Gayle blasts 85 as Jamaica beat CCC

GROS ISLET, St Lucia,  CMC – Jamaica defeated Combined Campuses and Colleges by seven wickets in the penultimate preliminary round game of the Caribbean Twenty20 at the Beausejour Cricket Stadium here today.

Scores:

CCC 150 for five off 20 overs (Kyle Corbin 47, Raymon Reifer 37, Chadwick Walton 23; Nikita Miller 2-26)

JAMAICA 151 for three off 16.4 overs (Chris Gayle 85, Nkrumah Bonner 28 not out, Dave Bernard 24; Kevin McClean 2-23)

Scoreboard

CCC

+C Walton c Miller b Bernard 23

R Reifer c Russell b Miller 37

*K Corbin run out 47

F Reifer b Cotterrell 17

A Dewar b Miller 7

R Wiggins not out 5

J Holder not out 3

Extras (b4, lb4, w3) 11

TOTAL (5 wkts, 20 overs) 150

Did not bat: S Ambris, D Davis, R Austin, K McClean.

Fall of wickets: 1-31 (Walton, 4.3 overs), 2-90 (R Reifer, 11.2), 3-118 (Corbin, 15.4), 4-131 (Dewar, 17.3), 5-144 (F Reifer, 19.1)

Bowling: Santokie 4-0-25-0, Cotterrell 4-0-31-1 (w1), Bernard 2-0-13-1, Russell 4-0-27-0 (w1), Miller 4-0-26-2, Elliott 1-0-11-0 (w1), Lambert 1-0-9-0.

JAMAICA

C Gayle c Holder b Austin 85

D Bernard c Davis b McClean 24

N Bonner not out 28

D Hyatt c Corbin b McClean 0

*T Lambert not out 3

Extras (lb2, w7, nb2) 11

TOTAL (3 wkts, 16.4 overs) 151

Did not bat: A Russell, +A Thomas, K Santokie, N Miller, Y Elliott, S Cotterrell.

Bowling: Holder 3-0-15-2 (w2), Davis 2.4-0-34-0 (w1), Austin 3-0-36-1, (w1, nb2), R Reifer 1-0-14-0 (w2), McClean 4-0-23-2, Dewar 3-0-27-0.

Result: Jamaica won by seven wickets.

Points: Jamaica 4, CCC 0.

Man-of-the-Match: Chris Gayle.

Toss: CCC.

Umpires: Peter Nero, Nandkumar Shivsankar; TV – Patrick Gustard.