A Dominic Drakes show
The Caribbean Premier League 2021 final displayed the strength of West Indies youngsters, and their dynamic skill set in the T20 format at the Warner Park in Basseterre.
Dominic Drakes, son of former Windies pacer Vasbert Drakes, guided St. Kitts and Nevis Patriots to its maiden CPL title by smashing an unbeaten 48 off 24 balls.
The Dwayne Bravo-led side beat St. Lucia Kings by three wickets in a last-over thriller.
Chasing a target of 160, the Patriots were reeling at 95/5 when Bravo fell to David Wiese. Drakes switched on the beast mode in the death overs to bring the equation down to 31 off 18 after the 17th over.
With five needed off two balls in the final over, Drakes smashed a boundary and snatched a single off Kesrick Williams to finish the game.
Sherfane Rutherford (25 off 22), Joshua Da Silva (37 off 32) and Fabien Allen (20 off 18) made significant contributions.
St. Lucia Kings’ Roston Chase was awarded Player of the Series for scoring 446 runs and picking up 10 wickets.