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All hail the Kings!

This as St. Lucia Kings clinched their maiden title after beating last year's winner Guyana Amazon Warriors by six wickets in Sunday's final at the Providence Stadium.

The Amazon Warriors made 138 for 8, with Noor Ahmed taking 3 for 19.

In reply, the Kings were struggling at one stage, before Aaron Jones with an unbeaten 48 and Roston Chase with 39 not out took them to 139 for 4 in 18.1 overs.
Transcript
00:00This was the final of the Republic Band CPL with defending champions Guyana
00:04Amazon Warriors being put in a bat by St. Lucia Kings at the Providence Stadium.
00:07Carey Pear struck early by having Ramanula Gurbar scored by
00:12Captain Faf duplicy for no score. Shea Hope struck four boundaries in his knock-off 22.
00:20But the Amazon Warriors kept losing wickets and was soon 54-4
00:28with Noor Ahmed doing major damage. Make that 88 for six with the Kings in the ascendancy.
00:37Ahmed ended with three by having Raymond Reefer leg before cheaply. It was only given after DRS
00:49showed three reds and the dreaded finger had to go up. Dwayne Pretorius played a cameo top
00:56scoring with 25. He fell in the final over as Guyana Amazon Warriors were restricted to 138 for
01:05eight from 20 overs. When St. Lucia Kings responded Skipper Faf duplicy and Johnson Charles put on
01:1423 for the first wicket. Charles was gone for 7 followed by duplicy for 21, 45 for 2. More trouble
01:25as it became 51-4 with the dismissal of Tim Seifert for three. After struggling at one stage
01:33Aaron Jones and Roston Chase made the most of the 16th over that was bowled by Moeen Ali. Ali
01:41conceded 27 runs in that over and the Amazon Warriors were under immense pressure. Then
01:49Jones scored 20 runs in the following over with Pretorius being pummeled. With one to win it was
01:59an anticlimactic finish as a wide from captain Imran Tahir did the trick. The St. Lucia Kings
02:04reached 139 for four from 18.1 overs to win by six wickets. Jones was unbeaten on 48 of 31 balls
02:12while Chase made 39 not out of 22 deliveries. Then came the unbridled celebrations as the players
02:19were in their glee. St. Lucia Kings are the 2024 Republic Bank CPL champions this being their
02:26maiden title. Vinod Nawani, T6 Sport.
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