Fiery Lewis takes Patriots to first win

Sun, Jul 3, '16

A stampeding Powerplay by Evin Lewis and Lendl Simmons set up an insurmountable total from St Kitts & Nevis Patriots, who defeated St Lucia Zouks by 58 runs on Sunday afternoon at Warner Park. The pair propelled the hosts to 69 for 0 in six overs after being sent in as Lewis kicked on for a top score of 73 in the Patriots total of 203 for 7.

The Patriots had only advanced to 22 after three overs, but Simmons doubled that total in the fourth when he targeted Canada allrounder Nitish Kumar's offspin for three sixes and a four. That spurred Lewis to take on Darren Sammy in the fifth as the left-hander smashed the Zouks' captain for four consecutive boundaries through the off side.

The stand was broken two balls into the seventh by Derone Davis as Simmons skewed the left-arm spinner to Watson at short third man for 30, but Lewis had no intention of slowing down and brought up his fifty in 28 balls off Davis in the ninth before continuing his onslought with three sixes in four balls against Kristopher Ramsaran in the tenth.

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