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- Updated: August 8, 2016
Jamaica Tallawahs 95 for 1 (Gayle 54, Walton 25*, Emrit 1-13) beat Guyana Amazon Warriors 95 (Tanvir 42, Imad 3-21, Williams 2-12, Shakib 2-25) by nine wicketsScorecard and ball-by-ball details
A rematch from Wednesday’s first Caribbean Premier League playoff qualifier between the regular season’s top two teams quickly turned into an uncontested romp for the Jamaica Tallawahs, who rampaged past Guyana Amazon Warriors by nine wickets to claim their second CPL title on Sunday night at Warner Park. For the Warriors, it was a flat effort that left them runner-up for the third time in four CPL seasons, twice to the Tallawahs.
The Warriors were the regular season table-toppers and beat Tallawahs in two of their prior three meetings, including by four wickets in Wednesday’s opening playoff match, but stumbled badly after being sent in by Chris Gayle at the toss to be bowled out for a franchise record low total of 93 in just 16.1 overs. The Warriors never won a game while chasing in 2016, going 0-3 when being asked to bat first with two of those three losses coming to the Tallawahs.
Warriors were under pressure early when Nic Maddinson became the first of three batsmen dismissed first-ball, edging Andre Russell behind in the first over. A bigger blow came to start the third over when the tournament’s leading scorer, Chris Lynn, carved Shakib Al Hasan straight to Jonathan Foo at backward point for 7.
Left-handed Sohail Tanvir was promoted up the order to No. 4 in an attempt to combat the left-arm spin …
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