Andre Fletcher starred with an unbeaten 93 to lead the St. Kitts & Nevis Patriots to a four-wicket win over the St. Lucia Kings at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy on Saturday.
This win was the first for the Patriots this season in nine games, their worst run since the 2020 season where they finished last after winning just one match.
The Kings were restricted to 149-7 off their 20 overs after the Patriots won the toss and decided to field first.
Shadrack Descarte led the way with a 31-ball 43 while Johnson Charles hit 42 for the Kings as Ashmead Nedd bowled beautifully up front for the Patriots with 2-14 from his four overs. Benny Howell also bowled well with 2-31 from his four overs.
Fletcher then starred with an unbeaten 93 from 64 balls including six fours and five sixes to lead the successful chase for the Patriots.
Sherfane Rutherford was the next highest scorer with 17.
Things got a bit tricky for the Patriots in the 17th over when Fletcher picked up a hamstring injury which left him unable to run unimpaired for the remainder of the chase.
With that being said, the chase seemed comfortable up until the penultimate over from Alzarri Joseph.
The Patriots needed just 10 from the final two overs at that point before a brilliant over from Joseph meant St. Kitts & Nevis would end up needing nine from the last over with an injured Fletched and Corbin Bosch at the crease.
Roston Chase was tasked with bowling the last over. The first two balls were hit for singles before Bosch was dismissed caught at deep mid-wicket off the third ball leaving the Patriots needing seven.
Dominic Drakes joined Fletcher at the crease and was only able to get a single off the fourth ball.
Fletcher then ended proceedings with a six off the fifth ball to seal the win.
Kharry Pierre, Roston Chase and Sikanda Raza all took two wickets, each, for the Kings.