The fifth match of the 2020 edition of the Ca𒁏ribbean Premier League (CPL) witnessed the St Lucia Zouks (SLZ) facing off against Barbados ♈Tridents (BT) on Thursday.
Earlier, infl✃uential Tridents’ captain Jason Holder, won the toss and elected to bat first. Holder aimed to continue with the winning momentum from their opening game of the tournament.
The defending champions huffed and puffed towards a score of 131 for the loss of eight wi🐎ckets in 18.1 overs before rain played spoilsport ༺in the proceedings.
BT openers Shai Hope (19) and Johnson Charles (35) gave a lightning start 🌳to their team before wickets at regular intervals hampered their progress.
Holder’s 12-ball 27 run cameo, along with Ashley Nurse’s (16*) effort at the other end propelled Tridents to a respectable total.
Kesrick is loving it! Great bowling
— Saint Lucia Kings (@SaintLuciaKings)
For the Zouks, spells from Scott Kuggelei🎃j꧟n (2/28) and Roston Chase (2/8) made the difference in the first innings of the match. Mohammad Nabi impressed yet again with his disciplined spell of 1/19.
Ground staff at the Brian Lara Stadium in T𝕴rinidad did exceptionally well 💞to cover the ground amidst torrential downpour and bring out the moppers effectively, to help resume play in no time.
Stay tuned Zouk Nation
— Saint Lucia Kings (@SaintLuciaKings)
The groundstaff have done an amazing job getting everything ready, and we'll be restarting in 2 minutes – it'll be a FIVE-OVER CHASE and the Zouks will need 47 to win!
— CPL T20 (@CPL)
After the application of the DLS method, the revised target for the ಞZouks was a mere 47 runs in five ovꦚers.
Albeit, the Tridents tried their level best to remain relevant in the game, the target turned out to be a cakewalk or the Zouks. In the end, the Darren Sammy-led side chased down the required target in just 4.1 🌠overs.
SLZ openers Andre Fletcher and Rahkeem Cornwall set the tone early in the run chase🎃 and were given ample support by Nabi, who scored a quickfire 6-ball 15.
Mohammad Nabi wins the Googly magic m🤡om🎉ent as he takes on Rashid Khan
— CPL T20 (@CPL)
Nabi al🗹so walked away with the ‘Player of the Match’ title as the Zouks won the ඣmatch by seven wickets by DLS methods.
Fletcher𒁃 seals the deal as the 🥂Zouks win by 7 wickets(DLS).
— Saint Lucia Kings (@SaintLuciaKings)
