Kyle Mayers, left handed bat, comes to the crease

Forde to Fletcher, out Fletcher Run Out!! 1 run completed Fletcher run out (Ackeem Auguste/Seifert) 1(2)

Forde to Fletcher, THATS OUT!! Run Out!!

Forde to Fletcher, no run

Forde to Lewis, 1 run, full on middle, Lewis bunts it towards mid-on for a quick single

Lewis and Fletcher are at the crease. Lewis is on strike. Forde will open the attack

The players are all out there, we're set for live action,. Forde starts with a slip

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Pitch report: "The 22-yards haven't changed since last night. Bowlers will get smashed around again. 61m and 67m square boundaries, 68m down the ground. It's so hard and flat, fairly true. If the bowlers get it wrong, they're in trouble" says Danny Morrison.

Teams:

St Kitts and Nevis Patriots (Playing XI): Evin Lewis, Andre Fletcher(w/c), Kyle Mayers, Mikyle Louis, Tristan Stubbs, Sherfane Rutherford, Odean Smith, Ryan John, Ashmead Nedd, Anrich Nortje, Tabraiz Shamsi

Saint Lucia Kings (Playing XI): Johnson Charles, Faf du Plessis(c), Ackeem Auguste, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Tim Seifert(w), Roston Chase, David Wiese, Matthew Forde, Alzarri Joseph, Mikkel Govia, Noor Ahmad

Andre Fletcher: We have one change. It's cricket, not much you can do, need to put it aside and focus on what you have.

Saint Lucia Kings have won the toss and have opted to field

Faf du Plessis: We'll chase. Venues like this we like chasing, it's small. Feel there might be some tackiness in the surface. Everyday you get to a pitch, you need to make plans for that day. Our team is very well balanced. We've shown great consistency in the last few years. Very keen to do something with this team.

Saint Lucia Kings have won the toss and have opted to field

18:00 Local Time, 22:00 GMT, 03:30 IST: Hello and welcome to our coverage of Match 5 of CPL 2024 between the St Kitts and Nevis Patriots and the Saint Lucia Kings. The Patriots have already played a couple of games heading into this one. They started off with a thrilling win against the Falcons before going down to the Knightriders just last evening. The Kings, meanwhile, will be playing their first game today. It was an extremely high-scoring game here last evening with TKR posting a monumental 250 with Pooran scoring an explosive 97. In response, the Patriots made 206 of their own but it wasn't nearly enough. That means we can likely expect another high-scoring affair tonight. We'll find out soon enough. Toss and teams coming your way shortly.

Squads:

St Kitts and Nevis Patriots Squad: Evin Lewis, Andre Fletcher(w/c), Kyle Mayers, Mikyle Louis, Tristan Stubbs, Sherfane Rutherford, Odean Smith, Dominic Drakes, Ryan John, Anrich Nortje, Tabraiz Shamsi, Rilee Rossouw, Veerasammy Permaul, Ashmead Nedd, Joshua Da Silva, Johann Layne

Saint Lucia Kings Squad: Faf du Plessis(c), Johnson Charles, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Tim Seifert(w), Roston Chase, David Wiese, Ackeem Auguste, Alzarri Joseph, Matthew Forde, Khary Pierre, Noor Ahmad, Johann Jeremiah, Sadrack Descarte, Mikkel Govia, Aaron Jones, McKenny Clarke, Khari Campbell