Match Details
07:51 AM IST, 10:21 PM Local Time: What a clinical performance from St Lucia Kings as they register back-to-back victories at home with this 7-wicket victory. The bowlers did the job earlier on and then the chase was beautifully sealed by the opening pair of Johnson Charles and Tim Seifert.
Seifert and Charles starred as they finished the game in the Powerplay itself to not allow any opening for the Patriots. The pair managed to help the Kings get to 72/0 at the end of six overs. Charles continued to go big even after the field spread out with a couple of maximums off Waqar Salamkheil but the Afghan got his wicket after that to break the 85-run opening stand.
The breakthrough didnāt really bring the Patriots into the contest as Ackeem Auguste continued from where he left off in the previous match. Seifert also took on the senior role as he went onto reach his fifty off 35 balls in the 10th over. By the half-way stage of the chase, the Kings got themselves to 117/1 needing only 61 off the remaining 10 overs.
Jason Holder brought back Naseem Shah for the 13th over and he responded with the wicket of Ackeem Auguste. The Patriots stitched a few good overs in that period with Naseem also finding the timber of Seifert in the 15th over. The storm was then averted by the experienced duo of Tim David and Roston Chase as they took the side home with 18 balls to spare.
Earlier in the match, Andre Fletcher got off to a flier but Evin Lewis struggled at the other end. The left-hander eventually perished while trying to take on Roston Chase in the final over of the Powerplay. Fletcher slowed down as the field spread out and he was sent packing by Tabraiz Shamsi in the 9th over. Then, the pair of Mohammad Rizwan and Kyle Mayers came together to build a partnership. Rizwan showed refreshing intent from the time he came to the crease while Mayers looked out of touch at the other end.
Rizwan went onto score his fifty in the 17th over just before the 71-run partnership was broken by Shamsi as he got Mayers to hole out to long-on. In the end, the Patriotsā skipper Holder struck a couple of sixes to help the team finish with 177/3.