CPL 2022, St Kitts & Nevis Patriots vs Trinbago Knight Riders: TKR keep playoff hopes alive with tight win

St
Kitts
&
Nevis
Patriots
won
the
toss
and
chose
to
bat
in
this
must-win
game,
but
were
restricted
early
on
as
the
Knight
Riders
rotated
five
bowlers
across
the
power
play.

Sherfane
Rutherford
would
change
the
complexion
of
the
innings
with
a
brilliant
78
runs,
aided
by
a
spectacular
cameo
from
Dewald
Brevis,
to
take
the
Patriots
to
163/6.

In
their
chase,
the
Trinbago
Knight
Riders
struggled
to
build
partnerships
as
wickets
consistently
fell.

Despite
this,
they
remained
with
a
chance
of
winning
the
match
as
Tim
Seifert
and
Andre
Russell
scored
crucial
late
runs,
but
it
proved
to
be
in
vain
as
they
could
only
muster
156/7,
losing
by
seven
runs.

St
Kitts
and
Nevis
Patriots
were
frustrated
by
the
bowling
of
the
Knight
Riders
in
the
first
ten
overs,
reaching
43/3
and
having
lost
the
key
wicket
of
Evin
Lewis.

Rutherford
would
then
shoulder
the
responsibility
of
carrying
the
innings
as
he
patiently
scored
runs
before
accelerating
in
the
last
three
overs,
to
finish
on
78
runs.

Brevis
would
remarkably
score
30
runs
from
just
six
balls,
constantly
clearing
the
boundary
to
propel
the
Patriots
to
163/6.

Trinbago
Knight
Riders
lost
the
early
wickets
of
Leonardo
Julien
and
Colin
Munro
in
their
chase,
with
spinners
Kevin
Sinclair
and
Rashid
Khan
restricting
runs.

Kieron
Pollard
and
Nicholas
Pooran
would
then
lose
their
wickets
as
the
Knight
Riders
found
themselves
in
serious
trouble.
Seifert
kept
the
chase
alive
with
a
valiant
half
century.

Despite
Russell
scoring
18
runs
in
the
19th
over,
it
was
not
to
be
enough
as
Sheldon
Cottrell
delivered
a
composed
final
over
to
take
the
Patriots
to
victory
by
seven
runs.

Brief
scores:
St
Kitts
and
Nevis
Patriots:
163/6
(Rutherford
78,
Brevis
30
not
out;
Dupavillon
3/38,
Patel
1/7)
beat
Trinbago
Knight
Riders:
156/7
(Seifert
59,
Pollard
31;
Cottrell
3/33,
Sinclair
2/18)
by
7
runs.