Patriots clinch playoff place

Defeat Tallawahs by 37 runs

Chris Gayle, playing in his 50th CPL match, produced his 63rd T20 fifty as St Kitts & Nevis Patriots cruised past Jamaica Tallawahs by 37 runs to guarantee a place in the playoffs for the first time in their three-year history.

Given a chance on 15, Gayle would go on  to top-score with 71 not out off 55 balls, as the Patriots racked up 208 for 3, the highest total of this CPL season, and the second-highest in the competition’s five year history.

Kumar Sangakarra won the toss and offered the home side first knock, who, despite a thirty-five minute rain delay after the eighth over, made the most of the invitation.