The 7th match of the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) 2024 was played on Wednesday, September 4 night between St Kitts and Nevis Patriots and Guyana Amazon Warriors at Warner Park Basseterre in St Kitts. There was a rain of sixes and seven records in this match. Both the teams together hit a total of 42 sixes in this match and equaled the IPL world record. Apart from this, Shimron Hetmyer created history with a stormy innings of 91 runs with the help of 11 sixes. Let’s take a look at the records made during the St Kitts and Nevis Patriots vs Guyana Amazon Warriors match-
World record for most sixes in a T20 match
During the Kolkata Knight Riders vs Punjab Kings match in IPL 2024, a world record was set for hitting the most sixes in a T20 match. During that time, both the teams together had sent the ball straight across the boundary 42 times. Now the team of St Kitts and Nevis Patriots and Guyana Amazon Warriors have equaled the IPL world record by doing this feat in the CPL. St Kitts and Nevis Patriots hit 23 sixes in this match, while Guyana Amazon Warriors sent the ball across the boundary 19 times.
Kolkata Knight Riders vs Punjab Kings (2024) – 42 Sixes
St Kitts & Nevis Patriots vs Guyana Amazon Warriors (2024)- 42 sixes
Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Sunrisers Hyderabad (2024) – 38 sixes
Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Mumbai Indians (2024) – 38 sixes
St Kitts & Nevis Patriots vs Jamaica Tallawahs (2019)- 37 sixes
Shimron Hetmyer created history
Shimron Hetmyer of Guyana Amazon Warriors hit the ball straight across the boundary 11 times in this match without hitting a single four. With this, a unique record has been added to his name in T20 cricket. He has become the first batsman in the world to hit 10 or more sixes without hitting a four in the history of T20 cricket. In this innings, he faced 39 balls and scored 91 runs at a strike rate of 233.33.
How was the St Kitts and Nevis Patriots vs Guyana Amazon Warriors match?
Guyana Amazon Warriors, who won the toss and elected to bat first, scored 266 runs with the help of half-centuries from Shimron Hetmyer and Rahmanullah Gurbaz (69 runs off 37 balls). This is the second-highest score in the history of CPL. Chasing the target of 267 runs, the entire team of St Kitts and Nevis Patriots collapsed for 226 runs in 18 overs. Captain Andre Fletcher certainly played a stormy innings of 81 runs off 33 balls but he could not make his team win.