Highest Scores by Jamaica Tallawahs in CPL
The Jamaica Tallawahs have been the talk of the town ever since they released their homegrown hero, Chris Gayle, prior to the 2020 CPL. Chris Gayle had signed a contract with St. Lucia Stars for the 2020 CPL outside of the draft but he later decided to pull out of the tournament due to personal reasons. Some of the recent high scoring performances from Jamaica Tallawahs in the past few years feature in the top 5 Jamaica Tallawah’s highest scores in CPL. Unfortunately, they could not do well in terms of results in the previous edition as they ended the season at the bottom of the points table. The Tallawahs do have a rich history in the league as they have lifted the CPL twice in 2013(the inaugural season) and in 2016.
The Jamaica Tallawahs are set for an exciting campaign with a well-balanced squad. They have strengthened their team with the addition of Carlos Brathwaite, Sandeep Lamichhane and Mujeeb Ur Rahman. The Jamaica Tallawahs are set to begin their campaign with a match against the St Lucia Stars in the third game of the upcoming season. They will be looking forward to having a successful campaign. They have one of the most power-packed middle orders in the league with the likes of Rovman Powell, Andre Russell, Asif Ali, and Carlos Brathwaite.
Top 5 Highest Scores by Jamaica Tallawahs in CPL
The Jamaica Tallawahs have scored some humongous totals in the recent past and here is a list of the top 5 Jamaica Tallawah’s highest scores in CPL.
5. 204 against St Lucia Stars
At number five in the list of top 5 Jamaica Tallawahs highest scores in CPL is its performance against St Lucia Stars on 25th August 2018. The Jamaica Tallawahs put on a score of 204 for the loss of 5 wickets in the first innings of the match. Rovman Powell scored a 37 ball 64 which involved 5 sixes and 2 fours. He batted with a strike rate of 172 and was helped by David Miller who scored an unbeaten 32 of just 13 deliveries with 3 sixes and 2 fours at a strike rate of 246. St Lucia Stars could only manage 183 runs in their 20 overs. Tallawahs won by 21 runs and Rovman Powell was the man of the match.
4. 206 against St Kitts and Nevis Patriots
Jamaica Tallawah’s 206 for the loss of 6 wickets against St Kitts and Nevis Patriots on 2 September 2018 in fourth in the list for top 5 Jamaica Tallawahs highest scores in CPL. A 40 ball 84 by Rovman Powell helped Jamaica put on a decent score. The innings of Powell included 11 fours and 4 sixes. His strike rate was beyond 200 in that innings.
Cameos from Phillips and Miller further added to their score. The match was interrupted by rain and the target for St Kitts and Nevis Patriots was 118 runs in 11 overs as per the DLS method. St Kitts and Nevis Patriots successfully chased the total. Patriots won by 7 wickets and Rassie van der Dussen was the man of the match for his unbeaten 45 run innings.
3. 225 against Trinbago Knight Riders
Trinbago Knight Riders were asked to bat first by the Jamaica Tallwahs and they replied with 223 for 6 wickets. The Knight Riders were on top with the fifties from Colin Munro and McCullum in the first innings. As far as the second innings of the game is concerned, it was raining sixes as Russell powered his way to an unbeaten 121 of 49 deliveries with the help of 13 sixes. He helped Jamaica win the match with three balls remaining and was the man of the match. Their 225 against Trinbago Knight Riders makes it at number three in the list for top 5 Jamaica Tallawahs highest scores in CPL.
2. 226 against Trinbago Knight Riders
At number two in the list for top 5 Jamaica Tallawahs highest scores in CPL is its performance against Trinbago Knight Riders on 13th September 2019. Jamaica won the toss and asked the Riders to bat first. The Riders managed to put on a humongous total of 267 runs for the loss of 2 wickets. It was a collective effort of Simmons who scored 86 runs of 42 balls with 5 sixes, Colin Munro who scored 90 runs of 50 balls with 8 sixes and a quickfire 45 of 17 balls by Pollard. Jamaica Tallawahs entered with a hope to chase down one of the biggest totals in T20 history but they could only manage 225 runs for the loss of 5 wickets in their 20 overs. Phillips stared with 62 runs of 32 balls. T&T won the match and Munro was the man of the match.
1. 241 against St Kitts and Nevis Patriots
Jamaica Tallwahs were asked to bat first by St Kitts and Nevis Patriots and they managed to power their way to 241 runs for the loss of 4 wickets. The match was played on 10th September 2019 in Basseterre and is first in the list of top 5 Jamaica Tallawahs highest scores in CPL. The Gayle storm had hit St Kitts and Nevis Patriots as Chris Gayle scored 116 of 62 balls with 10 sixes. He was well supported by Walton who scored 73 of 36 balls. St Kitts and Nevis Patriots recovered well from the Gayle storm as they went on to win the match with 7 balls remaining. Evin Lewis and Thomas helped them chase down one of the biggest totals in the CPL history. Evin Lewis was the man of the match for his 18 balls 53 runs as Patriots won the match by 4 wickets.
