CPL 2021 - GUY vs SKN: Evin Lewis, Devon Thomas St Kitts 8-wicket win

CPL 2021: St Kitts beat Guyana Warriors easy by 8-wickets: Dwayne Bravo led St Kitts defeated Guyana Warriors easily by eight wickets at Warner Park, Basseterre. Unlike Guyana Warriors who struggled with the bat during their innings, St Kitts batsmen showcased an easy performance with the willow. Their openers contribution was enough to sail them convincingly and attract the win. Devon Thomas was adjudged as the player of the match for his unbeaten 55 runs.

Right from the start- St Kitts and Nevis Patriots opening pair Devon Thomas and Evin Lewis looked ferocious with the bat in their pursuit to chase the target of 147 runs put by Guyana Warriors on the board. They were off to a fantastic start and has a 113 run opening partnership before Lewis departed after a quickfire knock- 62 runs from 39 balls. The other opener Thomas, who was steady with the bat smashed 55 runs from 54 balls.

With the ball, Mohammed Hafeez was economical who returned with an economy of 4.5. However, he didn’t get any scalps.

St Kitts and Nevis Patriots Innings 147/2 (18.5 ov)

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Devon Thomas	Not out	55	54	7	1	101.85
Evin Lewis	st Nicholas Pooran b Imran Tahir	62	39	4	5	158.97
Sherfane Rutherford	c & b Naveen-ul-Haq	14	17	1	0	82.35
Fabian Allen	Not out	4	4	0	0	100.00
Extra	12 (b 0, w 8, nb 1, lb 3)
Total	147/2 (18.5)
Yet To Bat	J Da Silva, Asif Ali, DJ Bravo, Sheldon Cottrell, Fawad Ahmed, PA van Meekeren, DC Drakes

BOWLING	O	R	W	ECON
Mohammad Hafeez	4	18	0	4.50
Naveen-ul-Haq	3	28	1	9.33
Imran Tahir	4	32	1	8.00
Odean Smith	3	18	0	6.00
Ashmead Nedd	2.5	18	0	6.35
Nial smith	2	30	0	15.00

Fall Of Wickets	FOW	Over
Evin Lewis	1-113	13.4
Sherfane Rutherford	2-135	17.4

Guyana Amazon Warriors decision to bat after winning the toss seemed to have backfiredd as they kept losing wickets at regular intervals. After a fine start from Chandrapaul Hemraj- 39 runs, the entire unit collapsed until skipper Nicholas Pooran (23 off 10) smashed the big hits to up the Warriors scoreboard.

CPL 2021: St Kitts beat Guyana Warriors easy by 8-wickets

With the ball, Dominic Drakes was exceptional as he scalped three wickets and returned with an economy of 6.5.

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Guyana Amazon Warriors Innings 146/8 (20 ov)

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Brandon King	c Sherfane Rutherford b Sheldon Cottrell	11	10	2	0	110.00
Chandrapaul Hemraj	c Asif Ali b Fawad Ahmed	39	30	1	3	130.00
Odean Smith	c Evin Lewis b DC Drakes	0	7	0	0	0.00
Shoaib Malik	c J Da Silva b DC Drakes	5	12	0	0	41.67
Shimron Hetmyer	b DJ Bravo	4	5	0	0	80.00
Mohammad Hafeez	Not out	38	31	2	2	122.58
Nicholas Pooran (WK/C)	c Evin Lewis b Fabian Allen	23	10	0	3	230.00
Naveen-ul-Haq	c J Da Silva b Fawad Ahmed	4	6	0	0	66.67
Imran Tahir	c Devon Thomas b DC Drakes	4	6	0	0	66.67
Ashmead Nedd	Not out	1	3	0	0	33.33
Extra	17 (b 0, w 15, nb 0, lb 2)
Total	146/8 (20)
Yet To Bat	Nial smith

BOWLING	O	R	W	ECON
Sheldon Cottrell	2	8	1	4.00
Paul van Meekeren	4	24	0	6.00
Dominic Drakes	4	26	3	6.50
Fawad Ahmed	4	33	2	8.25
Fabian Allen	4	36	1	9.00
Dwayne Bravo	2	17	1	8.50

Fall Of Wickets	FOW	Over
Brandon King	1-13	2.1
Odean Smith	2-19	4.2
S Malik	3-34	6.5
Shimron Hetmyer	4-67	9.3
Chandrapaul Hemraj	5-75	11.4
Nicholas Pooran	6-103	14.3
Naveen-ul-Haq	7-108	15.5
Imran Tahir	8-134	18.6

Teams:

St Kitts and Nevis Patriots (Playing XI): Evin Lewis, Devon Thomas, Joshua Da Silva(w), Asif Ali, Sherfane Rutherford, Dwayne Bravo(c), Fabian Allen, Dominic Drakes, Sheldon Cottrell, Paul van Meekeren, Fawad Ahmed

Guyana Amazon Warriors (Playing XI): Brandon King, Chandrapaul Hemraj, Odean Smith, Shimron Hetmyer, Shoaib Malik, Mohammad Hafeez, Nicholas Pooran(w/c), Nial Smith, Naveen-ul-Haq, Ashmead Nedd, Imran Tahir

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CPL 2021: St Kitts beat Guyana Warriors easy by 8-wickets

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