Watson’s all round effort not enough as Patriots set up 59 run victory in CPL

Jul 4, 2016 at 11:44 AM

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Watson’s all round effort not enough as Patriots set up 59 run victory in CPL

 

The Warner Park in St Kitts witnessed around 350 runs in the 6th game of the Caribbean Premier League on Sunday.

Having won the toss and put the home side to bat, Darren Sammy will be kicking himself after his bowlers leaked runs at an alarming rate throughout the first innings.

By the end of the Powerplay, the Patriots were 69/0 and well on their way to a huge target.

Though Lendl Simmons lost his wicket a bit later for 30 of just 16 balls, E Lewis, his opening partner played a blinder of an innings  scoring 73 of just 36 with 6 fours and 5 sixes.

D Thomas, who came in at a crucial stage in the innings provided him with great support in the middle.

He missed out on his 50 by just two runs as he picked 5 maximums only to hold out to Shane Watson in the last over of the innings.

The Australian all-rounder had a great time with the ball sending back both Lewis and Thomas as he went for 36/3 of his 4 overs, a decent performance, given the scoring rate of the home side at the time.

However, he was not yet done as he played a gem of an innings to give the Zouks a glimmer of hope in the second innings.

Chasing a score above 200 was never going to be easy but Watson raced away to 25 of just 16 balls by the end of the Powerplay to lift his team’s score to 55/0 in 6 overs.

With the required rate still growing on them, both batsmen kept going hard until J Charles fell trying to take on Samuel Badree for 40 at the start of the 10th over.

Watson followed him a couple of overs later for 55 off just 31 to end an all round performance that in the end was just not enough to see his side through.

After he fell, the Zouks still needed 104 of the last 8 overs but it never looked like they would get close as Samuel Badree and T Shamsi strangled the batting side to push the required rate higher and higher.

By the time Darren Sammy and Michael Hussey were together in the middle, the Zouks needed 90 of the last 4 overs leaving both batsmen no chance of going for a win.

They played sensibly as they tried to get as close as possible to the target to reduce the damage to their net run rate as the Patriots ran away with their first victory in the tournament by 59 runs.

This win also takes them to the second place in the points table but they have now played a match more than most others close to them.

Evin Lewis was awarded the man of the match for his superb knock of 73 (36b) to lift his side past 200 while Shane Watson’s all-round performance was not enough for his side who now find themselves in the 5th place in the points table.

Scorecard of St. Lucia Zouks vs St. Kitts and Nevis Patriots:

St Kitts and Nevis Patriots:

E Lewis: 73 (36b 6*4, 5*6); D Thomas: 48 (27b 1*4, 5*6)

S Watson 3/36; M Morkel 1/30

St Lucia Zouks:

S Watson: 55(31b 4*4, 3*6); J Charles: 40(30b 1*4, 3*6)

S Badree 2/22; T Perera 1/14

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