CPL 2020: Match 14, Barbados Tridents vs Jamaica Tallawahs – Six-hitting of Kyle Mayers, Mujeeb-Sandeep consistency and more stats

Defending champions Barbados Tridents brought an end to their 3-match losing streak as they thumped the Jamaica Tallawahs by 36 runs. Kyle Mayers smashed eight sixes and three fours on his way to a 59-ball 85 to help Tridents finish on 145/8. The spin twins Mujeeb Ur Rahman (4-0-14-3) and Sandeep Lamichhane (4-0-16-2) managed to contain Mayers but the left-hander was brutal against the rest.  Tallawahs, in the absence of Andre Russell, fell apart during the chase and ended up with only 112/9.

All the statistical highlights from Barbados Tridents’ first win in two years against Jamaica Tallawahs:

A rare win for Tridents in Port of Spain:

1-3 – Barbados Tridents have successfully defended a total for the first time at the Queen’s Park Oval. They lost all their previous three matches while batting first at this venue. In fact, this win against Tallawahs was only the 2nd victory in ten CPL games for the Tridents in Port of Spain. The Barbados team lost all the seven matches they played at this venue until the start of 2019 season.

3 – Barbados Tridents were successful in ending their 3-match losing streak in the CPL against Jamaica Tallawahs. The last instance of Tridents beating Tallawahs was in the 2018 edition by mere two runs.

A big win despite a low total:

36 – Barbados Tridents’ 36-run win is the biggest for any team in the CPL while defending a target under 150. Tridents themselves defeat St Lucia Zouks by 24 runs while defending a target of 142 during the last season.

A six-hitting master-class from Mayers:

8 – Number of sixes struck by Kyle Mayers during his 85-run knock; the joint-most sixes hit by a player for Barbados Tridents during a CPL inning. Dwayne Smith hit eight sixes each during his unbeaten tons against St Lucia team in 2014 and 2017 respectively. The 8 sixes by Mayers are also the joint-most by any player in a CPL innings against the Jamaica Tallawahs.

Mujeeb gets the better of Rashid:

350 – Mujeeb Ur Rahman has a batting strike rate of 350 in the Twenty20 format against Rashid Khan. The 19-year-old has struck two fours and two sixes across the six balls he faced from Rashid while scoring 21 runs.

End Sandeep’s boundary-less streak:

74 – Mitchell Santner’s boundary during Sandeep Lamichhane’s 4th over of this game was the first boundary conceded by Lamichhane in 75 deliveries. Sandeep took five wickets for 36 runs in the 74 balls between the last two boundaries coming off his bowling in CPL 2020.

Mujeeb equals Shakib:

12 – Mujeeb Ur Rahman’s 12 wickets in this tournament are the joint-most number of wickets by a spinner for the Jamaica Tallawahs in a CPL edition alongside Shakib Al Hasan. Mujeeb only played five matches in this season thus far while Shakib needed 13 games for his 12 scalps during the 2016 season.