CPL Match 7: All-round Nabi leads St Lucia Zouks to a 10 run over ST Kitts and Nevis
Thanks to an all-round performance by Mohammad Nabi, St Lucia
Zouks registered their 2nd win of the tournament defeating St Kitts
and Nevis Patriots by 10 runs played at Brian Lara Cricket Academy, Trinidad on
Saturday.
St Kitts and Nevis Patriots captain Rayad Emrit won the toss
and decided to field first. ST Lucia suffered an injury blow as Rakheem
Cornwall decided to retire hurt. Andre Fletcher and young talent Deyal put the
pressure back on the Patriots bowlers. Deyal played with positive intent to
keep the scoreboard ticking. At the end of first six overs, Zouks raced to 64
for 0.
After the power play overs, Patriots captain Rayad Emrit got
the breakthrough dismissing dangerous Dayal for 30 off 17 balls with a catch at
mid-off from Ish Sodhi. Sodhi took the catch on the second grab. Dayal and
Fletcher added 73 runs in 7.1 overs. Andre Fletcher survived a run-out and
dropped chance at point by Sohail Tanvir. St Kitts and Nevis Patriot bowlers
made a strong comeback by dismissing Fletcher, Roston Chase, Najibullah Zadran,
Darren Sammy. Rakheem Cornwall returned to play and was run out by Emrit.
Mohammad Nabi smashed 2 sixes of Sohail Tanvir’s bowling in
the 19th over. The experienced Afghan player put the pressure on
Sheldon Cottrell 16 runs to remain not out on 35 off 22 balls. St Lucia Zouks
ended with a strong total of 172 for 5 in 20 overs. Nabi and Saad Bin Safar
added 35 runs in just 2.5 overs out of which Zafar contributed 1 run.
Chasing 173 runs to win, Chris Lynn and Evin Lewis began off
to a quick start. Nabi struck for St Lucia Zouks by dismissing dangerous Lynn
with a one-handed catch by Najibullah Zadran. Kitts and Nevis Patriots openers
added 28 runs. Roston Chase was bought into the attack and got the wicket of
Joshua Da Silva.
At the end of six overs, Nevis and Patriots posted 52 for 2.
Chase struck again to dismiss dangerous Evin Lewis. Denesh Ramdin proved some
spark to Nevis innings but the asking run rate was too much. Kugglein dismissed
Kieron Powell, Ramdin, Sohail Tanvir, and Rayad Emrit.
Sheldon Cottrell provided some entertainment with big blows
but fell short of the target. Lucia Zouks won the match by 10 runs.
For his 35* off 22 balls and 1 for 19, Nabi was awarded the
man of the match award. This was Zouks' second successive win of the tournament.
St Lucia Zouks 172 for 6 in 20 overs ( Andre Fletcher 46,
Nabi 35*, Jaggesar 2/29, Sohail Tanvir 2/41) beat St Kitts and Nevis Patriots
162 for 8 in 20 overs ( Ramdin 46, Lewis 29, Kugglein 4/33, Chase 3/12) by 10
runs.
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