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[Aislabie]

Montreal take up second final place

Montreal Impact eventually displaced Vancouver Giants for the second place in the upcoming grand final at Lauderhill, Florida. Both teams had even points, but crucially, Montreal had defeated Vancouver in their league meeting, and so they moved into the final. They will be facing Toronto Raptors, whose imposing unbeaten league record makes them the strong favourites.

Watch out for
* Kemar Roach has been unstoppable for Toronto this season. His seven wickets in the league stage cost him just 10.54 apiece. He was economical with it, conceding just 5.28 runs per over. He will also be backed up by able pacemen Jerome Taylor and Henry Osinde.
* Montreal don't have any real calibre players to stand up to the barrage of pace, but there may be nobody better than Trevin Bastiampillai. The diminutive opening batsman has scored a modest 92 runs at 23 in the league campaign, but last time these two sides met, he scored a gritty 42 while the rest of his side crumbled around him.

So, who will win - Toronto's full frontal fast-men or the guile of Montreal's spin attack? Find out soon.​

 

[riz7khan12]

after winning the pre season cup, very disappointed not to make it to the finals.

 

[Aislabie]

As I'm on a week's holiday, the league will be on hold until October 30th. Feel free to post teams, sledge, etc.

 

[Near]

Sorry for missin dat lineup, though I was probs gonna go unchanged. And gonna go unchanged now too lol

 

[Gaurav_7]

We're crap. Period.

 

[khaleel]

We're crap. Period.

Of course. No doubting that.

 

[Aislabie]

Great to be back, still waiting for a montreal lineup

 

[Gaurav_7]

Play a reversed lineup.

 

[HawkAussie]

I'll do the same squads thanks

 

[Aislabie]

The Canadian Premier League Grand Final at Lauderhill, Florida. Toronto, of course, won every game in the league stage while Montreal scraped home by the skin of their teeth. Both teams have it all to play for here.

Jerome Taylor ripped the heart out of the Montreal batsmen with a vital hattrick. He was backed up by a fine spell from Kemar Roach who shared the new ball with him, but the major talking point will be the four LBWs given to Toronto. Although Sunil Dhaniram rallied, the Montreal spinners have an uphill task ahead defending such a meagre total.

 

[Aislabie]

After restricting Montreal to a meagre 107 in the first innings of the final, it is time to see whether the Toronto Raptors can finish off their league campaingn in style or whether they will trip over the final stumbling block...

In reply, Toronto Raptors breezed past the Montreal total to take the league. Ravindu Gunasekara was a rock at the top of the order and was very unfortunate to miss out on a landmark 50. Nikita Miller was excellent in a lost cause for Montreal, but ultimately it wasn't enough and their captain, Balaji Rao, leaked the winning run after only losing the wicket of Don Maxwell.

 

[Prats]

Well, that was an easy chase for Toronto really. Just like a walk in the garden. I really liked this league a lot as I followed this from the start. Loved the way you presented the final. Ratings were good as well the league management.

Excellent work! I'm rating this thread 'good'

 

[Aislabie]

Well, then, if you can all post your wishes for next season's edition of the CPL, that would be great. Suggestions are still on post 187, but that doesn't mean you can't post your own.

Also, please post your interest in having a team next time round, incumbent managers will obviously have priority.

 

[Near]

Hmm, having West Indies players again wouldn't be bad but tbh I want something different . Maybe, having overseas who would play for a Canadian Franchise like domestic/other associate players would be a good idea, I can't imagine players like Tendulkar and Gayle and De Villiers playing in a Canadian Premier League irl

 

[Aislabie]

Hmm... yeah. I was wondering whether to carry on at all. I just think another yea might be too much of a good thing, and players you've never heard of might get stale pretty quickly.