Prime of the desk Barbados Royals performed a match to neglect in Windfall as they scored 96/9 in a match that noticed them properly crushed by 7 wickets. St Lucia Kings placing in a swaggering show to safe a spot within the 2024 Caribbean Premier League (CPL) playoffs.
The Royals elected to bat first upon profitable the toss however Alzarri Joseph quickly had them rueing that call as he despatched Quinton de Kock’s bails flying skywards with a scrumptious in-ducker that began the struggles from which the Royals by no means recovered.
Wickets fell steadily as Joseph and Roston Chase impressed with the ball in hand for the Kings, taking seven wickets between them because the Royals solely simply managed to bat out their overs – largely because of some decrease order resistance from Keshav Maharaj and Maheesh Theekshana.
Johnson Charles was caught and bowled by Jason Holder because the Kings set about hauling within the whole and safe the win that might see them guide a spot within the latter phases of the event. Faf du Plessis seemed good for his 26 off 19 balls earlier than trying to open the shoulders to Maharaj and being stumped by de Kock, however in fact, the Kings by no means seemed in any hassle.
Roston Chase and Tim Seifert made 39 and 21 respectively to knock off the runs with 37 balls remaining. Alzarri Joseph was duly awarded the Participant of the Match award for laying the groundwork along with his 4 wickets earlier within the piece.
It was an off day for the Royals who’ve seemed imperious for many of the event up to now. They’ll should mud themselves down with the 2024 competitors heading in direction of the ultimate phases and a handful of groups seemingly hitting peak type at simply the proper time.
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