Knight Riders start strong with a winning performance in the Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League 2024

Trinbago Knight Riders clinched a 44-run victory over St Kitts & Nevis Patriots in a thrilling, high-scoring CPL match at Warner Park.

Match Summary

St Kitts & Nevis Patriots vs Trinbago Knight Riders, Match 3

St Kitts & Nevis Patriots 206/8 (20 ov)

Trinbago Knight Riders 250/4 (20 ov)

Trinbago Knight Riders won by 44 runs.

SCORECARD 

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Match Analysis

Patriots captain Andre Fletcher won the toss and inserted the Knight Riders on what turned out to be a good batting wicket. Sunil Narine hit three fours and four sixes to get the Knight Riders off to a rapid start and they never looked back.

The boundary was peppered and cleared all evening, Nicholas Pooran scooping the Player of the Match award for a thrilling innings of 97 off 43 balls that fully deserved a century. Keacy Carty piled on the pain for the Patriots by striking 73 off just 35 balls in a visceral display of stroke making, the pair of batters leaving the opposition bewildered in the face of boundaries struck all-round the relatively short sided ground in Basseterre.

Fittingly, Carty hit the final ball of the innings for six to see the Knight Riders post a mammoth score of 250/4. The Patriots cleared the two hundred run mark themselves in posting 206/8 in what turned out to be the highest scoring match in CPL history between the sides but in truth Andre Fletcher’s side never truly looked like they were going to haul in the target.

Just a few hours before the game began 41-year-old Dwayne Bravo announced that this year’s CPL would be his would be his last, the tournament’s all-time leading wicket taker and five time champion writing on Instagram that, “It’s been a great journey. This season will be my last one and I’m looking forward to a playing my final professional tournament in front of my Caribbean people… TKR is the place where everything started for me and will end with my team.”

Bravo went wicketless in his three overs but along with Narine was one of only two Knight Riders bowlers to go at an economy rate of less than ten runs per over. Narine picked up 2/24 off his four overs and only went for three boundaries.

Earlier, Pooran looked like he’d reached three figures in style. Anrich Nortje sending down a full and wide delivery in the 18th over that the batter climbed into with relish. It wasn’t to be, the sliced shot fell into the hands of Drakes on the boundary at deep point and the batter could not hide his disappointment.

Nevertheless, Pooran could comfort himself in the knowledge that his innings contributed to a resounding win for his side, saying afterwards that, “At the end of the day, I want to win matches and tournaments. I want to win the CPL and if I want to do that, I need to keep doing my job.”

It was a case of job done for the Knight Riders as they chalked up their first win of the 2024 campaign

 

Match Stats

Trinbago Knight Riders Fall of wickets: 1-44 (Sunil Narine - 3.6 ov), 2-51 (Jason Roy - 4.4 ov), 3-89 (Shaqkere Parris - 7.5 ov), 4-211 (Nicholas Pooran - 17.4 ov)

St Kitts & Nevis Patriots Fall of wickets: 1-12 (Andre Fletcher - 1.2 ov), 2-18 (Kyle Mayers - 1.5 ov), 3-72 (Evin Lewis - 6.6 ov), 4-142 (Mikyle Louis - 13.6 ov), 5-142 (Tristan Stubbs - 14.1 ov), 6-150 (Sherfane Rutherford - 15.1 ov), 7-165 (Odean Smith - 16.4 ov), 8-191 (Dominic Drakes - 18.6 ov

Playing XI

St Kitts & Nevis Patriots 

• Andre Fletcher(WK/C)
• Evin Lewis
• Mikyle Louis
• Sherfane Rutherford
• Tristan Stubbs
• Kyle Mayers
• Ryan John
• Odean Smith
• Dominic Drakes
• Tabraiz Shamsi
• Anrich Nortje

Trinbago Knight Riders 

• Nicholas Pooran(WK)
• Shaqkere Parris
• Jason Roy
• Kieron Pollard(C)
• Keacy Carty
• Sunil Narine
• Dwayne Bravo
• Nathan Edwards
• Josh Little
• Waqar Salamkheil
• Terrance Hinds

 

Match Details:

Date: Sunday, September 1, 2024 00:00

Venue: Warner Park, St Kitts, Basseterre

Toss: St Kitts & Nevis Patriots elected to bowl