The Caribbean Premier League (CPL) 2021 match between Barbados Royals, and St Kitts and Nevis Patriots witnessed an epic finish. In the game, Nevis Patriots won the toss and elected to field first. Whereas electing to field first looked like the wrong decision for Patriots but Sheldon Cottrell was the man who took his team home.
Batting first, Barbados Royals managed to post a decent target of an average total of 160 runs in the first inning. Among them, opener J Charles and SK Patel helped the team to cross 100 runs with a significant strike rate.ย Besides them, captain Holder and GD Phillips reached double-digit scores, on the other hand, the Patriots used six bowlers withย Meekeren remains the lead bowler for them as he scalped four wickets with an economy of 9. While remaining four took one wicket each with an average economy.
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Meanwhile, Patriots batters started dominating over the Royals since the start of the second inning. Openers Thomas and Lewis were given a good start which helps them to cross-quarter a century earlier. Apart from that, Gayle played a flamboyant knock of 42 runs in 39 balls including three boundaries and two sixes.
Things were going well for the Patriots but middle-order batsmen went back to the pavilion one after the other. Therefore, it put them in a peculiar situation as the score was 98/6 in 15.1 overs. After the dismissal of the skipper Bravo, Sheldon Cottrell and Drakes decided to take the team over the line themselves.ย
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Both did partnership over 25 runs and Drakes went back to pavilion in the last over of an innings. Sheldon Cottrell was the one hope that remained for the Patriots. As he hit six on the last ball on which they were needed to score four runs. But the ball was delivered on the offside by the Nurse and grab the opportunity to send the ball over boundary lines.
Here is the video of the win:
Here are some of the reactions from the fans:
Sheldon Cottrell hits a six when St Kitts required 4 off the last ball & they makes 5 wins out of 5 matches in CPL 2021 .. What a game of cricket ! Salute Sheldon Cottrell ๐โโ๏ธ #CPL2021
— ๐ ๏ธ๐ ก๏ธ๐ ๏ธ๐ ๏ธ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฐ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ฅ๐๐๐จโข ๐ฎ๐ณโค๏ธ (@CricCrazyMrigu) September 3, 2021
St Kitts and Nevis Patriots completed five wins in five as Sheldon Cottrell smashed a six off the last ball with four required to win.
A sensational finish from @SaluteCotterell ๐๐#CPL21 #CPL2021 pic.twitter.com/0oJv4FA5Ly
— CricXtasy (@CricXtasy) September 3, 2021
So Sheldon Cottrell won the game for Patriots, with his bat, with a six on the last ball ๐คฏ #CPL21
— Shubh Aggarwal (@shubh_chintak) September 3, 2021
