Twitter Reactions: Devon Thomas, Evin Lewis smother Guyana Amazon Warriors

St Kitts and Nevis Patriots, the cellar dwellers of CPL 2020, have made an incredible start to the ongoing edition. The Dwayne Bravo-led unit has won both their first two games and are placed atop the points table. On Saturday, they defeated the Guyana Amazon Warriors by eight wickets.

Hafeez, Pooran, Hemraj guide the Warriors

After electing to bat first, the Warriors could only manage 146 for the loss of eight wickets. Barring Chandrapaul Hemraj, the rest of the top five batters strained. Hemraj scored 39 off 30 with one four and three sixes. Fawad Ahmed accounted for his wicket in the 12th over of the Warriors’ innings.

Skipper Nicholas Pooran was looking ominous, having scored a 10-ball 23 with three sixes. However, Fabian Allen got his prized wicket. In the end, Mohammad Hafeez’s unbeaten 38 guided the Warriors. For the Patriots, Dominic Drakes was the most successful as he picked up three wickets.

Lewis, Thomas step up

The Patriots made a stupendous start to their run-chase courtesy of a 113-run stand for the opening wicket between Evin Lewis and Devon Thomas. The latter was cautious early on, but Lewis played his strokes. Lewis went on to notch 62 off 39 balls and his knock was laced with four fours and five sixes.

After Lewis perished, Thomas upped the ante and stayed unbeaten on a 54-ball 55 with seven fours and one six. The Patriots chased the target down with seven balls to spare. For the Warriors, Hafeez was effective as he conceded 18 runs in four overs, though he couldn’t make a breakthrough.

Credit to the entire bowling group: Dwayne Bravo

After the Warriors’ defeat, Pooran said that his team couldn’t get to the total they wanted to. Bravo lauded the pacers for restricting the in-form Warriors batters. He also had words of praise for Lewis and Thomas.

“We were 15-20 short. We did get a few in the back end but we were short. A lot of talented players but we need to get the right combination. I want to win games for my team. I am doing right now what is best for my team,” Pooran was quoted as saying.

“A great team effort. Credit to the entire bowling group. Well done to all my bowlers. It is a wicket that offers both spin and pace. It is a fairly small ground. As long as you play the game smart, you will do well as a batter. Thomas and Lewis did well to chase this tricky total down,” Bravo said.

Here’s how the netizens reacted to the Patriots’ victory

Devon Thomas and Evin Lewis guide St Kitts and Nevis Patriots a comfortable win against Guyana Amazon Warriors.#CPL #CPL2021 #GAWvSNP #Cricket #CricTracker pic.twitter.com/7c6Hmbxpkt

— CricTracker (@Cricketracker) August 28, 2021

Evin Lewis could have been a good replacement signing for KKR, would've solved their opening problems.

— Manya (@CSKian716) August 28, 2021

Highest powerplay strike rate in CPL history (minimum 100 balls faced):
Rakheem Cornwall – 163
Luke Ronchi – 151
Sunil Narine – 140
Evin Lewis – 139#CPL21 #GAWvsSKNP

— The CricViz Analyst (@cricvizanalyst) August 28, 2021

POWER!!! 62 off 39 balls for Evin Lewis sees him pick up the @Dream11 MVP for match five. #CPL21 #CricketPlayedLouder #GAWvSKNP #Dream11 pic.twitter.com/9JFohsgzWg

— CPL T20 (@CPL) August 28, 2021

Solid performance by @sknpatriots to make 2 wins in 2 matches.

Openers Evin Lewis (62*) & Devon Thomas (55*) 113 opening stand made 147 run chase easy. @bachaji23 (2/33) & #DominicDrakes (3/26) restricted the @ga_warriors to just 146 runs. #CPL2021 pic.twitter.com/44xEqwkI76

— Sharat Chandra Bhatt (@imsbhatt0707) August 28, 2021

Why is Evin Lewis not in IPL first of all. I mean what kind of selection all these teams do. He is one of the best when it comes to T20 .

— Aashish Bhatia (@AashishBhatia4) August 28, 2021

Evin Lewis has been in some form through the season, starts well in CPL 2021, 62 runs from just 39 balls including 4 fours & 5 sixes – likely to get an IPL team in 2022 with 10 teams in the league.

— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) August 28, 2021

The magnificent Devon Thomas scored a very crucial half-century today keeping the momentum going alongside @evin_lewis17 and scored 55 off 54 balls!

He is our well deserved MAN OF THE MATCH for today. pic.twitter.com/xJ4BGrzojR

— SKNPatriots (@sknpatriots) August 28, 2021

Caribbean flair as Devon Thomas takes the @fun88eng magic moment from match 5. #CPL21 #GAWvSKNP #CricketPlayedLouder pic.twitter.com/rWpU5oenYd

— CPL T20 (@CPL) August 28, 2021

Devon Thomas has a few words to share with everyone as he prepares for the upcoming @CPL season starting in just 3 days time!#sknpatriots #sknp #patriots #stkitts #stkittsandnevis🇰🇳 #t20cricket #cpl21 #biggestpartyinsport #cricketplayedlouder https://t.co/5wKUG4CuYv pic.twitter.com/MTFfhy7qQP

— SKNPatriots (@sknpatriots) August 23, 2021

Dwayne Bravo found Mohammad Hafeez out of crease before the ball was released, but he didn't Mankad him. He also hugged Hafeez. pic.twitter.com/Jtvi3pHZ4D

— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) August 28, 2021

Gentlemen’s game! 🏏 #CPL #Hafeez #Bravo pic.twitter.com/j0EMKXu4tp

— PSL Memes (@PSLMemesWalay) August 28, 2021

Cricket 🏏 is a game of gentlemen & to be played with right spirit always. Well done @DJBravo47 👏🏼👏🏼👍🏼✅ #Respect pic.twitter.com/0SAvZFB8XI

— Mohammad Hafeez (@MHafeez22) August 28, 2021

Guyana Amazon Warriors overseas players born in Pakistan:-

Shoaib Malik (age 39)
Mohammad Hafeez (age 40)
Imran Tahir (age 42)#CPL2021

— Kausthub Gudipati (@kaustats) August 28, 2021