De Villiers' 82 delivers second win for Tridents
Barbados Tridents v St Kitts and Nevis Patriots, CPL 2016 July 14, 2016 De Villiers' 82 delivers second win for Tridents
AB de Villiers' second half-century in three matches helped Barbados Tridents beat St Kitts and Nevis Patriots by 25 runs at Kensington Oval in Bridgetown and register their second win this season. A superior net run rate meant they moved to second spot in the points table, ahead of Jamaica Tallawahs.
Patriots were a batsman down in the chase because Kieran Powell had to be stretchered off the field and then taken in a wheelchair to hospital after a nasty collision with JJ Smuts in the 19th over of Tridents' innings. Patriots were restricted to 155 for 8.
The win was set up by de Villiers, who forged two vital partnerships with Nicholas Pooran and Kieron Pollard during his 54-ball 82 to take Tridents to 180 for 6. Tridents had slipped to 29 for 3 in the sixth over, after being sent in, with Sheldon Cottrell, Alzarri Joseph and Samuel Badree doing the early damage. De Villiers, who walked in at No. 4, found able support from Pooran, who injected momentum into the innings with three sixes off Smuts, the left-arm spinner, in the 11th over.rea/