St Kitts and Nevis Patriots knocked out of CPL playoff race by Barbados Tridents

NEW YORK, United States. The St Kitts and Nevis Patriots have been eliminated from contention for the Caribbean Premier League playoffs for the fifth consecutive year after a four-wicket defeat by the Barbados Tridents.

Chris Green took four wickets for 20 runs to restrict the Patriots to 118, and Quinton de Kock's unbeaten 44 guided the Tridents to 120 for six with 12 balls to spare.

Poor start for the Patriots

The Patriots made a disastrous start, collapsing to 27 for four and then 51 for six. Wanindu Hasaranga's aggressive 45 off 25 balls lifted them to 118.

"We thought we had a good team this year but we obviously didn't live up to expectations," Patriots captain Jason Holder said in his post-match interview.

"We had a couple scores from Fletch (Andre Fletcher), we had some good all-round performances from Dasun (Shanaka) as well as Wanu (Wanindu Hasaranga). Those performances really stood out for us, just unfortunately we didn't get over the line today which would have taken us through," he said.

Tridents close on playoffs

The Tridents also struggled early, slipping to 27 for three as Holder took two wickets.

De Kock steadied the innings, sharing a 38-run partnership with Shadrack Descarte and a 39-run stand with Sherfane Rutherford, who contributed 23.

Daniel Sams sealed the victory with a six with two overs remaining.

The win lifted the Tridents to fourth place with eight points and two matches left. One more win would secure a playoff place, but two defeats could see them miss out on net run rate.