Rahkeem Cornwall 5 wicket haul CPL 2024: In the 18th match of the Caribbean Premier League 2024, Barbados Royals defeated St Kitts and Nevis Patriots by 9 wickets with 52 balls to spare to register a one-sided victory. Playing first, St Kitts and Nevis Patriots had a flop batting performance and the whole team was all out for 110 runs in 19.1 overs, in response, Barbados Royals easily scored 113/1 in 11.2 overs. Rahkeem Cornwall (5/16) of Barbados Royals was adjudged the Player of the Match for his deadly bowling performance.
St Kitts And Nevis Patriots Had A Bad Start
Losing the toss and batting first, St Kitts and Nevis Patriots had a bad start and Evin Lewis was dismissed for 6 runs on the score of 17. Kyle Mayers also returned to the pavilion after scoring 1 run, while captain Andre Fletcher played an innings of 32 runs off 22 balls.
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As soon as Fletcher was out, there was a flurry of wickets and one after the other batsmen got out. Joshua Da Silva contributed 25 runs off 29 balls, while Anrich Arno Nortje scored 22 runs off 17 balls. Due to the contribution of both of them, the team of St Kitts and Nevis Patriots was able to cross the score of 100. Rahkeem Cornwall took the maximum of five wickets for Barbados Royals. At the same time, Naveen-ul-Haq also took three wickets.
Quinton de Kock Gave Victory To Barbados Royals In A Stormy Manner
Chasing the target, Barbados Royals had a good start and the team crossed the 50-run mark in the powerplay itself. The team suffered its first setback in the form of Kadeem Allen, who was dismissed in the sixth over after scoring 25 runs off 15 balls. After this, Quinton de Kock and Alick Athanaze thrashed the opposition bowlers and gave the team victory in the 12th over itself.
De Kock scored a half-century and played an unbeaten innings of 59 runs off 38 balls with the help of three fours and four sixes. At the same time, Athanaze scored an unbeaten 22 runs off 15 balls. The only success from St Kitts and Nevis Patriots was achieved by Wanindu Hasaranga.
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