West Indies opening batter Evin Lewis endured a rather painful moment during his team’s second ODI against Bangladesh, much to the amusement of both his own teammates and the opposition. Facing Bangladesh quick Nahid Rana, one ball hit Lewis flush in the lower abdomen region, causing the batter to go down in pain. However, a hilarious replay from hawkeye technology followed, showing exactly how firmly the ball had hit Lewis in that region. The incident left Lewis’ teammate Roston Chase, as well as Nahid Rana, laughing profusely.

Despite Lewis being in a lot of pain, hawkeye pulled up a reply showing just how badly it had hit him. Roston Chase – sat in the dressing room – was on the verge of tears in amusement.

Reputed commentator Ian Bishop came up with a cheeky response.

“We haven’t seen from hawkeye for the entirety of the innings, and now they come up with this. I don’t know why some people think it’s funny!” exclaimed Bishop at the incident.

Watch: Evin Lewis suffers blow right in the private area

Evin Lewis feels extreme pain and hawk-eye also comes into play. pic.twitter.com/EBXM5rP410

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Roston Chase’s amusement was caught by the cameras, to which Bishop said, “Running commentary from Roston Chase!”

Nahid Rana also shared a laugh amid the moment.

The blow did not deter Lewis who slammed Rana for a six just three balls later, smashing it over the midwicket region.

Lewis narrowly missed out on a half-century, making 49 off 62 balls, smashing four sixes. His knock helped West Indies chase down a target of 228 with ease.

The win helped West Indies clinch the ODI series victory with a game to spare, as they took an unassailable 2-0 series lead.

Putting Bangladesh in to bat, Jayden Seales starred with the ball, picking up four wickets as Bangladesh were dismissed for only 227.

Brandon King top-scored in the run chase with 82 off 76 balls, while forties from Lewis and Shai Hope ensured West Indies reach their target in just 36.5 overs.

America’s Aaron Jones laboured hard to score 48 not out in 31 deliveries after Afghanistan’s Noor Ahmad scalped three wickets as Saint Lucia Kings defeated the Guyana Amazon Warriors by six wickets in the final to win their maiden Caribbean Premier League (CPL) title at Providence Stadium. The victory made Saint Lucia the fifth team to win the CPL, ending their run as the only original franchise yet to claim the title. On a slow, tricky pitch, and after a middle-order collapse that left Saint Lucia reeling at 51 for 4 in pursuit of a modest 139, Jones turned the match around with a sudden burst of power-hitting.

The Warriors’ spinners, led by Imran Tahir and Gudakesh Motie, strangled the Kings, sending the packed crowd into a frenzy. For nine long overs, Saint Lucia couldn’t find a single boundary. Roston Chase, battling illness, was struggling, and Jones looked so out of sorts that Daren Sammy briefly considered retiring him out.

But just when it seemed like the Kings might falter, Jones flipped the script. After creeping to 10 off 19 balls, he exploded, smashing 38 off his next 12 deliveries. With crucial support from Chase, who played a calming role akin to Marlon Samuels’ famous big-match performances for West Indies, the pair forged an unbroken 88-run partnership. Their efforts took Saint Lucia over the finish line, with two balls to spare, stunning the home crowd that had roared for Guyana all evening.

The victory ended a long-standing jinx for the Kings, who had previously been the only original franchise yet to claim the CPL title. The team, formerly known as the St Lucia Zouks, had come close in past years but had always fallen short, including a playoff exit just last season.

This year, however, under Sammy’s leadership and powered by standout performances from players like Chase and Jones, the Kings finally lifted the trophy.

Chase, who has been with the Kings for five seasons, battled illness and pressure to deliver a crucial performance in the final. Having already earned a Cricket West Indies central contract earlier in the week, Chase’s calmness and resilience underlined his growing reputation as a key player in the CPL. His contributions with both bat and ball throughout the season were critical to Saint Lucia’s success.

Before the Kings’ spirited comeback, the match had seemed to be tilting in Guyana’s favour. The Warriors’ spin quartet had kept Saint Lucia under constant pressure, and the crowd was at its loudest when Tahir and Motie were picking up wickets. Aaron Jones and Roston Chase’s boundary drought made Guyana’s back-to-back title hopes seem almost inevitable.

Earlier in the match, Saint Lucia’s bowlers had done well to restrict Guyana to 102 for 7 after 18 overs. However, the Warriors managed to scramble 36 runs from the final two overs to post a competitive 138.

Afghanistan’s Noor Ahmad was the star with the ball for the Kings, taking three wickets in the final. His efforts throughout the tournament earned him the Player of the Series award, as he finished the competition as the leading wicket-taker with 22 scalps at an outstanding economy rate of 6.19.

Opener Shai Hope blasted an unbeaten 82 as West Indies came back roaring to crush the United States of America by nine wickets in the T20 World Cup Group 2 Super Eight match in Barbados. After bowling out the USA for a mere 128 in 19.5 overs, the West Indies batters went all guns blazing from the word go to knock off the target in 10.5 overs to make 130/1, recording a comfortable win. The win improved West Indies’ standing in the Group 2 points table. 

The Caribbean side, which had suffered an eight-wicket hammering from England on Wednesday, is now placed second with two points and a Net Run Rate of 1.814.

Johnson Charles fell for a 14-ball 15 with a couple of fours early on but the pair of Hope (82 not out) and Nicholas Pooran did the job for their side, smacking the USA bowlers all around the park here at the Kensington Oval.

Hope made a mincemeat of the USA bowling as the right-handed wicketkeeper-batter clattered eight sixes and four fours to make 82 not out from just 39 balls, with Pooran reaching 27 not out from 13 balls with three sixes and a four.

Hope remained at the forefront of WI’s chase as he forged a 67-run stand for the opening partnership with Charles and then added another 63 runs unbeaten for the second wicket with Pooran, which came off only 23 balls as the Caribbean side ruled the roost.

Earlier after the West Indies put USA in to bat first, Andre Russell (3.5-0-31-3) and Roston Chase (4-0-19-3) made life tough for the opposition batters.

After an early blow in the form of Steven Taylor (2) who was caught at point by chase of Russell, the pair of Andreis Gous and Nitish Kumar (20) forged a strong partnership to revive USA and take them ahead but they both fell after making their respective starts.

Nitish was trapped leg-before by West Indies spinner Gudakesh Motie for 20 off 19 balls with two fours and Gous, who hit three fours and a six in his rapid 29 off 16 balls, was caught at deep midwicket by Hope off Alzarri Joseph in the eighth over and that was when USA’s decline began.

None of the following USA batters could trouble the West Indies as the tournament co-hosts kept chipping away with regular wickets, denying their opponents any momentum with the bat.

USA skipper Aaron Jones (11) was cleaned up by Chase who looked unplayable. Chase grabbed another wicket when he had the veteran Corey Anderson trapped leg-before for seven.

Harmeet Singh, who had provided fireworks with the bat for the USA against South Africa in the last match, fell for a first-ball duck when Chase had him caught by Charles to ensure West Indies remained on top of the proceedings.