10:48pm That will be all from us for this game. We will be back tomorrow with more CPL action as the Barbados Royals take on the Trinbago Knight Riders. Until then, this is goodbye from Shashwat, Sudeep and Vairavan. Take care, folks!
Faf du Plessis, St Lucia Kings captain: (On the performance) It was really good. Great bowling performance from our guys. 170 feels 20 short on this wicket. (On Descarte and Wiese's catches) Great catches - the boys have been catching well. These catches are really important (against guys that can hurt you). (On their intent in the powerplay) Really important to put the pressure on the bowlers (at the start). Chasing 170, you can break the back of the opposition when you do that. Glad we could do it. Important that one guy also bats through and Charles did that beautifully. We turned it around nicely tonight. Important after two back-to-back losses. We wanted to give the fans something to smile about and glad we could do that (tonight).
Andre Fletcher, St Kitts and Nevis Patriots captain: We started well in the powerplay and I thought we slowed down a bit in the middle. Our strike rate could have been better, especially me. But Rilee played a good knock. (On Layne) With his height and pace, he is very effective with the new ball. Unfortunately, it was not his day today. We have three more games left. We don't have a choice but to go out there and play cricket. We have to find a way to win. We have been on the losing side for six games and we have to try our best. (Next game against Royals) We played them at home - they will come hard at us. We have to believe in ourselves and try to execute as well as possible, with the bat, the ball and in the field.
Johnson Charles, Player of the Match: It was a very good innings. I would have loved to finish off for the team. Opening with Faf has been good. We feed off each other's energy. (On the people dancing in the Johnson Charles Stand) It feels lovely, with the crowd supporting us, even when we lost two. A huge thank you to our supporters.
10:31pm The Kings did it at a canter really. Charles and du Plessis set it all up in the powerplay, coming out all guns blazing. The Kings skipper, in particular, was severe during the field restrictions and did not hold back once they were lifted either. Charles then took over completely and finished with a 42-ball 74, falling only when single-digits were required.
Another indifferent night with the ball for the Patriots. Their planning was off and their execution was not great either. Fletcher's decision-making was also not up to scratch and his decision to hold back Hasaranga and Shamsi, even as the Kings made merry in the powerplay, was puzzling, to say the least. That perhaps sums up their campaign, which now hangs by a thread, with their qualification in tatters and possibly at the mercy of others.
