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HEADLINE: Pollard's maiden ton ends St Lucia Stars' 15-game losing streak

 
CaribbeanCricket.com 2018-08-18 02:51:11 

July 31, 2016. That was the last time St Lucia's CPL franchise last won a match. But their two-year streak of futility is no more after Kieron Pollard's maiden T20 century propelled the Stars to a CPL record total of 226 to help break a 15-match winless streak in a 38-run win over Barbados Tridents.

After blowing a golden chance at breaking the CPL's longest streak of futility 24 hours earlier, Obed McCoy's brilliant spell of slower balls denied a late charge by the Tridents to help clinch St Lucia's first win since a 17-run win in Florida when Barack Obama was president of the USA and the franchise was still known as the Zouks.

Five numbers from St Lucia Stars' win
15 - The losing streak broken by the St Lucia franchise

427 - The number of T20 matches it took for Pollard's maiden ton

226 - The CPL's highest total of all time

17 - Second-most number of sixes in a CPL innings

6 - The number of cricketers to score a CPL century

Fiery Fletcher

The second-highest scorer in CPL history gave the Stars another terrific start in the Powerplay, and this time one they would not waste. Andre Fletcher tore into Mohammad Irfan in the opening over of the match after Stars were sent in at the toss. Fletcher clattered two sixes over the leg side followed by fours through mid-on and point in a 20-run opening over. David Warner tried to copy Fletcher's lead in the second but nicked off his second ball against Jason Holder. It was one of the few miscues on the night for the Stars though.

Rahkeem Cornwall excelled once again as a pinch-hitter at No. 3, smoking 30 off 11 balls over the next three overs before he was bounced out by Wahab Riaz. Lendl Simmons copped a rough lbw decision from Langton Rusere next ball on a delivery pitching outside leg to put Wahab on a hat-trick. It was the last moment of joy for the Tridents for the next hour as Fletcher and Pollard combined for a 148-run stand.

 

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mikesiva 2018-08-18 03:26:58 

In reply to CaribbeanCricket.com

Finally!
big grin