With two wins, St Kitts & Nevis Patriots have made a resounding start to the CPL 2021. On Saturday, they beat the Guyana Amazon Warriors by eight wickets with the help of half-centuries from Evin Lewis and Devon Thomas. St Kitts openers partnered century stand and reached the target.

Guyana got off to a bad start after electing to bat first, losing two wickets for just 19 runs. Chandrpaul Hemraj, on the other hand, held the fort from one end and scored 39 runs. Later in the innings, Mohammad Hafeez his strong performance, scoring 38 runs off just 31 balls.. Dashing batsman Nicholas Pooran gave the necessary boost to their innings towards the end as she smashed 23 from just 10 deliveries.

Warriors lost two wickets in the PowerPlay and Shoaib Malik shortly after, sliding to 34 for 3 in seven overs after opting to bat first. Chanderpaul Hemraj (39) led a 33-run partnership with Shimron Hetmyer before both fell in short succession, leaving Warriors at 75 for 5 after 12 overs.

Brief scores: Guyana Amazon Warriors 146/8 in 20 overs (chanderpaul Hemraj 39, Mohammad Hafeez 38*; Dominic Drakes 3-26, Fawad Ahmed 2-33) lost to St Kitts and Nevis Patriots 147/2 in 18.5 overs (Evin Lewis 62, Devon Thomas 55*) by 8 wickets.

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