CPL 2024: Kings pull off stunning run-chase to upstage Lewis and Mayers’ heroics

Kyle Mayers (left) and Evin Lewis of St. Kitts and Nevis Patriots put on a record 199 for the second wicket during the Men’s 2024 Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League Match Five against St. Lucia Kings at Warner Park Sporting Complex on September 1, 2024 in Basseterre, St. Kitts and Nevis. (Photo by Randy Brooks/CPL T20 via Getty Images)

A remarkable passage of play followed- Tim Seifert was dropped twice on his way to scoring 64 off 27 balls before Bhanuka Rajapaska (68* off 35) and David Wiese (34* off 20) beat the fielders and cleared the ropes with aplomb to knock off the runs with relative ease.

The rain fell at Warner Park but it wasn’t heavy or sustained enough to come to Patriots rescue, all of their bowlers shipped heavy runs apart from Nortje who finished with 2-29 from his four overs. Team captain Andre Fletcher intimated that his side need to improve in order to challenge in the competition.

“As a fielding unit, we are not helping the bowlers.” Fletcher said after the match. “We can’t be dropping catches and expect to win matches against powerful batting line-ups. Catches win matches and we have to do that, and buck up on our fielding.”

It was a bittersweet evening for Kyle Mayers, who picked up the Player-of-the-Match award for his sublime century. “It was a good day for me but the team did not cross the line, so it is still sad. The difference between us and them was that they executed in the back end and the rain also kept our spinners out of the game.”

It is a confident start to the 2024 campaign by St .Lucia Kings who chalk up victory in their first outing, but plenty to ponder for St Kitts and Nevis Patriots with just one win from three matches so far. (CPL)

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