Gayle, Lewis lead Patriots into playoffs
Half-centuries from both opening batsmen took the total to 208 for 3, which was well beyond the Jamaica Tallawahs' reach
Half-centuries from both opening batsmen took the total to 208 for 3, which was well beyond the Jamaica Tallawahs' reach
Commentator: Akshay Gopalakrishnan
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"Heartbroken," says Gayle with a laugh on defeating his former team. "Just another game for me, happy to get another win. Lots of catches have gone down in this tournament, but the guys have been putting in their work. We need to take the catches. It's a good feeling to qualify. I'm happy for the public. Hopefully, we can go all the way and hopefully it will be a Jamaica-St Kitts final."
"We had to rejig our combination, we don't have that combination in the top seven. The positive is tat the guys stayed strong," says Tallawahs captain Sangakkara. "Sides will look at us and know they need a big total against us, that is a positive. We put Griffith up the order because we wanted to go. We probably needed 60-plus in the Powerplay and we got close. Lendl will continue to bat in the top of the order."
Evin Lewis is the Man of the Match. "I think it was a good wicket. It's a good feeling to qualify for the playoffs," he says. "You're not going to middle the ball all the time, that's just how it is."
10pm A one-sided win for Patriots, who qualify for the playoffs, the first time they have in the CPL. Tallawahs never looked to be in the chase. You got to wonder why they didn't open with Lendl Simmons when he has done so all season. The two who did open, though, Glenn Phillips and Trevon Griffith, made decent contributions, but that was pretty much it. Rovman Powell and McCarthy played good late cameos but the damage was already done and their contributions didn't make for much of a recovery.
R Powell c Lewis b Brathwaite 31 (19b 3x4 2x6) SR: 163.15
Half-centuries from both opening batsmen took the total to 208 for 3, which was well beyond the Jamaica Tallawahs' reach