CPL 2019 week 4 round-up: Walsh Jr makes a splash, Pollard and Holder in send-off face-off

[Torrent Disney]

The fourth week of the 2019 CPL was not only full of dazzling individual performances and thrilling finishes but also gave us the three remaining teams for the playoffs. Here's a look at the highlights from yet another action-packed week.

Patriots turn it around, Amazon Warriors maintain winning streak

After losing four out of their first five games of the season and looking down for the count, St Kitts and Nevis Patriots bounced back to register four wins in their next five matches to become the second team after Guyana Amazon Warriors to qualify for the playoffs.

Patriots captain Carlos Brathwaite, who triggered the turnaround with an all-round performance in a Super Over win against Trinbago Knight Riders last week, was again the star of a last-ball win against Barbados Tridents. Chasing 150, Tridents were cruising at one stage but Brathwaite's three quick wickets had them stumbling from 85 for 2 to 99 for 7. Raymon Reifer took the game to the last over but with two required from the final delivery, Dominic Drakes bowled Harry Gurney to seal the game.

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Tridents themselves qualified for the playoffs on Sunday as Harry Gurney and Hayden Walsh Jr helped them defend 141 against St Lucia Zouks. Their victory also ensured Knight Riders a top-four spot.

Warriors, meanwhile, stretched their winning streak to eight games - a new CPL record - and booked a top-of-the-table finish with two games still in hand.

On the other end, Chris Gayle's homecoming didn't prove auspicious for Jamaica Tallawahs as the two-time champions failed to make it to the top four for the first time in the seven years of the CPL.

Fastest CPL fifty and the Pollard-Holder send-offs

During the Tridents v Knight Riders game, JP Duminy put on a show with the bat, the ball and in the field as Tridents snapped their eight-match losing streak in home games. Building on a 110-run opening stand between Johnson Charles and Jonathan Carter, Duminy raced away to the fastest CPL fifty - off 15 balls - breaking Evan Lewis record - 17 balls - set earlier this season. During his 20-ball 65, Duminy smashed seven sixes and four fours.