Zouks win on D/L to stay alive

Fri, Aug 16, '13

North Sound, Antigua - Persistent rainfall handed the St Lucia Zouks a 17-run victory over the Antigua Hawksbills, ultimately keeping their Limacol Caribbean Premier League campaign alive.

Had the last ten overs of the match been played out though, the Zouks looked firm favourites to record a victory.

The night started out with the visitors needing nothing short of a win to stay alive. They did themselves a big favour by posting the highest score of the tournament, getting to 179/4 from their 20 overs. The Zouks’ main contributor was Andre Fletcher, who struck 76 runs from 53 balls.

The Zouks then proceeded to put the Hawkbills on the back foot early on with the ball. It didn’t look like that after Johnson Charles pummelled Garey Mathurin for three consecutive boundaries in the first over. But then Mathurin struck back with his wicket the next ball.