St Kitts and Nevis Patriots claimed their maiden Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) title as they beat St Lucia Kings by three wickets in a close match at Warner Park. St Lucia Kings won the toss and elected to bat, as they did in their semi-final match. Despite losing wickets at key stages of the game, he built a total around Roston Chase’s batting, which stabilized the innings, allowing Rahkeem Cornwall and Keemo Paul to play with attacking intent and guiding them to 159/7 .
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In a dramatic final, the Patriots successfully chased down their target with the bat with Dominic Drakes Naik, scoring 48 off 24 balls and securing a remarkable victory off the last ball of the match.
St Lucia Kings began their innings in the powerplay with the defeat of both captain Andre Fletcher and Mark Deyal. Cornwall got the innings back on track with some power hitting but the Patriots used spin very well; Fabian Allen, John-Russ Jaggesar and Fawad Ahmed worked in unison to pick up three wickets in the middle overs to put the Kings in trouble. Roston Chase opened the innings and a late burst from Paul, which saw him hit three consecutive sixes in an over as he scored 39 off just 21 balls, taking the Kings to a challenging total.
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It was a dream start with the ball for the Kings, as Chris Gayle was bowled to Chase, and shortly after, Evin Lewis was caught out, with Chase as fielder. Joshua da Silva and Sherfane Rutherford began to rebuild, but quick wickets including captain DJ Bravo saw the Patriots in trouble at 95–5. However, things would take a dramatic turn as Drakes recorded his highest ever score in cricket, hitting six boundaries with a single off the last ball to take the Patriots over the line in dramatic fashion.
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