BEAUSEJOUR, St Lucia (CMC):

A cricket fan in St Lucia died after he was electrocuted during a Caribbean Premier League (CPL) match between St Lucia Zouks and Antigua Hawksbills at the Beausejour Ground on Tuesday night, media reports here have said.

Julian Agard was electrocuted in the vicinity of the Laborie/Soufriere stands at about 10:30 p.m. while the game, a CPL preliminary round fixture, was in full swing.

Reports from Castries say Agard, a former police officer and basketball coach, was already dead when he was brought to the medical centre.

He was also a former member of the St Lucia Youth Council.

St Lucia Zouks lost the match by 33 runs as the Hawksbills got their first taste of victory in the tournament.