Trinbago Knight Riders vs St Kitts and Nevis Patriots, Qualifier 1 - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

Gayle could not stop talking about how it was important to stay at the wicket today. Not the kind of wicket where you start playing strokes from ball one. Good show from St Kitts and Nevis Patriots. Bravo's team will have another shot at the final on Thursday but before that we will witness Jamaica Tallawahs take on Guyana Amazon Warriors in the eliminator tomorrow. See you all for that game. Bye. Good night!

Dwayne Bravo: We were happy to chase 150 here. But we lost the momentum and kept losing wickets at crucial time. Congratulations to Chris and his team. Losing McCullum was a big blow to us. That's how we play, sometimes it comes out, sometimes it does not. We will play our best game on Thursday. I told Chris we were going to play each other four times in this tournament, this was our third time. Let's see.

Chris Gayle: Very happy to be in the final. We wanted to get to 150 and give ourselves a chance. We wanted to give a boost to the people back in the island who are facing the hurricane. It is all about mental preparation going into such games. It was a slow wicket, slow innings from me. But it was important for me to play the long innings there. We are happy with the result. Excited to be in the final.

Gayle is the Man of the Match

23:28 Local Time, 03:28 GMT, 08:58 IST: What an easy win fro St Kitts and Nevis Patriots in the end. Before the match started the talk was all about the dimensions of the ground and how we were all set for a high-scoring encounter today. Bravo was brave enough to claim that his team could chase even 200 on this wicket. Nothing of that sort happened in the end. St Kitts and Nevis Patriots failed to get going and Gayle's slow but steady innings somehow got them to a respectable score. In reply, the Knight Riders never got going. Lost wicket at the top and were always playing the catch-up game. Bravo did try a few hits in the end but it was too late by then. Presentations in a while...

Gayle to Cooper, out Caught by Nabi!! That's it. Cooper hits it flat and straight to the man at long-off. St Kitts and Nevis Patriots win by 38 runs and are through to the final. The Knight Riders will get another chance day after tomorrow. Cooper c Nabi b Gayle 4(7)

Gayle to Cooper, THATS OUT!! Caught!!

Gayle to R Beaton, 2 wides, too tough for the keeper to collect it down leg. They run one as well

Gayle to R Beaton, no run, fires one full. Dug out back to the bowler

Gayle to R Beaton, wide, fires it down leg. Wided

Gayle to R Beaton, SIX, R Beaton skips down the pitch and swings across the line to send it over the deep mid-wicket fence

Chris Gayle, right-arm off break, comes into the attack

48 needed off 6

Cottrell to R Beaton, 1 run, full toss. Knocked down to long-on for just a single

Cottrell to R Beaton, no run, another length ball going across R Beaton. Tries to swing across and misses

Cottrell to R Beaton, FOUR, makes room and slaps this length ball over mid-off, who tries to catch it one-handed. Not tall enough to reach it

Cottrell to Cooper, 1 run, full toss, carved away to third man for a single

Cottrell to R Beaton, 1 run, length ball. Thumps down to long-on for a single

Cottrell to R Beaton, no run, goes across Beaton this time. He throws his bat it to no avail

Brathwaite to Cooper, no run, Cooper swings across the line and misses it. Just a coat of paint away from off-stump