Caribbean Premier League 2023, Match 18: Barbados Royals Ride on Cornwall Century and Chased a Mammoth Total

Barbados Royals & St Kitts and Nevis Patriots came against each other in the 18th match of the CPL at Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados. St Kitts and Nevis Patriots won the toss and decided to bat first.

Fletcher and Will Smeed came to bat and Mayers opened the bowling attack. In the 1st over, Will Smeed finished the over with a four. In the 2nd over, Fletcher started the over with a four. In the 3rd over, Fletcher started the over with a four and Will Smeed finished the over with back-to-back two fours. In the 4th over, Fletcher smashed three boundaries. In the 5th over, Fletcher finished the over with back-to-back two fours and SNP reached 50 runs. In the 6th over, Fletcher hit a four on the second ball and Will Smeed finished the over with a six. After 6 overs, SNP was at 70-0.

In the 9th over, Fletcher took a single on the last ball and scored a half-century. In the 10th over, Will Smeed hit a six on the second ball and finished the over with a four. In the 11th over, Will Smeed took a double and scored a half-century. In the 12th over, Fletcher got out after scoring 56(37) on the second ball and Will Smeed finished the over with back-to-back two boundaries. After 12 overs, SNP was at 126-1.

In the 14th over, Will Smeed got out after scoring 63(36) on the second ball. In the 16th over, Jyd Goolie started the over with a four and finished the over with a four. In the 17th over, Rutherford hit two fours. In the 18th over, Rutherford started the over with a four and he smashed back-to-back three boundaries. In the 19th over, Rutherford started the over with a four, Corbin Bosch hit a four on the fifth ball and took a single on the last ball and SNP reached 200 runs. In the 20th over, Corbin Bosch got out after scoring 5(3) on the first ball and Rutherford hit a six on the third ball and scored a half-century. He hit two more sixes on the next two balls.

In 20 overs, St Kitts and Nevis Patriots scored 220 runs with a loss of 4 wickets.

Chasing 196 runs, Cornwall and Mayers came to bat and Linde opened the bowling attack. In the 1st over, Cornwall hit two boundaries. In the 2nd over, Mayers smashed three fours on the first three balls and finished the over with a four. In the 4th over, Cornwall started the over with a four, Mayers hit a four on the fourth ball and got out after scoring 22(13) on the last ball. In the 5th over, Cornwall smashed back-to-back two boundaries and BR reached 50 runs and he hit a six on the fifth ball. In the 6th over, Laurie Evans smashed two boundaries. After 6 overs, BR was at 67-1.

In the 7th over, Cornwall smashed back-to-back two sixes and finished the over with a six and scored his half-century. In the 8th over, Cornwall smashed two sixes and BR reached 100 runs. In the 9th over, Laurie Evans started the over with a six and Cornwall smashed a six on the third ball. In the 11th over, Laurie Evans hit a four on the third ball and got out after scoring 24(14) on the fourth ball. In the 12th over, Powell hit two fours. After 12 overs, BR was at 138-2.

In the 13th over, Powell hit back-to-back two boundaries and hit one more six at fourth ball. In the 14th over, Cornwall smashed three boundaries. In the 15th over, Cornwall started the over with a six and scored a century on the next ball with a single. In the 17th over, BR reached 200 runs. In the 19th over, Athanaze hit a match-winning four. Barbados Royals scored 223-2 and won the match by 8 wickets.

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