Saint Lucia Kings (SLK) successfully made their way to the final of the Caribbean Premier League 2024 (CPL 2024) by beating the Guyana Amazon Warriors (GAW) in a rain-stuck first qualifier. (More Cricket News)
The Kings showed relen💜tless dedication with both bat and ball to make it to the CPL final a🌼fter three years, by beating the Warriors by 15 runs (DLS).
Opting to bat first, the Kings set a massive total of 198/5 on the board, thanks to the half-centuries by the opening duo of Johnson Charles and Faf du Plessis.
While Charles contributed with an explﷺosive innings of 79 off just 45 balls, du Plessis once again played the captain’s knock by smashing five fours and three sixes to score 57 off 36.
Due t𓂃o the match being hit by rain, GAW were asked to chase ܫ122 in 13 overs, after the implication of the DLS method.
After scalping two early wickets of both openers at the score of 51, the SLK bowlers then limited the GAW’s middle order from scoring quick runs by picking two more wickets of Shai Hope and Dwaine Pꩲretorius before they could cross the 77-run ma💯rk.
Alzarri Joseph, Noor Ahmad, David Wiese and Roston Chase picked a wicket each to help the team successfully defend the target, as GAW could only muste✨r 106/4 in 13 overs, falling short by 15 runs. Charles was named the Player of the Match.
The 🔥winner of the second qualifier between the Amazon Warriors and Barbados Royals will now face the Kings in the final of CPL 2024 on October 7.
