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28 September,New Delhi:   <\/strong>Daren Sammy held his nerve to keep St Lucia Zouks’ 2019  Caribbean Premier League (CPL) playoff hopes very much alive with a four-wicket win over Jamaica Tallawahs on Friday night.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

A pair of  Maximums in the penultimate over of a nervy, high-stakes run-chase effectively settled the contest, bringing the scores level and allowing Krishmar Santokie to smash the winning runs at the start of the final over.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Victory for the Zouks lifted them back above Barbados Tridents into fourth place while also ending the Tallawahs’ own lingering hopes of a top-four finish. It’s the first time in  CPL history the Tallawahs miss out on the playoffs.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

The Zouks now head to Barbados on Sunday for a hugely significant clash with the Tridents as the league phase hits the home straight.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Chasing 166 for victory, Rahkeem Cornwall got the Zouks off to the perfect start with a 24-ball half-century with four fours and five sixes.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

He showed his intent from the very first over, pulling Zahir Khan for four and then launching a  Maximum over long-on.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

The real carnage came in the third over of the innings as Jerome Taylor was taken for 25. Cornwall hit back-to-back  Maximums to start the over before Andre Fletcher finished it off with 10 runs in two balls.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Fletcher was caught at slip by Chris Gayle off Zahir Khan, but Cornwall raced on to his half-century, his most dramatic contribution a huge  Maximum off Ramaal Lewis that bounced twice on the roof before finding its way into the car park.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

He was gone two balls later, though – just after reaching his half-century – when another attempt to clear the rope was held just inside it by Chadwick Walton.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

When Colin de Grandhomme holed out off Imran Khan to the first ball of the next over for a golden duck, the Zouks were in danger of losing their way.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

But with the required rate well in hand, Colin Ingram and Hardus Viljoen had the luxury of taking a few overs just to steady the ship. They did so, Viljoen then getting the chase really back up and running with a pair of huge sixes over long-on off Khan. The final ball of that over was pulled to the square-leg fence and the Zouks were firmly back in control.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Still it was not exactly plain sailing to the finish line. Ingram was run out by a superb direct hit from Khan at mid-off, before Viljoen top-edged a Dwayne Smith short ball to Shamar Springer at long-leg.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

When Chris Barnwell picked out Smith at long-on to give Imran Khan a second wicket, the Tallawahs suddenly sensed a chance with the equation 19 from 12 and Daren Sammy left with only the Zouks bowlers for company.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Two huge sixes later, the matter was all but settled with Santokie gleefully crashing the first ball of the final over to the cover boundary to seal a hugely important win.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Dwayne Smith had earlier returned to form in fine style for the Tallawahs. Having failed to reach double-figures in four previous 2019  CPL innings, Smith looked back to his very best in plundering 58 in 38 balls with six fours and three sixes.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

But after he and debutant Liton Das (21 from 21) were dismissed in successive balls by the impressive Kesrick Williams, the Tallawahs innings fell away.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

From 138\/2 after 16 overs with two set batsmen at the crease, only 27 more were added at a cost of five wickets in the face of some superb Zouks death bowling.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Williams was very much the pick, adding the wicket of Trevon Griffith to finish with fine figures of 3\/24 despite Shamar Springer hitting the final ball of his spell for six.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Glenn Phillips and Gayle had got the innings off to a fine start before 2019  CPL leading run-scorer Phillips was bounced out by Viljoen after smacking back-to-back fours.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Gayle was then prepared to play second fiddle to Smith in a partnership of Smith before being caught by a juggling Viljoen at long-off as Sammy’s decision to bring himself into the attack paid dividends.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Smith went through to his half-century in 30 balls but fell just as the Tallawahs were looking to really launch in the final overs. They were never quite able to do so.
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