Fast bowling is in the blood of 26-year-old West Indies cricketer Dominic Drakes. That is to say, he has inherited it. In fact, Dominic Drakes’ father Wesbert Drakes was also a fast bowler. But, despite fast bowling being in his blood, he could not avoid a massive beating on the CPL pitch. This left-handed fast bowler, playing for St. Kitts, was beaten so badly by the Trinbago Knight Riders batsmen that all previous records were broken. In the history of CPL, no bowler has been beaten so badly as Dominic Drakes was beaten by the Trinbago Knight Riders batsmen.
77 runs in 4 overs, the most expensive spell in CPL
Dominic Drakes has recorded the record of bowling the most expensive spell in CPL history. He conceded 77 runs in 4 overs without taking any wicket against Trinbago Knight Riders in CPL 2024. He conceded 9 fours and 5 sixes in his spell. Apart from this, he also bowled 5 wide balls. In this way, he became the witness of the most expensive spell in CPL history.
Third most expensive spell in T20
Dominic Drakes’ spell is the third most expensive in the history of T20 cricket. The record for the most expensive spell in the history of T20 cricket is held by Derbyshire’s Matty McKiernan, who gave away 82 runs in 4 overs. After him, Sarmal Anwar of Sialkot Stallions in PSL gave away 81 runs in 4 overs. Dominic Drakes is jointly at the third place in terms of the most expensive spell in T20 cricket along with Ben Sanderson and Qais Ahmed. These three have given away 77 runs in 4 overs.
The impact of Dominic Drakes’ most expensive spell
The result of Dominic Drakes bowling the most expensive spell in CPL history was that Trinbago Knight Riders scored a huge score of 250 runs for 4 wickets in 20 overs. This is also the third highest score in CPL history, in which a total of 17 sixes were hit. Out of those 17 sixes, 5 sixes were hit only on Dominic Drakes’ balls.
Dominic Drakes’ team lost by 44 runs
Dominic Drakes’ team St Kitts could not overcome the target of 251 runs given by Trinbago Knight Riders and faced their first defeat in CPL 2024. They were defeated by Trinbago Knight Riders by 44 runs.
