CPL 2022: St Lucia Kings vs St Kitts & Nevis Patriots: Kings dominant over Patriots

The
Patriots
won
the
toss
and
opted
to
field
first
and
that
appeared
to
have
backfired
when
Johnson
Charles
and
Faf
Du
Plessis
put
on
a
blistering
opening
partnership
that
saw
them
post
61
runs
in
the
Power
Play.

However,
much
like
their
performance
against
the
Guyana
Amazon
Warriors,
the
Kings
faulted
badly
in
the
back
end
of
their
innings
losing
nine
wickets
for
75
runs.

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Despite
the
stuttering
end
to
their
innings
the
161/9
the
Kings
posted
always
looked
tricky
and
the
Patriots
got
off
to
a
bad
start
in
the
Power
Play
losing
three
wickets
for
their
48
runs.

They
never
recovered
from
that
position
as
the
Kings
blew
them
away
with
an
excellent
performance
in
the
field.
Tim
David
led
the
way
with
a
CPL
record
equalling
five
catches
in
the
outfield.

The
Kings
needed
a
good
performance
in
this
must
win
game
and
led
by
captain
Faf
Du
Plessis’
60
runs
from
35
balls
they
set
off
very
quickly.

Ably
assisted
by
the
in-form
Johnson
Charles
the
pair
put
on
86
for
the
first
wicket
but
once
Charles
fell
the
Kings
innings
fell
away.

They
regularly
lost
wickets
in
clusters
and
when
Alzarri
Joseph
departed
for
a
duck
with
the
score
on
124/7
it
looked
as
if
the
Kings
may
not
see
out
the
overs.

However,
late
hitting
from
Matthew
Forde
ensured
the
Kings
were
able
to
post
a
par
score
of
161.

The
Patriots
innings
was
in
deep
trouble
very
early
on
in
reply.
Matthew
Forde
ripped
through
the
top
three
to
leave
the
Patriots
teetering
at
the
end
of
the
Power
Play.

From
that
point,
the
Patriots
failed
to
build
any
meaningful
partnership
as
their
top
order
continued
to
struggle.

When
Alzarri
Joseph
removed
Darren
Bravo
for
20
to
leave
the
Patriots
on
81/6,
that
was
the
last
of
the
recognised
batters
and
the
innings
soon
ended
with
the
Patriots
ending
on
100
all
out.

Brief
scores:
Saint
Lucia
Kings:
161/9
(Du
Plessis
60,
Charles
41;
Pretorius
3/37,
Dananjaya
2/30)

beat
St
Kitts
&
Nevis
Patriots:
100
all
out
(Lewis
24,
Bravo
20;
Wiese
3/17,
Forde
3/19)

by
61
runs.