Cornwall's blazing fifty knocks Jamaica Tallawahs out

Rahkeem Cornwall's blistering 51 off 25 balls paved the way for St Lucia's chase of 166, before captain Darren Sammy helped seal the four-wicket win with a couple of sixes in the penultimate over on Friday, 27 September.

Earlier, Kesrick Williams missed out on a hat-trick but his 3/24 was vital in denying Jamaica the chance to hit out at the death, keeping them to 165/7.

Glenn Phillips got Jamaica off to a blazing start, racing to 23 in 11 balls when Hardus Viljoen had him gloving to the wicket-keeper. Dwayne Smith survived a few chances to slam three sixes in his 58 off 38 balls.

But, after he became Williams' second wicket in the 17th over, his team could add just 25 runs in their last 20 balls. Krishmar Santokie joined Williams in reducing the runs to a trickle, conceding just four runs in the final over and finishing on 2/31.

In response, St Lucia brought up the team fifty in four overs. Cornwall kept up the pressure with five sixes and four fours, and by the time the openers fell just after the Powerplay, they had knocked 79 runs off the chase.

A middle-order stutter, though, gave them cause for concern. With just about a run a ball needed, a five-over period from over 14 saw no boundaries. Sammy survived a run-out chance to strike a couple of sixes in the 19th, easing the nerves and keeping his team's play-off hopes alive.

"We haven't really put a complete game together," admitted a dispirited Chadwick Walton, the Tallawahs captain, "and that's why we're sitting at the bottom of the table."