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In what began as a bottom-of-the-table clash, Antigua and Barbuda Falcons beat St. Kitts and Nevis Patriots by three wickets on Thursday night.
The Patriots made 187 for 6, with an unbeaten 49 from Dasun Shanaka.
In reply, the Falcons reached 191 for 7 in 19.3 overs, with Evin Lewis getting 48.
The Patriots made 187 for 6, with an unbeaten 49 from Dasun Shanaka.
In reply, the Falcons reached 191 for 7 in 19.3 overs, with Evin Lewis getting 48.
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00:09welcome back to your friday sports everybody don't forget look out for our qr code that will
00:14be posted randomly throughout our sportscast scan and win big now to our first story in what began
00:21as a bottom of the table clash the antigua and barbuda falcons beat the cent kids and nevis
00:26patriots by three wickets on thursday night the patriots made 187 for six with an unbeaten 49
00:33from dasun shanaka in reply the falcons reached 191 for 7 in 19.3 overs with trinidadian evan
00:41lewis getting 48 here's a look antiga and barbuda falcons won the toss and put saint kids and nevis
00:48patriots into bat in their republic bank cpl match at the serb vivian richard stadium
00:52it's plenty they're going to change the order someone johnson charles started off well with a
00:57bat for his side yeah that's what he can do can be very dangerous but was then caught by amir
01:03jango
01:04of jaden seals for 17. but his opening partner kyle mayors was among the runs for the patriots
01:11town for the full six the left-handed mayors made 34 of 18 deliveries nail it but it is with
01:18the wind
01:19captain jason holder played a cameo chipping in with 27 he misses his length shut up shamar springer
01:26was expensive but he picked up two wickets taken really well dasun shanaka then provided some
01:33fireworks with a bat away and that's with the wind the sri lankan all-rounder made an unbeaten 49 of
01:4017 balls to take the patriots to 187 for six finish for the patriots when the antigua and barbuda
01:47falcons responded amir jangu was magnificently caught by obed mccoy of kyle mayors for just two
01:53classic catch his opening partner evan lewis went on to get 48 which comprised five sixes
02:00hassan nawaz also did his part with a knock of 33
02:04a republic by maximum from an exuberant youth mayors picked up two scalps but he went for 41 runs it's
02:12gone high but not long enough captain makes no mistake for the falcons shalab khan also made a
02:19contribution by scoring 30. you won't have another one jason holder that is hitting with the win
02:24khan was dismissed by captain jason holder who ended with two for 39
02:30it's a tough one in the end captain moin ali made an unbeaten 25 of just 12 balls
02:36as antigua and barbuda falcons reached 191 for seven in the final over to jump to fourth position
02:43and after the match antigua and the barbuda falcons skipper moin ali was pleased with batting
02:54partnerships from his team while opposite number jason holder was upbeat despite the defeat and here is
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03:08falcons overhauled the score of 187 made by the st kitts and nevis patriots with three balls to spare
03:14the falcons now have two wins and two losses and a fourth on the table which leaves captain moin ali
03:20somewhat pleased just the fact that we batted well we paid the extra batter for that reason we were
03:26struggling a little bit with the bat um but the way the guys the partnership between evan lewis and
03:30hassan nawas was excellent shut up the way he played and came in both of them came in and made
03:35a massive
03:36impact um so yeah just getting a victory getting over the line confidence for the boys um so yeah very
03:42happy the falcons still have three games to play at home with the trinbago night riders being the next
03:47opponents on saturday and the antigua and barbuda skipper wants more success at home yeah amazing win uh
03:54we want to make this a fortress while we're here we got four or five games whatever it is we
03:59want
03:59to make it a fortress hard to beat here and that will give us advantage going forward but amazing
04:04crowd and hopefully we get some more um over the weekend the st kitts and nevis patriots remain last
04:10on the table with one win from four games despite the outcome on thursday night skipper jason holder is
04:16looking at the positives a lot of positives still you know we've just got to find a way to pick
04:20ourselves up you know it's not the ideal situation where we're at but we've got our home leg coming up
04:24which is
04:24really important for us you know we've still got a lot of games left in this competition as a matter
04:27for us to stay positive and ensure that we're doing small things well the patriots next play
04:32jamaica kingsmen on thursday in bastia vinod nawani teams export well t20 cricket is the slam bang
04:39version of the game and the republic bank cpl is no different tonight in our second segment of the
04:44six zone we look back at the maximums from last friday until tonight enjoy
04:57antiga and barbira falcons batted tajinder singh smokes this one against st lucia kings reasons for
05:02saying that was because there's a long on in the same match the rotan vakeem cornwall also smashes
05:09mahish tikshana for a maximum then another one from jimbo that clears the ropes flat into the wind
05:18he doesn't want to pitch it up in their response st lucia kings player shadley rand scald quake also
05:24goes big really big a republic banks maximum and then this six from joshua bishop to win it for the
05:31kings
05:32and that's the game the king's revenge now it's the turn of tkr players alex hales and nicholas puran to
05:41smash jamaica kingsman bowler vital laws he's brilliant nicholas puran is brilliant you can't
05:50leave out karen pollard when it comes to six hitting here he also goes berserk against the kingsmen
06:01if the tkr stars can do it so too can kingsmen batter kirk mckenzie nonchalant powerful mckenzie
06:10goes for it again treating akil hossein with disdain and the fans love it
06:18and angry muscle russell also clears the ropes in the game won by the kingsmen
06:24we now fly to groselay and barbada's tridents player quinton de coq does his thing against the
06:30st lucia kings how about we go again he says feeling good and the other tridents
06:38left-hander chefane rutherford cannot be left out here he goes bang bang
06:45flipped away six more on the charge here chefane rutherford
06:50now it's time for st lucia king's batter akim ogiest to provide an exhibition against the tridents
06:56how about this inside out shot from ogiest
06:59it's the use of the feet for me getting to the pitch of the ball
07:02then comes the chemo poll show against the st kitts and nevis patriots
07:06the jamaica kingsmen player goes on a six hitting spree to get to his half century
07:10that's out of here that's a food cpl rock sentry
07:15and here he treats sorb near travalca like a spinner
07:20back to st lucia where kamil puran hits this high and handsome against the warriors
07:26and here comes a big one from his teammate charit asalanka off imran tahir
07:30all of this one and then some but wait the amazon warriors also know how it's done
07:36just ask quentin samson and he will show the way
07:45and then comes the coup de grace as shimran hetmeyer makes it game set and match
07:51heading to antigua st kitts and nevis patriots all
07:55rounder dasoon shanaka smashes the antigua and barbura falcons bowlers and here falcons
08:01captain moin ali wins it for his team in style against the patriots with a half a dozen game over
08:07segment over vinod nawani chief export
08:19got to love the sixes and the vocabulary revenue right well two weeks have gone since the start of
08:24the 2026 republic bank cpl so taking a look at the points table now guyana amazon warriors are on
08:31top with four points from two matches barbada's tridents are next also with four points from two
08:36but the amazon warriors they have a better net run rate like the top two teams jamaica kingsmen
08:41antiga and barbura falcons and the st lucia kings also have four points but a few losses means a lower
08:47net run rate tkr are sixth with two points but have one win and one loss from two matches
08:53and the st kids and nevis patriots are last after earning two points from one win while suffering
08:58three defeats don't forget folks you can listen and enjoy live ball by ball commentary on our sister
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