Mikyle Louis, right handed bat, comes to the crease

Theekshana to Mayers, out Bowled!! Mayers b Theekshana 0(2)

Theekshana to Mayers, THATS OUT!! Bowled!!

Theekshana to Mayers, no run, fired in on a back of a length outside off, Mayers pushes at it and gets it off the inner half towards mid-on

Kyle Mayers, left handed bat, comes to the crease

Theekshana to Lewis, out Lbw!! Plumb in front! Lewis lbw b Theekshana 0(2)

Theekshana to Lewis, THATS OUT!! Lbw!!

Theekshana to Lewis, no run

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

The players and the umpires stride out to the middle.

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Pitch Report: Down the ground it's 68m and the shorter of the square boundaries is 63m. We are using the same pitch we used in the last three matches at Warner Park. The runs have been flowing here. The fast bowlers can use the wide yorker option and then they can bowl at a good length outside off. The other option is to go for the short delivery that creates that aggression, reckons Daren Ganga

Teams:

St Kitts and Nevis Patriots (Playing XI): Evin Lewis, Andre Fletcher(w/c), Kyle Mayers, Sherfane Rutherford, Josh Clarkson, Mikyle Louis, Ryan John, Wanindu Hasaranga, Mohammad Mohsin, Veerasammy Permaul, Anrich Nortje

Barbados Royals (Playing XI): Quinton de Kock(w), Rahkeem Cornwall, Shamarh Brooks, Kadeem Alleyne, Rovman Powell(c), Jason Holder, Dunith Wellalage, Maheesh Theekshana, Naveen-ul-Haq, Obed McCoy, Nyeem Young

Fletcher: It's good to him in the squad so Odean Smith misses out and Hasaranga comes in. We have been put into bat first and we batters need to make sure we put up a good total for our bowlers to defend.

Powell: We are gonna bowl first, it looks a good surface and it's a small ground so you are not sure what's a good total. We need to continue to play good cricket.

Barbados Royals have won the toss and have opted to field

18:03 Local Time, 22:03 GMT, 03:33 IST: CPL 2024 is in full swing and things are heating up as the tournament progresses. The Patriots will square off against the Royals tonight at Warner Park in Basseterre. The Patriots are languishing at the bottom of the table. The hosts have lost two out of their three home games. Their bowlers have struggled to contain oppositions. Agreed that the pitch at Warner Park has been an ally for batters but their bowlers have been quite inconsistent. An all-round performance is the need of the hour for the Patriots. The Royals, on the other hand, won their opening game empathically against the Falcons. Their bowlers restricted the opposition to a below-par total while their batters aced the run-chase to perfection. The Royals will be eager to keep the momentum going and are the favourites going into this contest. Can the Patriots bounce back and get back to winning ways? Stick around for the toss and team lineups...

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