The St Lucia Kings defeated Hero Caribbean Premier League leaders St Kitts and Nevis Patriots for a second time in 24 hours on the back of an unbeaten half-century from Roston Chase in another impressive display at Warner Park in St Kitts on Sunday (September 5).

The Patriots won the toss and Chris Gayle, who led the side in the absence of the injured Dwayne Bravo, chose to bat first. It turned out to be a trial by spin as they faltered for 118 all out against the turn of Jeavor Royal and Samit Patel.

The Kings got off to the worst possible start in their chase, losing Andre Fletcher to a Fabian Allen delivery in the very first ball of the innings. However, they rebuilt via Chase to comfortably reach their target of 119.

St Kitts & Nevis Patriots lost their two explosive batsmen in the PowerPlay overs, as Evin Lewis and Chris Gayle were dismissed early. Youngster Royal was the stand out bowler with three wickets, while Patel was the most economical.

A mix-up saw the dangerous Sherfane Rutherford run out and, while Fabian Allen tried to give his side a big finish, he was dismissed in the 19th over.  

Despite losing Fletcher in the first ball of the innings, St Lucia Kings still had the dangerous Faf du Plessis, who raced to 22 off 14 balls, before being caught out.

The in-form Chase ended up seeing his side home with a superb innings that saw him reach yet another half century, this time in 36 balls, his third in a row at this year’s Hero CPL. The Kings chased their target in the 16th over as the powerful Tim David helped take them over the line with a rapid 18 runs off 7 balls.    

St Lucia Kings now have their third consecutive win of the tournament and move closer to the top spot of the league standings.

Scores: St Lucia Kings 121-4 (Chase 51*, du Plessis 22; Allen 2-30, Naseem 1-11) beat St Kitts & Nevis Patriots 118 all out (Allen 34, Thomas 28; Royal 3-20, Patel 2-15) by six wickets.