Published: Jul 24, 2016, 04:50 AM (IST)
Edited: Jul 24, 2016, 04:50 AM (IST)
St Lucia Zouks carried on their impressive run of form and beat Barbados Tridents by 7 wickets (D/L Method) in Match 22 of the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) 2016. With this win the Zouks 6 points from as many games and currently lie in the 5th position. Tridents on the other hand have 7 points from 8 matches and stay in the 3rd place. Darren Sammy was once again the star, this time with the ball as his figures of 3 for 18 helped in restricting Barbados Tridents to 137 in their 20 overs. Shane Watson, Jerome Taylor and Delron Johnson too chipped in with wickets. As far as the Tridents’ batting was concerned opener Kyle Hope top-scored with a 48-ball 55. Full Cricket Updates, SLZ vs BT, CPL 2016, Match 22 at Jamaica
Barring him only three other batsmen got into double figures, as a result of which Tridents could not get a big score on the board. In Reply, the Zouks got off to a brilliant start courtesy of some excellent hitting from their openers Johnson Charles and Andre Fletcher. They put on 88 for the first wicket off just 68 deliveries to set up a perfect platform for their side. There was a brief delay due to rain after the Zouks had lost the wicket of Fletcher, but they were well ahead of the target as per the Duckworth-Lewis Method.
After play resumed Zouks were set a target of 131 in 19 Overs. They got to that with 15 balls to spare and have significantly improved their net run rate in the competition.
Brief Scores:
Barbados Tridents 137 for 8 in 20 Overs (Kyle Hope 55, Kieron Pollard 20; Darren Sammy 3 for 18, Shane Watson 2 for 29) lost to St Lucia Zouks 131 for 3 in 16.3 Overs (Johnson Charles 41, Jonathan Carter 45; Ravi Rampaul 1 for 21, Kieron Pollard 2 for 20) by 7 wickets (D/L Method)
