CPL 2024, SKNP vs SLK, Match 5 Highlights: Seifert And Rajapaksa Power St Lucia Kings To An Amazing Win

KNP vs SLK: Good bye!!!!!

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KNP vs SLK: Player of the Match

Kyle Mayers gets the player of the match award. He scored 92 runs, picked up two wickets and took two brilliant catches. However, unfortunately for him, they ended on the wrong side of the result.

KNP vs SLK Live Score: St. Lucia Kings win a sensational match

St Lucia Kings win the battle of Saints in a high-scoring fixture at Warner Park by 5 wickets! They overcome the heroics of Kyle Mayers and Evin Lewis to hand the hosts back-to-back hammerings! 

Earlier in the evening, Faf du Plessis won the toss and decided to out the hosts to bat first. St Kitts and Nevis Patriots didn’t start well, losing the skipper Andre Fletcher in the first over as he ran himself out. Evin Lewis and Kyle Mayers bombarded the visitors for fun, scoring fours and sixes at will. The left-handed duo added a record 199-run partnership for the second wicket and were flying high in their respective 90s before the rain delayed the proceedings for one hour.

After the break, the Patriots could score only three runs off the seven balls and ended up on 201/3 in 20 overs. Evin Lewis (100 off 54) hammered his second CPL hundred and remained unbeaten, while David Wiese (2/29) dismissed Mayers (92 off 62) and Sherfane Rutherford in successive deliveries to restrict the hosts at the back end of the innings. 

Mayers then bowled a brilliant new ball spell and castled Johnson Charles, and removed Ackeem Auguste in the same over before taking a stunner to dismiss Faf du Plessis. Anrich Nortje, who knocked over Roston Chase with a peach of a delivery in the same over inside the powerplay to reduce the Kings to 4/24.

After this Tim Seifert played a cameo that brought the Kings back into the game. He scored 64 runs off 27 deliveries and injected momentum into the innings. After the dismissal of Seifert, Rajapaksa carried the team ahead and ensured that the Kings won the match by eight wickets with 16 balls remaining in the game.

KNP vs SLK Live Score: Brilliant comeback from the Kings

This has been a brilliant show from the St Lucia Kings. They looked in huge trouble after losing four early wickets. However, Tim Seifert led the come back and Rajapaksa played the perfect role to boost that further. The Kings need now just seven runs to complete this amazing win.

KNP vs SLK Live Score: Rajapkasa undoing Mayers's efforts

After Seifert started the attack on the Patriots, Rajapaksa has strengthened the position of the Kings in this game. They are now just 37 runs away from the win and have 36 balls in hand. The Kings need to keep their composure and and not loose their cool.

KNP vs SLK Live Score: There is no stopping Mayers today!!!

Sefiert goes and once again Kyle Mayers puts in a brilliant fielding effort in the deep. Runs, wickets and catches- Kyle Mayers is doing it all for the Patriots.

SKNP vs SLK Live Score: 29 Runs given away by Nedd 😱

Tim Seifert and Bhanuka Rajpaksa have done a brilliant job here. They have taken the attack to the opposition and have got the Kings going in this chase. Seifert has completed his half century in just 21 deliveries. The game is not at all over!!!

SKNP vs SLK Live Score: End of Powerplay!!!

There is the end of the powerplay in the second innings of the game. The Patriots have firmly taken control of the game. However, Bhanuka Rajapaksa and especially Tim Seifert are trying to fight back. The Patriots will now be looking for a couple of more wickets to end this game off as a competition.

SKNP vs SLK Live Score: One more down 😱

Roston Chase gets bamboozled by a wonderful in-swinging delivery by Anrich Nortje. That is the fourth wicket to fall for the Kings. Things are quickly getting out of their hands here.

SKNP vs SLK Live Score: Faf du Plessis also walks back!!!

Now Du Plessis goes. Anrich Nortje joins in as Kyle Mayers takes a flying catch around the boundary ropes. St. Lucia Kings are under huge pressure now in this mountain of a chase. 

SKNP vs SLK Live Score: Kyle Mayers gets two with the ball!!!!

Kyle Mayers gets the better of John Charles and Auguste. He picks up two wickets in the third over and puts the St. Lucia Kings under pressure. 

SKNP vs SLK Live Score: Lewis appreciation post

SKNP vs SLK Live Score: Mayers on with the ball!!!!

Appeal for catch in the first over!!!! Something the St. Lucia Kings will not like. Okay!! So there was no bat involved in that. Johnson Charles survives that one. It is NOT OUT.

SKNP vs SLK Live Score: Welcome Backs Folks!!!

It's time for the run chase...Faf du Plessis and Johnson Charles are the two openers out for St Lucia Kings. 

SKNP vs SLK Live Score: Innings Break!

An excellent final over by David Wiese where he gives away just three runs and picks up two wickets has helped St Lucia Kings to keep the St Kitts & Nevis Patriots to 201/3. Evin Lewis and Kyle Mayers put on a record-breaking 199-run stand for the second wicket. 

SKNP vs SLK Live Score: Wiese On A Hat-Trick...!😟

Last ball of the innings and it will be a hat-trick ball for the former Namibia international. Can he complete it?

No hat-trick for David Wiese! But it has been a brilliant final over from the right-arm pacer!

SKNP vs SLK Live Score: Evin Lewis 🙇‍♀️

Evin Lewis gets to his century, his second in the CPL. He thanks the heavens after getting to the milestone. WHAT.AN.KNOCK 😃

SKNP vs SLK Live Score: Match On..

Evin Lewis and Kyle Mayers are walking out to resume their innings. 

SKNP vs SLK Live Score: Covers Off! 😃

The main cover on the pitch is also off now. Looks like we are not too far away from the resumption. Match to resume at 9:35 Local Time & 7:05 AM IST. 

CPL have mentioned on their official profile on X (Twitter) that no overs have been lost. Both Lewis and Mayers still have an opportunity to score their respective centuries.

Will bring you update soon...

SKNP vs SLK Live Score: Covers Are Coming Off...

The covers are being slowly peeled off again. The next official update from the ground is scheduled to come in at 9:30 PM Local Time (7 AM IST). The supper sopper is going its thing.

SKNP vs SLK Live Score: Oh..No..It's Raining Again ⛈️ 

No a very good new guys...It's Raining 🌧️

The covers have been rushed back onto the field. The rain is back! The umpires sprint off the field.

SKNP vs SLK Live Score: Good News!

GOOD NEWS Folks!!!

Right, the covers are coming off. Should be ready for play very shortly.

SKNP vs SLK Live Score: It's Raining! 🌧️

Rain is falling down hard and the covers are coming on now. The players are going off...🌧️ ⛈️ 

SKNP vs SLK Live Score: The Duo Looks Unstoppable!

Kyle Mayers and Lewis have taken the bowlers on remand...Even the edges are flying to the fence. This is unfair on the bowlers. 

Kyle Mayers and Lewis 🙇‍♀️

SKNP vs SLK Live Score: Record Alert 🚨

What can the bowlers do? This is the highest-ever partnership in CPL between Kyle Mayers and Lewis and they broke the record of Gayle and Walton.

SKNP vs SLK Live Score: It's Raining Sixes! 😵

Kyle Mayers and Lewis look unstoppable today...It's a 150-run partnership for them...OMG 🙇‍♀️

SKNP vs SLK Live Score: Kyle Mayers This Time 🔥

Half-century for Kyle Mayers who breaks the shackles with a massive hit! 

Roston Chase face some brutal hitting...Floated up full on middle, right in the slot and Mayers sent it into orbit straight bag down the ground, biggest six of the night. 

SKNP vs SLK Live Score: Evin Lewis Is On Fire 🔥

Evin Lewis looks unstoppable here! He is tearing into Wiese now. He bowls a good length outside off, slower ball. Lewis gets forward and muscles it over long off for a maximum. 😵

SKNP vs SLK Live Score: Magnificent Fifty For Lewis! 😵

That's some power-hitting from Evin Lewis. Completes fifty in style...Low full-toss sprayed on to the pads, Lewis just takes a step across and helps it on its way down fine-leg.

SKNP vs SLK Live Score: OMG...Back-To-Back Maximums! 🤪

That's crazy..Evin Lewis..Govia gets hammered for three consecutive maximums. 

Evin Lewis Is On Fire 🔥

SKNP vs SLK Live Score: Another SIX!!!

Muscled over the fence by Lewis. WHAT.A.SHOT 🤪

SKNP vs SLK Live Score: Take A Look 👀 At The Toss!

SKNP vs SLK Live Score: SIXXX!!! That has gone out of the ground 🤪

Gets too straight again, length delivery angling into the pads, Mayers hung back and just used the pace to lift it off his hips and sent it sailing over the fine-leg ropes, was such a good over till that point. 

SKNP vs SLK Live Score: OUT!!! RUN OUT!!!! OMG 😦

Another failure for the Spiceman, he's gone cheaply again! That won't please him at all. 

SKNP vs SLK Live Score: READY.STEADY.GO!

The umpires and players walk out to the centre. We are getting ready for a banger. Evin Lewis and Andre Fletcher to open for St Kitts and Nevis Patriots. Matthew Forde handles the new ball for St Lucia Kings. Let's Go....🤪

SKNP vs SLK Live Score: Team Changes

St Kitts & Nevis Patriots- Dominic Drakes makes way for Ashmead Nedd

St Lucia Kings - are playing their first game of the season.

SKNP vs SLK Live Score: Playing XIs

St Lucia Kings Playing XI: Johnson Charles, Faf du Plessis (c), Ackeem Auguste, Roston Chase, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Tim Seifert (wk), David Wiese, Mikkel Govia, Matthew Forde, Alzarri Joseph, Noor Ahmad

St Kitts & Nevis Patriots Playing XI: Evin Lewis, Andre Fletcher(c)(wk), Kyle Mayers, Mikyle Louis, Tristan Stubbs, Sherfane Rutherford, Odean Smith, Ryan John, Ashmead Nedd, Anrich Nortje, Tabraiz Shamsi

SKNP vs SLK Live Score: It's Toss Time!🤪

St Lucia Kings won the toss and opted to field first.

SKNP vs SLK Live Score: Let's Take A Look At The Pitch Report!

Pitch Report (by Danny Morrison): "The 22 yards haven't changed. Same pitch as the previous game. It looks beautiful. 61 and 67m square boundaries. It is hard and flat. Bowlers, if they get it wrong, they will disappear."

Hello Folks!!!

Are you ready, Guys? The fever of the Caribbean Premier League is heading off to the fifth match of this season as St Kitts & Nevis Patriots will be taking on the St Lucia Kings at Werner Park in St Kitts. It promises to be a cracking encounter, and we at OneCricket will be at your service throughout the game, with our exciting updates. This is Sakshi Sharma and I will soon be joined by Probuddha Bhattacharjee, we will take you through the action in this game...Let's Get Started!!!!

SKNP vs SLK Live Score: Team Previews!!!

As it is time for the toss, until then let's take a look at the Team Previews. 

St Kitts & Nevis Patriots 

After a nerve-wracking one-wicket victory over Antigua and Barbuda Falcons in the tournament opener, St Kitts and Nevis Patriots were brought back down to earth with a heavy 44-run defeat against the Trinbago Knight Riders.

In their last outing, the Patriots’ bowling unit bore the brunt of Trinbago's onslaught, conceding a massive 250/4. Dominic Drakes had a day to forget, leaking 77 runs in his four overs without claiming a wicket, while Odean Smith’s three overs saw 35 runs being added to the total without a breakthrough.

Ryan John also struggled, giving away 55 runs for a solitary wicket in his four overs. Anrich Nortje’s figures of 2 for 37 were a silver lining in an otherwise dark cloud for the Patriots’ bowling attack.

On the batting front, St Kitts and Nevis Patriots showed flashes of brilliance, but it wasn’t enough to turn the tide in their favour. Evin Lewis led the charge with a brisk 39 off 23 balls, while Mikyle Louis impressed with a gritty 56 off 38.

Tristan Stubbs added some late fireworks with 39 off 19 balls, but these contributions ultimately fell short of the substantial match-winning knocks needed to chase down Trinbago’s mammoth total.

Captain Andre Fletcher, along with Kyle Mayers and Sherfane Rutherford, will need to step up to the plate if the Patriots are to bounce back and secure their second win of the tournament.

SKNP vs SLK Live Score: Team Previews!!!

St Lucia Kings

On the other hand, Saint Lucia Kings will be taking the field for the first time this season. Under the leadership of Faf du Plessis, the Kings boast a star-studded squad, featuring the likes of Johnson Charles, Tim Seifert, and Bhanuka Rajapaksa in the batting department.

With all-rounders such as David Wiese, Roston Chase, and Matthew Forde in their ranks, the Kings have a well-balanced side that can be a force to be reckoned with.

Their bowling attack, spearheaded by Alzarri Joseph, will look to make early inroads, supported by McKenny Clarke, Khari Campbell, and spinner Noor Ahmad.

The Kings will look to put in a collective team performance and start their tournament on a winning not by beating Saint Lucia Kings.

SKNP vs SLK Live Score: Probable Playing XI's

St Kitts and Nevis Patriots: Evin Lewis, Andre Fletcher (c & wk), Kyle Mayers, Milkyle Louis, Tristan Stubbs, Sherfane Rutherford, Odean Smith, Anrich Nortje, Ryan John, Tabraiz Shamsi, Dominic Drakes

Saint Lucia Kings: Johnson Charles (wk), Faf du Plessis (c), Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Roston Chase, Aaran Jones, Khary Pierre, David Wiese, Noor Ahmad, Alzarri Joseph, Matthew Forde, Khari Campbell

SKNP vs SLK Live Score: Fantasy Tips! 🤪

Let us take a look at the fantasy tips for this game. Make your team now...

Top Four Players

Evin Lewis (SKN)

Anrich Nortje (SKN)

Faf du Plessis (SLK)

Johnson Charles (SLK)