CPL 2024: Heaviest man to play Test cricket, Rahkeem Cornwall bags 5 wickets for 16 runs to lead Barbados Royals to flawless Wicket victory
CPL 2024: Off-spinner Rahkeem Cornwall rushed through St Kitts and Nevis Patriots’ batting lineup. Joshua de Silva and Anrich Nortje helped them get past the 100-run mark.
Barbados Royals’ Rahkeem Cornwall scripted history at Kensington Oval on September 17. Cornwall claimed five wickets for just 16 runs, the best bowling figures by a West Indies bowler in Caribbean Premier League (CPL) history. Cornwall’s fifer helped Royals bowl out St Kitts and Nevis Patriots for 110 and then beat them by nine wickets.
The previous best bowling figures for a West Indies bowler in CPL was five wickets for 19 runs registered by Hayden Walsh in the 2019 edition.
Cornwall’s fifer causes collapse
Earlier, Royals skipper Rovman Powell won the toss and opted to bowl first. Patriots got off to a slower start. Naveen-ul-Haq dismissed Evin Lewis for a single-digit score in the fourth over. Andre Fletcher hit the first six of the innings in the fifth over. In the next over, he lost his wicket to Naveen. In the eighth over, Cornwall was introduced into the attack. Fletcher charged down the track and got stumped. He scored 32 runs from 22 balls. On the next ball, Mikyle Louis got out as well.
