The final match of the Trinidad leg of the 2022 edition of the Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) got off to a bang in the first innings of the game.
Ravi Rampaul picked up 2-10
The St Lucia Kings battled the Trinbago Knight Riders; in a sea of red, the Kings were able to post 147-6 in their allotment of 20 overs, thanks to knocks from Johnson Charles (54) and David Weise (33).
The TKR fans came out in their numbers
The Kings’ score of 147 was much better than the two low-scoring games which saw the TKR scrape a win against the Jamaica Tallawahs and the Barbados Royals dominate the Guyana Amazon Warriors. The Kings lost Faf Du Plessis for 2, but the in-form Charles rallied on: he found the gaps with ease and played every ball on its own merit. Charles was supported by Niroshan Dickwella (21), but then TKR struck at key moments in the game to remove Charles and then Roston Chase (11) and Adam Hose (18).
Johnson Charles top-scored with 54
Just when it looked as though the Kings would score a bit more than a run a ball, Weise came to the crease and showed TKR his long arm. Weise was able to smash 33 off 14 balls which was inclusive of two boundaries and three maximums. When Weise departed, Andre Russell bowled a tidy final over, to limit the Kings to a par total.
Sunil Narine bagged 2-31
The Knight Riders managed to pull the game back in their favour after the Kings were on a rampage. Sunil Narine was key in the encounter although his first over was smashed for 20 runs compliments of Charles. But Narine’s next three overs would prove vital as at the end of his four overs, he had bagged figures of 2-31. Also chipping in were Ravi Rampaul 2-10, Andre Russell, 1-21 and Daryn Dupavillion 1-44.
