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Lewis lays platform in Patriots’ consolation win
- Updated: July 30, 2016
St Kitts and Nevis Patriots 180 for 5 (Lewis 79, Brooks 35*, Narine 3-27) beat Trinbago Knight Riders 146 (Munro 46, Amla 33, Santokie 3-27) by 34 runsScorecard and ball-by-ball details
A season-high 79 by opener Evin Lewis provided the springboard for St Kitts & Nevis Patriots to upend Trinbago Knight Riders by 34 runs on night two of the Caribbean Premier League’s Florida leg. The crowd, about 5,000-strong, were largely rooting for Knight Riders, but there was still plenty of love for Lewis’ entertaining display of power hitting.
It began in the second over when he laced three fours off Ronsford Beaton. Two overs later, he tucked into Kevon Cooper for a pair of sixes before giving Dwayne Bravo similar treatment with two more that cleared the ropes. His sixth six, smashed off Nikita Miller over midwicket in the seventh over, brought up his half-century in 23 balls. Lewis put on 65 for the first wicket with JJ Smuts before both men fell to Sunil Narine, who also dismissed Lendl Simmons to clear out the Patriots’ top order.
By that time, though, the heavy damage had been done and Jonathan Carter teamed …
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