CPL 2024 Qualifier 1 GUY vs SLK Match Highlights: Faf Du Plessis, Charles Take St Lucia Kings To Final

Aakash Saini∙ Updated: Oct 3 2024, 10:07 AM | 3 Min Read

St Lucia Kings marched into the CPL 2024 finals [Source: @SaintLuciaKings/x]

St Lucia Kings stunned table-toppers Guyana Amazon Warriors in the first qualifier to march into the finals of the CPL 2024 season. The match, played at the Providence Stadium in Guyana, was halted by rains before the Kings found themselves ahead of the DLS margin.

Here’s the timeline of how GUY vs SLK panned out in Guyana:

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GUY vs SLK Highlights: Fifties For SLK Openers Lay Foundation Of Huge Total

Winning the toss and opting to bat first, St Lucia Kings openers Faf du Plessis and Johnson Charles shared 124 runs together in less than 12 overs. Their gung-ho approach at the top of the order helped St Lucia Kings extract 69 runs from the opening powerplay, and 115 runs from the first 10 overs without the loss of any wicket.

Johnson Charles smacked 79 of those runs from just 45 deliveries with eight boundaries and five sixes to top-score in the innings before he was caught at long-on by Keemo Paul off Moeen Ali. Captain Faf du Plessis also smeared 57 runs off 36 balls to notch up his fourth half-century of the CPL 2024 season and his third in succession.

GUY vs SLK Highlights: St Lucia Kings Get To 198 Despite Losing Momentum

Ace spinner Moeen Ali as well as fast bowlers Dwaine Pretorius and Shamar Joseph tilted the tide back in Guyana Amazon Warriors’ favor by claiming late wickets in the backend of the St Lucia Kings innings. Regular wickets also hampered SLK’s scoring rate, as they managed to get just 42 runs from their final five overs.

Rising star Shamar Joseph got rid of half-centurion Faf du Plessis in the 15th over of the innings before Pretorius bagged successive wickets in the penultimate over to seal figures of 2-51. Moeen Ali, meanwhile, conceded just 24 runs off four overs in the high-scoring innings with the additional prized-scalps of Johnson Charles and Tim Seifert.

Despite losing momentum in backend, St Lucia Kings still managed to tally a formidable total of 198-5.

GUY vs SLK Highlights: Warriors Falter In Run-Chase With Four Early Wickets

Chasing 199 for a direct spot in the finals, Guyana Amazon Warriors lost openers Keemo Paul (14 off 15) and Rahmanullah Gurbaz (24 off 18) to Alzarri Joseph and David Wiese respectively inside the first eight overs with just 51 runs on the board.

Shai Hope also made his way back to the sheds after cracking 27 runs from 22 balls courtesy of some sensational fielding brilliance from Wiese at long-off to gift Roston Chase his sole wicket of the evening. Dwaine Pretorius was cleaned up by Noor Ahmad for just two in the following over (11th) as the Guyana Amazon Warriors crashed to 77-4 amidst slight drizzle.

GUY vs SLK Highlights: Rains Prevent Potential Shimron Hetmyer Exhibition

Belligerent number four Shimron Hetmyer (37* off 18 balls) launched four sixes to keep the chase alive from his end of the crease.

Taking the Warriors past the 100-run mark in 13 overs, rains prevented further play to hand St Lucia Kings a 15-run win (DLS method) and a spot in the CPL 2024 finals.

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