far.
19:36 12 runs off the last three deliveries.
19:40 I think these two captains on show tonight have done a very good job so far in this CPL.
19:47 Nice little head-to-head.
19:49 Two aggressive batsmen as well.
19:50 Two guys that bowl medium fast, medium pace.
19:54 Again, looking to get past Herschel Gibbs.
19:56 It's always a dangerous ploy to Pollard.
20:02 Many teams ought to know ball as well.
20:05 He's going to be a free hit.
20:07 It's going to be a free hit, this one.
20:08 That's the last thing the skipper wants.
20:09 He knows how tough that is when someone else does it.
20:11 And he's going to try and cover some gaps.
20:13 But when he oversteps himself, he's going to be a free hit.
20:16 And he's going to be a free hit.
20:19 He's going to try and cover some gaps.
20:21 But when he oversteps himself, he's going to be a free hit.
20:22 A couple of glances his way from some teammates.
20:25 Well, he can't believe it that he's overstepped the front line.
20:31 Umpire Nigel Dugid of Guyana making the call.
20:36 Seems to have something just behind the line.
20:41 But it's always tough on the umpire.
20:47 He's skewed. But has he cleared? Yes, he has.
20:50 Even when he's not in the middle of that big bat.
20:53 It's still clearing the boundary.
20:56 But it's got to be said, it's just about the worst delivery that Darren Sammy could have bowled.
21:01 Of course, all you're thinking about as a bowler at this stage is to make sure you don't get pumped into the stand.
21:05 Predictable length shows the immense power of Pollard to put it on the offside over extra cover in that region.
21:12 Dodd ball to end.
21:18 A fine performance from Pollard, but he finishes just short of the victory target.
21:23 Shaqib is moving on to the semifinal.
21:26 Join us for the last quarterfinal between Ramanula Gourbaz and Azam Khan.
21:37 Balled him. He doesn't want to go again.
21:42 Shazad. But he's lost his stamps. He's got to go.
21:46 That will put a halt to the Mexican wave.
21:48 1.13 looks like a working total.
21:51 And he's had a drive at this.
21:55 And he's picked up a wicket. Bang on cue, Tom Moody.
22:03 Bit of a round arm action just sliding across the left hander and it's paid dividends.
22:08 Charging down looking for another boundary in the early parts of the over.
22:13 Took off very early.
22:16 That just gave Shaqib the cue to push it wide.
22:20 Gone again. That's a beauty.
22:31 The partnership now made its way to 49 and that's just clever batting.
22:34 He's hitting with the spin.
22:36 Big shout. Oh, he's given him. He has given him.
22:43 Shaqib Al Hasan has harangued the umpires.
22:47 He's not been a happy boy all night, but he's happy now.
22:59 Missed it.
23:01 And it. Russell again in the deep.
23:05 Forgot.
23:07 Bramble going big.
23:12 But he'd try his hand like Muhammad.
23:15 And smart piece of building.
23:19 Big edge. Another boundary.
23:28 Shaqib. That's his first one.
23:31 Edge.
23:35 A chance goes begging.
23:40 A chance for five wickets.
23:43 Shaqib to face Khan.
23:45 Edge. Oh, dive at first slip boundary.
23:49 Have you ever seen five point one overs packed with as much as this before, Agus?
23:56 It's been fun. That's what I'm here for.
23:59 Shaqib. He punishes that three point boundary.
24:04 Well, capitals just all out attack. Yeah, he puts in an extra slip.
24:10 And he says, Johnny, go on, keep bowling quick.
24:14 Well, Shaqib, that is just a beautiful cricket shot.
24:17 He gets on the front foot, punches it away.
24:20 Great finish. Three boundaries off the over 15 from it.
24:24 60 for five. Game on.
24:26 It's over the top of that. Shaqib times it well from the position he had to hit it.
24:34 Another boundary.
24:36 A boundary of a half century.
24:39 Wax it away on the leg side. And there is a half century.
24:42 A wonderful innings by Shaqib.
24:45 His first CPL 50 came in with his team in all sorts of trouble.
24:50 And he steered them to the door of victory.
24:54 Shaqib. Diving effort by the man at short five.
24:58 And it beats him. And it's down to the rope.
25:01 To add insult to injury, knocks him back over his head.
25:06 And it's a boundary.
25:08 Gives himself room. Fine leg was up.
25:16 It goes down to the rope.
25:18 And what you won't realise when you're watching is when the bowler was coming in,
25:21 Ian Bishop was shaking in his seat.
25:23 And two power hitting battles that we certainly did enjoy.
25:27 And we'll find out who gets to the final of the power hitting showdown.
25:32 Well, I tell you what, all good things must come to an end.
25:36 And that brings us to the end of another very exciting edition of the Boulder Bowl Cricket Show.
25:41 Of course, we're going to be here every single day, every single day of the week, Monday to Friday,
25:45 until September 24th, the end of the Hero CPL.
25:49 I've got special guests joining me tomorrow, including a Pakistani Zimbabwean.
25:54 So you've got to tune in to find out exactly who that is going to be.
25:57 That's it for us. On behalf of the entire team, Stephen Caraballo and Nicole Romany,
26:02 the rest of the crew, we say have a good morning.
26:04 And don't forget, join us later on at EMI Prime, later on this evening after the TV6 News.
26:09 And we will be wishing you all the best.
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