CPL 2021: Barbados Royals vs St Lucia Kings: Royals go out with a bang, record highest chase

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Saint
Lucia
Kings
were
missing
captain
Faf
du
Plessis,
who
was
out
with
an
injury,
but
stand-in
captain
Andre
Fletcher
and
a
returning
Cornwall
got
their
side
to
an
outstanding
start:
taking
the
score
to
54/0
by
the
end
of
the
Powerplay.
Once
Cornwall
had
been
dismissed
and
Fletcher
run-out
after
an
outstanding
bit
of
fielding
from
Mayers,
it
was
up
to
Chase
to
lead
with
the
bat.

Chase’s
rich
vein
of
form
in
CPL
2021
continued
with
a
swift
half
century
that
catapulted
his
side
to
an
imposing
total
of
190/6.

The
Royals
encountered
trouble
in
the
sixth
over,
as
Roston
Chase
bowled
a
double
wicket
maiden
over,
firstly
getting
Johnson
Charles
caught
out,
then
Shai
Hope
falling
the
very
next
ball
to
a
run-out.

However,
Mayers
and
Phillips
came
to
the
crease
and
formed
a
memorable
partnership
to
give
Barbados
Royals
an
unlikely
win,
scoring
twenty
two
boundaries
between
them.
It
was
the
highest
successful
run
chase
of
CPL
2021.
Other
than
Chase,
none
of
the
Saint
Lucia
Kings
bowlers
were
able
to
take
a
wicket.

With
this
victory,
Barbados
Royals
ensured
that
Saint
Lucia
Kings
would
have
to
rely
on
other
results
to
qualify
for
the
CPL
2021
semifinals
on
Tuesday
(September
14).