Caribbean Premier League: Guyana Amazon Warriors First to Enter Final

Chris Lynn shone with the bat as Guyana Amazon Warriors stormed into Sunday's final of the Caribbean Premier League after scoring a four-wicket win against Chris Gayle-led Jamaica Tallawahs on Wednesday.

A 47-ball 49 by Lynn, who has scored over 400 runs in the Caribbean Premier League this season, was the architect of the Guyana Amazon Warriors victory after rain interrupted the chase at Warner Park, St Kitts.

Although the Tallawahs lost this match they still have one more chance to reach the final. They will play the winner of the match between St Lucia Zouks and Trinbago Knight Riders which will take place on Thursday.

Three wickets from Rayad Emrit and two for Sohail Tanvir restricted Jamaica Tallawahs to 146-8 from their 20 overs.

Having been put into to bat the Tallawahs struggled to find a partnership. Chadwick Walton and Gayle got the team off to a steady start in the batting PowerPlay. They put on 33 runs for the first wicket before Walton was out for 16, caught in the covers by Jason Mohammad off the bowling of Emrit.

Gayle tactics not good enough for Jamaica

Gayle was clearly intent on batting deep into the Tallawahs' innings and he was going at under a run a ball throughout his innings. He had made 33 from 36 balls when he inside edged onto his stumps.

The Tallawahs kept trying hard to get the run rate up, but that resulted in wickets falling at regular intervals. Kumar Sangakkara departed for a run a ball 20 when he attempted to slog Adam Zampa over mid-wicket and found the fielder.

When the Guyana Amazon Warriors chase got under way, the target looked well within reach when Nic Maddinson hit two fours and a six on his way to 14 from nine balls. He could not cause any real damage though, Kesrick Williams dismissing him with a brilliant catch off his own bowling, one of four wickets for him.

Lynn, top scorer of Caribbean Premier League

A lengthy rain delay kept the players from the field but when they did resume, Lynn carried on his excellent form in this year's CPL passing 400 runs for the season, becoming the leading run scorer in this year's tournament in the process.

.@GYAmazonWarrior win over @JAMTallawahs, booking a place in the #CPL16 Final. Tallawahs will now go into Play-Off 3 pic.twitter.com/0ylou8vTFt

- CPL T20 (@CPL) August 4, 2016

Some canny bowling by the Tallawahs kept the Amazon Warriors scoring rate in check, with Imad Wasim particularly impressive as he conceded just 21 runs from his 3.4 overs.

Lynn looked to be guiding his side home but he fell for 49 from 47 balls, he hit a big six off Williams at the start of the seventh over but he fell three balls later trying to repeat the trick. Things looked bleak for the Amazon Warriors when Lynn got out but some late order hitting from Tanvir and Emrit took their side home.

CPL Finals Fixtures:

Game 2 - August 4: St. Lucia Zouks v Trinbago Knight Riders (Loser eliminated)

Game 3 - August 5: Jamaica Tallawahs v Winner Game 2 (Loser eliminated)

Game 4 - August 7: Final - Guyana Amazon Warriors v TBC