Overview
- Shanaka reached 100 in 39 balls and finished unbeaten on 121 off 43 deliveries, striking eight fours and 12 sixes at a strike rate of about 281.
- He walked in at 9.2 overs with the Patriots 89-2 after Johnson Charles' wicket and was sent higher in the order on the advice of coach Malonan Rangarajan and captain Jason Holder.
- The innings helped St Kitts & Nevis Patriots post 235 for 4 and then bowl out Saint Lucia Kings for 98 in 13.5 overs to secure a 137-run win.
- Shanaka was named Player of the Match and said he began by assessing the ball before accelerating, crediting the captain and coach for the decision to promote him.
- The 39-ball mark displaces the previous 40-ball fastest hundreds by Andre Russell, Tim Seifert and Shimron Hetmyer and underlines Shanaka's season form of 255 runs in six innings at a high strike rate.