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Best performances - Batsmen

J Charles
J Charles
74(42) 4x4 - 7x6
Control %76%
  • Productive Shot
  • on drive
  • 33 runs
  • 0x4 - 4x6
5 1 7 6 8 2 34 11
ADS Fletcher
ADS Fletcher
62(50) 5x4 - 2x6
Control %74%
  • Productive Shot
  • flick
  • 18 runs
  • 0x4 - 1x6
10 4 5 11 12 3 2 15

Best performances - Bowlers

PW Hasaranga
PW Hasaranga
O3
M0
R13
W2
Eco4.33
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W
JA Clarkson
O2
M0
R18
W2
Eco9.00
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF

Scorer: K Vairavan | Commentator: Shashwat Kumar

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.

16.3
4
Nortje to Chase, FOUR, Chase asks what the fuss is about and finishes off the game with a wave of his willow! On the pads, which allows Chase to bring his wrists into play. Clips it beautifully behind square and fine leg gives up the chase quite early. A clinical and comprehensive victory and the Kings are finally on the board at home!
16.2
1
Nortje to Auguste, 1 run, shortish on middle and off. Auguste is rushed on the pull and tugs it towards deep backward square leg
16.1
0
Nortje to Auguste, no run, sharp back of a length delivery on leg stump that gets big on Auguste. He gets himself into a pickle and the ball, perhaps off his bat, pings into his helmet

END OF OVER:
16 | 2 Runs 2 Wkts | SLK: 171/5 (3 runs required from 24 balls, RR: 10.68, RRR: 0.75)

  • Ackeem Auguste1 (2b)
  • Wanindu Hasaranga3-0-13-2
  • Anrich Nortje3-0-23-1
15.6
W
Hasaranga to Descarte, OUT, goes high up and taken at deep mid wicket! Shortish on middle and off. Descarte hops back, trying to smoke it over cow corner. Gets it too much near the bottom of the bat, though, and offers a fairly regulation catch to John at deep mid wicket!

S Descarte c sub (RD John) b Hasaranga 2 (2m 5b 0x4 0x6) SR: 40.00

15.5
0
Hasaranga to Descarte, no run, tossed up again, full outside off. Descarte swings like a rusty gate for the third time this over and makes no contact, unsurprisingly
15.4
2
Hasaranga to Descarte, 2 runs, back of a length outside off. Descarte nudges it dexterously into the mid wicket region and scampers back for two

Kings 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st115F du PlessisJ Charles
2nd14J CharlesTL Seifert
3rd32J CharlesPBB Rajapaksa
4th8J CharlesAWJ Auguste
5th2AWJ AugusteS Descarte
6th5RL ChaseAWJ Auguste