CPL 2021 Finals: Dominic Drakes brilliance helps St Kitts and Nevis Patriots win a last ball thriller

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 Thanks to a great effort by Dominic Drakes, St Kitts and Nevis Patriots defeated St Lucia Kings in a thrilling final of CPL 9 played at Warner Park, St Kitts on Wednesday.

St Lucia Kings captain Andre Fletcher won the toss and decided to bat first. It was an aggressive start by Fletcher who smashed Sheldon Cottrell for a six. With the scoreboard reading 11 runs off 5 deliveries, rain arrived, and stopped play.

After a short rain delay break, Fawad Ahmed struck as Sheldon Cottrell took a brilliant catch running backward and fell right back on his neck. Drakes got rid of Mark Deyal on his first ball of the spell putting Kings under pressure. Evin Lewis injured his shoulder while fielding and was taken by physio out of the field.

Rakheem Cornwall looked in superb touch putting the Patriot's bowlers under serious pressure. At the end of the first six overs, St Lucia Kings scored 46 for 2. Cornwall made use of his power while Roston Chase kept him good company.

Soon after the drinks break, Fabien Allen struck to dismiss the dangerous Cornwall. Cornwall and Chase added 44 runs for the 3rd wicket. David Wiese was castled by Jaggesar with a slider to leave St Lucia Kings in some trouble at 81 for 4.

Fawad Ahmed dismissed Tim David hitting the body onto the stumps. Keemo Paul provided some late impetus with 3 sixes off Drakes in 19th over. Naseem Shah got rid of Chase with a pacy delivery hitting the timber. Paul scored 39 off 21 balls with 5 sixes helping St Lucia Kings recover. St Lucia Kings posted 159 for 7 in 20 overs.

The injured Evin Lewis and Chris Gayle opened the innings for St Kitts and Nevis Patriots. St Lucia Kings got off to a perfect start as Chase got rid of explosive Chris Gayle in the first over itself. Joshua Da Silva was promoted at number 3 and looked in decent touch right from word go hitting boundaries off Roston Chase.

A sensational piece of catching by Roston Chase at deep midwicket resulted in the wicket of inform Evin Lewis. Alazzari Joseph missed a golden chance to run out Sherfane Rutherford. At the end of the first six overs, the hosts scored 40 for 2.

After the field restrictions, Rutherford and Da Silva kept the scoreboard ticking with singles and hitting boundaries off bad deliveries. Right before drinks break, Kesrick Williams had enough pressure on Joshua Da Silva before Wiese took a good catch at backward point to end the dangerous partnership. Da Silva and Rutherford added 45 runs for the 3rd wicket.

Dominic Drakes was given a chance at number 5 and made his intentions clear from ball 1. St Lucia Kings made a comeback into the match as Joseph grabbed Rutherford’s wicket with a simple return catch to leave Patriots in some trouble.

Kings bowlers kept the pressure on Patriots batsmen with dot deliveries. Wiese dismissed Patriots captain Dwayne Bravo as Keemo Paul took an easy catch at the boundary to leave the hosts in more trouble.

Dominic Drakes and Fabien Allen steadied the ship for Patriots keeping the scoreboard ticking with boundaries. The match ebbed and flow from one side to another. Wahab Riaz grabbed the important wicket of Fabien Allen with a simple catch at the boundary by Keemo Paul. Drakes and Allen added 44 runs for the 6th wicket.

Dominic Drakes changed the fortunes of the game again with a massive six from Riaz bowling. Sheldon Cottrell joined the party by cracking a boundary. He was then dismissed as Chase produced a bullet throw as there was clash between Riaz and Cottrell resulting in running out of Cottrell.

The match went down to the last over with 9 runs required. Kesrick Williams produced 3 brilliant deliveries before Dominic Drakes took the responsibility and helped the hosts win the match on the last ball.

After a disappointing wooden spoon last year, it was remarkable performance by St Kitts and Nevis Patriots to lift their maiden CPL title after 9 years.

St Kitts and Nevis Patriots 160 for 7 in 20 overs (Dominic Drakes 48*, Joshua Da Silva 37, Wahab Riaz 2/36, Joseph 1/22) beat St Lucia Kings 159 for 7 in 20 overs (Cornwall 43, Paul 39, Naseem Shah 2/26, Fawad Ahmed 2/32) by 3 wickets.

For his match-winning knock, Dominic Drakes was awarded the man of the match. Roston Chase was named the man of the series for his consistent performances.



 

 

 




Dominic Drakes helps St Kitts and Nevis Patriots win their maiden CPL title defeating Kings in a last-ball thriller 

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