CPL 2024 Final, GUY vs SLK Match Highlights: Chase And Jones Pull Of A Heist As St. Lucia Kings Become New CPL Champions

St Lucia Kings overcame Guyana Amazon Warriors in the CPL 2024 final [Source: @SaintLuciaKings/x]

St Lucia Kings stunned defending champions Guyana Amazon Warriors in the CPL 2024 final at Guyana’s Providence Stadium on October 6 to lift their maiden title.

Here’s the timeline of how GUY vs SLK panned out in Guyana:

GUY vs SLK Highlights: Warriors Lose Top Three For Just 49 In 10 Overs

Guyana Amazon Warriors lost each of their top three batters for just 45 runs on the board in less than 10 overs.

After losing Rahmanullah Gurbaz for a two-ball duck to Khary Pierre in the first over of the match, the Warriors were further jolted by Roston Chase and Noor Ahmad, considering the two St Lucia Kings spinners deceived well-set Shai Hope (22 off 24) and Moeen Ali (14 off 20) respectively as the defending champions reached a sluggish 49-3 at the halfway stage of the innings.

GUY vs SLK Highlights: Fiery Shepherd, Pretorius Cameos Lift GUY To 138

Noor Ahmad also added the wickets of Shimron Hetmyer and Raymon Reifer to his tally to claim figures of 3-19 from his four overs. Fast bowlers Matthew Forde and Alzarri Joseph struck in quick succession with a wicket each as the Warriors slipped to 88-6 with just four more overs remaining in the innings.

Fortunately for the defending champions, lower-order batters Romario Shepherd (19* off 9) and Dwaine Pretorius (25 off 12) came up clutch at the death with cracking cameos to blaze the Warriors to a respectable 138-8 in 20 overs.

GUY vs SLK Highlights: St Lucia Kings Slip To 51-4 In Small Chase

Chasing 139 to lift their maiden CPL title, St Lucia Kings crumbled its way to 51-4 in the first 10 overs of the innings. They lost each of their top four batters, including captain Faf du Plessis (21 off 21), to the likes of Romario Shepherd, Kevin Sinclair, Moeen Ali and Dwaine Pretorius as the Kings stared at the deep abyss by requiring another 88 runs from their remaining 10 overs.

GUY vs SLK Highlights: Roston Chase, Aaron Jones Win It For SLK

Forming forces at 51-4, middle-order batters Roston Chase and Aaron Jones won it for the St Lucia Kings by forming an unbroken 88-run partnership for the fifth wicket. While Chase cracked an unbeaten 39 from 22 balls, Jones top-scored in the innings by whacking 48* off just 31 balls with two boundaries and four huge sixes.

Their partnership helped St Lucia Kings lift their maiden CPL title with 11 balls and six wickets to spare.

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