Match Details
St. Lucia Kings win the match by 49 runs!! It was a dominating performance with the bat on a sluggish pitch, which took the game away from St.Kitts and Nevis Patriots in the first half of the game!! Wiese took 3 important wicket in the middle overs and sealed things for the Kings.
Earlier in the day, St.Kitts and Nevis Patriots won the toss and opted to bowl first. Skipper Faf du Plessis took them off to a fantastic start, he was ultra-aggressive in the power play and smashed it all around the park. Faf was dismissed on 41 off 21 balls. Rashid Khan was introduced into the attack and took a wicket straight away, dismissing Dickwella. St.Lucia Giants were 60/2 at the end of the powerplay.
Johnson Charles played a calculated knock, he targeted the spinners in the middle phase, he changed gears and got some valuable runs for the Kings.
Rashid Khan was reintroduced into the attack and again got a wicket off the first ball of this spell too. after playing a wonderful hand of 41-ball 61, including 6 elegant fours and three mighty maximums. David Wiese contributed with a valuable 21* off 12 and Primus 18 off 10 took their side to a huge score of 189!
Dwayne Bravo was the pick of the bowlers giving away 26 runs off his four overs and picking up two important wickets. Rashid Khan got two wickets to his name but was a bit expensive. Duan Jansen ended with 1/24.
Evin Lewis and Andre Fletcher walked out to open the batting for SKNP and took them off to a delightful start, they had come out with aggressive intent and hammered to all parts as the ground.
Alzarri Joseph was introduced into the attack and managed to break the partnership which was looking dangerous, he dismissed Andre Fletcher for 9 and at this point, SKNP were 30-1 in 4.2 overs. The youngster from South Africa showed some flair in the middle but his innings was cut short by Williams on 32 of 19.
David Wiese was just fantastic with the ball in hand today, his slower balls were extremely hard to pick, he broke the back of the chase and SKNP could not recover, they kept losing wickets at regular intervals. He finished with figures of 3 for 8 in his 4 overs, Wiese was able supported by Kesrick Williams who got 3 wickets as well for 32 runs in his 4 overs. Roshon Primus picked up 2 wickets in his 3 overs and Joseph finished with a solitary wicket in his 4 overs.
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