Last Updated on September 2, 2022, 5:44 AM AST by Anthony Morris
The Defending Champions of the Caribbean Premier League, St Kitts and Nevis Patriots, have met disappointment the second time in a row at the CPL 2022, this time at the hands of Barbados Royals. The latter defeated the Patriots by seven wickets in what seemed to be an incredibly smooth case with 11 balls left when they touched the target.
The Barbados Royals won the toss and elected to field. St Kitts and Nevis Patriots, who had had a rough start in the CPL 2022 tournament after losing the first match of the Premier League rather severely to the Jamaica Tallawahs, managed to put a total of 149 runs on the scoreboard at the end of 17 overs, for a loss of 8 wickets.
Opening batsman Andre Fletcher put an impressive 81 runs on the scoreboard off of 55 deliveries, which is the highest individual score of the match. His score included 11 fours and one six. The other team members, including the captain, Dwayne Bravo, stayed confined to single digits as the team dragged their total to the target they had set for the opposing team.
The only exception was the team’s wicket-keeper, Joshua Da Silva, who put an additional 19 runs on the scoreboard.
In contrast, The Barbados Royals played significantly better innings. Kyle Mayers did a star act for the Royals as he scored a brilliant 73 of 46 balls before he was dismissed by a delivery from DJ Bravo.
However, his team successfully chased the 150 runs target against the Patriots with over ten balls left in the first match of CPL 2022 for the Royals. At the game’s conclusion, captain David Miller and Azam Khan were standing on the crease with a combined total of 11 runs between them.
The Patriots are the defending champions of the CPL Trophy and have also won the SKYEXCH 6IXTY Tournament. However, they are yet to taste victory in the Caribbean Premier League (CPL 2022) matches.
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