Rain forces abandonment of St. Lucia Stars /St. Kitts match

Sports Desk: The match between St. Lucia Stars and St. Kitts of the Caribbean Premier League 2018 was declared abandoned due to heavy rain.

The game was scheduled to start at 4:00am (Bangladesh time). But, the match officials decided to announce the abandonment after waiting long to cease the rain and dry the outfield but the even incessant hard work from the groundsmen could not prepare the outfield on time for field action.

The Barbados Tridents and Guyana Amazon Warriors are waiting to lock horns for the 22nd match of the CPL 2018.

So far in the tournament, Jamaica Tallawahs are leading the point table with 10 points registering five wins in 8 matches they played.

Trinbago Knight Riders and Guyana Amazon Warriors are standing at second and third position respectively with 8 points in both of their tallies gaining 4 wins each.

St Lucia Stars: Lendl Simmons, Andre Fletcher(w), Rahkeem Cornwall, David Warner, Qais Ahmad, Kieron Pollard(c), Daren Sammy, Mitchell McClenaghan, Odean Smith, Kesrick Williams, Obed McCoy, Jaskaran Malhotra, Mark Chapman, Mohammad Sami, Christopher Lamont, Chanderpaul Hemraj, Kavem Hodge.

St Kitts and Nevis Patriots: Chris Gayle(c), Evin Lewis, Brandon King, Devon Thomas(w), Tom Cooper, Anton Devcich, Mahmudullah, Ben Cutting, Carlos Brathwaite, Sheldon Cottrell, Hayden Walsh, Javelle Glen, Ibrahim Khaleel, Alzarri Joseph, Jeremiah Louis, Shamarh Brooks, Fabian Allen.


risingbd/Dhaka/Aug 31, 2018/Porag/Nasim