St Lucia Zouks defeated St Kitts and Nevis Patriots by 20 runs this Tuesday (September 24) in the ongoing Caribbean Premier League 2019.

It was a good performance by Zouks who scored 165/6 in 20 overs after being put in to bat on losing the toss. The hosts later defended the total quite comfortably, restricting Patriots to 145/9. 

Earlier, Andre Fletcher (36) and Daren Sammy (30) played crucial knocks as Zouks posted a fighting total on the board despite good spells from Patriots bowlers Mohammad Hafeez (3/22) and Alzarri Joseph (2/20). 

In the run-chase, Patriots' batsmen failed quite miserably, with only Laurie Evans (28) and Mohammad Hafeez (29) going past the 20-run mark. 

Hardus Viljoen (3/14), Fawad Ahmed (2/19), delivered the stand-out spells for Zouks, who clinched a very important win to stay in contention for the title. 

Viljoen was awarded the "Player-of-the-Match" for his bowling. 

Brief scores: 

St Lucia Zouks 165/6 in 20 overs (Andre Fletcher 36; Mohammad Hafeez 3/22) defeated St Kitts and Nevis Patriots 145/9 in 20 overs (Mohammad Hafeez 29; Hardus Viljoen 3/14) by 20 runs.