Post six defeats in the series of jog and trot, St Lucia Stars finally got a point and the player and its team join the Game 18 of the ongoing Caribbean Premier League, against hosts St Kitts and Nevis Patriots. It was washed out last night in the game due to nonstop rain on Saturday which witnessed on 19th August. On the other hand, it also meant that Stars became the exclusive first team was the stars bow out of the competition with six successive losses marring and this game campaign was started right from the start.
Position into bat first, Stars were 46 for 1 after 8.1 overs in just about half an hour of play but much before that the rain makes its appearance. consecutively and recurrent showers kept players off the field so finally the game called-off after nearly three hours with the full weight.
SNP vs JT 20th Match 21st August 2017 Highlights Result
In the little play that was likely to happen, Patriots spinners did well but also it restricted the bottom-placed Stars. The home side started with spin from and the game ended on the power play yielded only 33 runs, in the meantime, there was a loss in the opener Johnson Charles.
Stars were 27 after four overs and pressure was low in the run rate got the better of Charles. The batsman failed in his attempt but it lifted the tossed up delivery over the bowler’s head which is witnessed in the long-off fielder, Mohammad Nabi, grasped the chance to give Fabian Allen only to see the wicket that fell.
Samuel Badree though didn’t have any wicket to display for his tight bowling but he finished with figures of 0 for 17 in his four overs quota.
In-form Andre Fletcher did the bulkiness of scoring, enduring unbeaten on 27 of 28 and his new captain, Shane Watson, was on 12 when the players come in the force of field.
The one point helped nationalists keep hold of the second slot in the points table, one clear of Jamaica Tallawahs and three behind toppers Trinbago Knight Riders.
St Kitts and Nevis Patriots CPL Squad:
Chris Gayle, Mohammad Hafeez, Samuel Badree, Devon Thomas, Mohammad Nabi, Carlos Brathwaite, Jonathan Carter, Chris Morris, Evin Lewis, Nikhil Dutta, Sheldon Cottrell, Fabian Allen, Brandon King, Tabraiz Shamsi, Alzarri Joseph, Hasan Ali, Shamarh Brooks, Jeremiah Louis
Jamaica Tallawahs CPL Squad:
Odean Smith, Gidron Pope, Andre McCarthy, Kesrick Williams, Jon-Russ Jaggesar, Rovman Powell and Mohammad Sami, Kumar Sangakkara (c & wk), Lendl Simmons, Jonathan Foo, Krishmar Santokie, Garey Mathurin, Trevon Griffith, Kennar Lewis, Imad Wasim, Glenn Phillips and Shakib Al Hasan.
Match Information:
SNP vs JT, 20th Match, Caribbean Premier League, 2017
Date – Monday, August 21, 2017
Time – 10:00 PM GMT
Venue – Warner Park, Basseterre, St Kitts
Venue Scoring Pattern:
Avg 1st innings score – 103
Avg 2nd innings score – 118
Highest Total – 147/3 (19.2 Ov) by WI vs Afg
Lowest Total – 93/10 (13.3 Ov) by Afg vs WI
Highest Chased – 147/3 (19.2 Ov) by WI vs Afg
Lowest Defended – 112/3 (15 Ov) by WI vs Afg
