St Lucia (West Indies) 9 September : Barbados Royals maintained their supremacy in the current Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) with a fourth win in a row in beating the Saint Lucia Kings by six wickets on Friday.The Royals decided to field following winning the toss resulted in a win as they saw the St Lucia Kings struggling at 90-5.
Tim David and David Wiese saved them from the brink of collapse with a sixth wicket stand of 79 runs in 43 balls.This helped them score an impressive score of 169 for six wickets.
The Barbados Royals never looked in trouble when they chased it down.Corbin Bosch arriving at the spot after the early dismissal of opener Quinton de Kock, sparked the chase with an amazing score of 81 in 50 deliveries with 10 fours and a six.Kyle Mayers and Corbin Bosch scored 84 runs out of 48 balls, putting their team far ahead of the match.
After Bosch had left, after Bosch left, it was David Miller and Holder who took on the remainder of the chase.
Miller (29 not out in 18 balls) hit in well as they made it to the goal with the ball in nine and six wickets remaining.
In the meantime the St Kitts and Nevis Patriots finally won their first game of this season with an eight-wicket victory over the Guyana Amazon Warriors.
The Guyana Amazon Warriors chose to bat after winning the toss.They scored 66 runs in the first ten overs.
However, captain Shimron Shetmyer scored an impressive 46 runs in just 21 balls which saw his team reach 162/6 at the close of the innings.In the previous match, Chandrapaul Hemraj scored 43 in 38 balls.
St Kitts and Nevis Patriots were never able rest in the wake of the second wicket stand of 47 runs in the second wicket stand that was played between Andre Fletcher (41) and Dewald Bravis (13).They were frequently beaten in their chase.
The moment that Dwayne Bravo and Darren Bravo both left in the 16th of the season, the Patriots appeared to be in trouble.
However, late in the innings, a stunning performance of powerful hitting by Dwaine Pretorius with 27 not out in 12 balls with three sixes tipped the scales.
Duan Jansen (23 not out) and Pretorius together in the last overs with 55 runs that led the team to a thrilling victory.
It gave Patriots their first victory in this season’s CPL season with two balls left.
Brief score: St Lucia Kings 169/6 in 20 overs (Tim David 40, Johnson Charles 29, David Wiese 28, Hayden Walsh 2/19) lost to Barbados Royals 174/4 in 18.2 overs (Corbin Bosch 81, Kyle Mayers 33, Alzarri Joseph 3/32) by six wickets.
Brief score: Guyana Amazon Warriors 162 6 in 20 overs (Chandrapaul Hemraj 43, Shimron Hetmeyer 46, Duan Jansen 2/37, Akila Danajaya 228) defeated by St Kitts and Nevis Patriots 163 6 in 19.4 overs (Andre Fletcher 41, Dwaine Pretorius 27 not out, Odean Smith 2/10, Romario Shepherd 2/42) by 4 wickets.
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