St Kitts and Nevis Patriots 156 for five (Fletcher 48*, Mayers 32, Theekshana 2-22) beat St Lucia Kings 155 for 8 (Andrew 58, Pooran 54, Holder 3-20, Netravalkar 3-32) by 5 wickets
St Lucia Kings had been at house in Gros Islet, their captain Roston Chase gained the toss and took first strike, however then they “left about 30 to 35 runs on the market”, as Chase stated later, trying again on the five-wicket defeat to St Kitts and Nevis Patriots of their CPL 2026 fixture.
The rationale they fell in need of the goal they’d have preferred to set Patriots was the Jason Holder-Saurabh Netravalkar mixture, the seamers choosing up six wickets between them for simply 52 runs, which gave the batters simply 157 to chase. Andre Fletcher saved issues regular, scoring a affected person 41-ball 48 not out from the highest, as Patriots received house with 14 balls left to go.
The powerplay did not go badly for Kings regardless of the lack of Andries Gous and Ackeem Auguste, Netravalkar accounting for each, as Kamil Pooran and Jewel Andrew took them to 57. The 2 of them collaborated for 82 runs in 51 balls for the third wicket, and after a run out ended Pooran’s keep for a 30-ball 54, Andrew and Charith Asalanka added 39 extra, however by then the scoring price had slowed down: their partnership took up 25 balls.
Strain informed, and Holder rubbed it in, sending again Asalanka and Andrew, who made 58 in 42 balls, within the sixteenth over, and there was no actual resistance from the decrease order: simply 22 runs got here within the final 5 overs.
There was little or no to separate Kings and Patriots when it got here to the powerplay output, 57 for two for Kings vs 59 for two for Patriots, however Patriots had, as Fletcher put it, “a manageable complete to chase”. Johnson Charles did the early operating, smashing a 4 and two sixes in a five-ball 15, however he was the primary to fall, and Kyle Mayers, after a 34-run stand with Fletcher the place he contributed 32 in 16 balls, was additionally passed by the top of the powerplay.
However the asking price was hardly a problem due to the runs, and all Fletcher and the others wanted to do was bat deep. They did, and at no stage did they should hurry.
A lot in order that Fletcher might bat from the primary ball of the innings to the final – the 18th, because it turned out – with out ever hitting a better gear. His 48 not out, which earned him the Participant-of-the-Match award, took 41 balls and included simply three fours and 6. And he received assist from Kevin Wickham (19 in 20), Holder (10 in 9) and Dasun Shanaka (12 in 9) earlier than Wanindu Hasaranga slammed Matthew Forde for a six to finish the win.
The win was Patriots’ first within the competitors after that they had misplaced their opener, whereas Kings, too, have one win and one loss from two outings.