Sunday night at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy in Tarouba. With his side chasing a challenging 193 for victory, Trinbago’s Nicholas Pooran was swashbuckling his way to a possible third CPL century. And smiling like a Cheshire cat—even though he did not get to three figures by the end of …
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Glorious uncertainties my foot! Andre Fletcher’s hapless Saint Kitts and Nevis Patriots have deservedly been put out to pasture, completely unable to raise a finger to save themselves. Their nearest neighbours, Chris Green’s Antigua and Barbuda Falcons showed that they had something but it simply was not enough; they too …
Read More »RBCPL24: Pooran rides luck to give TKR record win at Tarouba over Patriots
Kieron Pollard’s side are the Knight Riders. But on Sunday night in Match 25 of the 2024 Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League at the BCLA in Tarouba, Andre Fletcher’s Saint Kitts and Nevis Patriots were the runaway horses. They started like a high-speed train and stopped a mere seven runs …
Read More »RBCPL24: Hetmyer, Joseph steal show for dominant Warriors against STKNP
Shamar Joseph and Shimron Hetmyer dominated the proceedings at Providence in Guyana on Friday when the Guyana Amazon Warriors beat the already eliminated Saint Kitts and Nevis Patriots by 30 runs. But Ryan John was in the spotlight. Not in a good way. In the 20th and final over of …
Read More »RBCPL24: Cornwall’s 5-fer helps Royals to straightforward win over STKNP
Barbados Royals fielder Alick Athanaze ran in from long-off and realised that Saint Kitts and Nevis Patriots batsman Ryan John’s lofted drive off Rahkeem Cornwall was flying over his head. Instead of turning back, the young Dominican athletically leapt high into the air and, arching his back à la Shaka …
Read More »RBCPL24: Finally! Faf flexes as Kings find form again against Fletcher’s failing Patriots
The Saint Lucia Kings put the smiles back on the face of captain Faf du Plessis on Thursday at the Beausejour Stadium in Saint Lucia where the Kings won their third match of the 2024 Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League (CPL). Playing in front of a small but very enthusiastic …
Read More »RBCPL24: Charles beats Fletcher to 3,000 runs as Kings put Patriots to the sword
Johnson Charles and Faf du Plessis powered the Saint Lucia Kings to a quick 5-wicket win over the Saint Kitts and Nevis Patriots at the Darren Sammy Cricket Ground in Saint Lucia on Thursday. The pair put together a boundary-laden 115-run opening partnership that made light work of overhauling the …
Read More »RBCPL24: “Spiceman” apologetic as Falcons ensure Patriots’ 5th straight CPL loss
In the 2021 Caribbean Premier League (CPL) final at Warner Park, Basseterre, Saint Kitts, allrounder Dominic Drakes shot into the spotlight after scoring the winning run against Saint Lucia Kings pacer Kesrick Williams in a last-over thriller which led to the Saint Kitts and Nevis Patriots (STKNP) claiming their maiden …
Read More »RBCPL24: Barbados Royals edge struggling STKN Patriots in first and last-over thriller
Chasing 154 to condemn the Saint Kitts and Nevis Patriots to their fourth defeat in five games, the Barbados Royals lost their first wicket without a run on the board. And contriving to avoid the disastrous start of the Patriots, whose first three wickets fell before the end of the …
Read More »RBCPL24: Hetmyer and Guyana Warriors break records against slumping STKN Patriots
Shimron Hetmyer did not hit a single four in the Guyana Amazon Warriors’ 40-run defeat of the St Kitts and Nevis Patriots at Warner Park in Basseterre on Wednesday. But the talented left-hander made up for it by smashing 11 sixes on his way to 91, the top score in …
Read More »RBCPL2024: Lewis ton in vain, St Lucia Kings trump Patriots’ 201 in St Kitts
How does a team make over 200 runs on consecutive nights in a Twenty/20 game and end up on the losing side? Just ask captain Andre “Spiceman” Fletcher and his St Kitts and Nevis Patriots outfit. After defeating new Republic Bank CPL franchise Antigua and Barbuda Falcons in the first …
Read More »RBCPL2024: Pooran, Carty power TKR to 44-run win over St Kitts Patriots
Led by the in-form Nicholas Pooran, the Trinbago Knight Riders easily moved past St Kitts and Nevis Patriots in the third match of the Republic Bank CPL 2024 at Warner Park in Basseterre, Saint Kitts on Saturday. Man-of-the-Match Pooran fell only three short of what would have been a well-deserved …
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