Last Updated on September 12, 2022, 10:00 AM AST by Anthony Morris
Saint Kitts and Nevis Patriots have yet again tasted defeat in the Caribbean Premier League (CPL 2020), this time at the hands of Saint Lucia Kings. The kings defeated the Patriots by a total of 61 runs.
It is worth a mention that this match was being played at the Saint Lucia Kings’ home ground at Darren Sammy Cricket Ground, Gros Islet, Saint Lucia. The Saint Lucia Kings have been lucky in the CPL 2022 Tournament as they have won five of the seven matches they have played so far in the tournament.
At the start of the game, St Kitts and Nevis Patriots won the toss and decided to field first. The decision did not go well with the luck of the patriots as they became the first team in the CPL 2022, to be bowled out as they lost all of their wickets with one over of the match still left to be played.
The opening batters that came to the ground from the Kings‘ side of the field, Johnson Charles and Faf Du Plessis managed to put 91 runs on the scoreboard jointly; consequently, they were the best two players on the team, who essentially won their team the match.
Charles managed to score 60 runs off of 35 balls and his opening partner, Plessis, scored 41 runs in 32 balls.
Although the opposing team were able to slow the flow of runs with the others, the match was lost when it was.
When the team of St Kitts and Nevis walked out to bat, the Saint Lucia Kings played an admirable spell with the ball and severely restricted the flow of runs from the bats of the patriots. No player from the Patriots’ team managed to go past 25 individual runs before they lost their wickets. Opening Batsman Andre Fletcher and the newest addition to the Patriots team, Rashid Khan, could not score even one run for their team before they were bowled out.
At the end of their innings, they were able to accumulate a collective 100 runs in 19 overs before they lost all the wickets.
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