Even though Chris Gayle has said goodbye to international cricket, his bat still has the same edge as before. On Tuesday, the West Indies cricketer gave a message by hitting 116 runs on 62 balls that at least in the T20 league bowlers are not going to get relief from their havoc. However, despite this innings of Chris Gayle, his team Jamaica Tallawahs faced defeat.
Chris Gayle is currently playing in the CPL, ie Caribbean Premier League. On Tuesday, the league played a match between Jamaica Tallawahs and St Kitts and Nevis Patriots. In this match, the record of the highest score in the league was also broken twice on the same day due to the batting. This was Chris Gayle’s 22nd century in T20 cricket. His name holds the record for most centuries in T20 cricket.
Jamaica Tallawahs scored 241 runs while batting first in the match. Chris Gayle (116) and Chadwick Walton played key roles in it. Gayle scored 116 runs from 62 balls. Walton scored 73 runs off 36 balls. Gayle hit seven fours and 10 sixes. Walton hit three fours and eight sixes. Due to these two innings, Jamaica Tallawahs managed to make the highest score of Caribbean Premier League. However, this record was broken within one and a half hours.
The team of St. Kitts and Nevis Patriots responded to the record score of Jamaica Tallawahs in the same manner. They made a new record of the biggest score by scoring the target with seven balls left. St. Kitts and Nevis Patriots won the match by scoring 242 for six wickets in 18.5 overs.
Devon Thomas scored 71 off 40 balls for the St. Kitts and Nevis Patriots. This was the biggest innings from the team. But a bigger difference in the match was made by the innings of Evin Lewis. Lewis spread the axes of the Jamaican Tallawahs bowlers by scoring 53 runs off just 18 balls. Lewis was named man of the match for his innings. Laurie Evans scored 40 off 20 balls and Fabian Allen scored 37 off 15 balls.
In this match, Jamaica Tallawahs scored 21 sixes. The team of St. Kitts and Nevis Patriots hit 16 sixes. In this way, the match took a total of 37 sixes. It is also the joint record for the most sixes in a match.