Zahir Khan, Javelle Glen choke Jamaica Tallawahs' chase in dramatic defence
The Tallawahs' middle-order collapsed despite an opening stand of 84 in pursuit of 146
The Tallawahs' middle-order collapsed despite an opening stand of 84 in pursuit of 146
Commentator: @PeterDellaPenna
That's it from me and Danyal Rasool tonight. We'll be taking a breather tomorrow before the CPL action continues on Tuesday. TKR and the Tallawahs play the first semi at 10 am local time before the Amazon Warriors and Zouks clash at 5:30 pm in Tarouba. For now, I'm Peter Della Penna. Take care!
Zouks captain Daren Sammy: "We always believe it's never over. After all, if we can't believe at 80 for 0 when we just defended 92, we wouldn't be doing justice for ourself. That's the game of cricket. It's never over until they get the last run. We don't have guys in the top of the runs but our bowlers are pulling us through. This is the performance we've been looking for from Zahir to get us wickets in the middle overs period. All in all, we feel good to qualify for the playoffs. I would love to win my semi-final game and Jamaica is feeling the same. Like Rovman said it's a clean slate now. Whatever you did before doesn't matter. It's how you play on Tuesday for your team, who wants it most. I have a strong feeling something might just happen for both teams."
Tallawahs captain Rovman Powell: "It was a decent bowling effort. Still a bit of improvement but I'll take 145 any day. [The opening pair] did their job, it's just for the middle order now to find some runs. We go into the semi-finals now with a clean slate. It's sometimes difficult to forget what happened before but we have to do that."
Zahir Khan named Man of the Match: [Nabi is translating into English] "Last few games I didn't perform very well. This time I performed well. I played last year for Jamaica Tallawahs and know most of the players today and worked to bowl against them. The pitches are totally different from last year. We got that one or two wickets and it totally changed it."
6.00 pm From 84 for 0 in the 12th, the Tallawahs throw away this match. Zouks missing their leading wicket-taker Kuggeleijn and yet they cling on to win by 11 runs. Tallawahs now enter their semi-final against Trinbago Knight Riders on a four-match winless streak (three losses and a no result). Zouks on the other hand have a bit of momentum heading into their semi-final against the Guyana Amazon Warriors.
Victory mathematically sealed now.
Two wickets in two balls for the Zouks for the third time tonight, but no hat-trick opportunity for Williams as we're into the final over now.
The Tallawahs' middle-order collapsed despite an opening stand of 84 in pursuit of 146
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