CPLT20 roundup; July 26 matches

Sun, Jul 27, '14

Trinidad & Tobago Red Steel (183-5) beat Jamaica Tallawahs (170-6) by 13 runs

Saturday 26th July 2014 – Port of Spain, Trinidad. The Jamaica Tallawahs lost their 100% record as victory for Trinidad & Tobago Red Steel saw them go top of the Limacol Caribbean Premier League table. An excellent half century from Tallawahs’ captain, Chris Gayle, was not enough to prevent his side suffering their first defeat of this year’s event. Some superb hitting from 22 year old Evin Lewis and a career best bowling performance from Kevin O’Brien set up an excellent victory for the home side.

A flying start for the Red Steel was checked by two wickets off the last over of the Powerplay. Andre Russell yorked a well set O’Brien who was looking very dangerous. After a bumper first ball that was called a wide, Ross Taylor mistimed a drive from a slower ball to Rusty Theron at mid off who caught the ball one handed as the New Zealander fell for his second duck in as many innings.


Guyana Amazon Warriors (173-5) beat Barbados Tridents (166-4) by 7 runs

In front of a packed and vibrant crowd, a brilliant hundred from Dwayne Smith was not enough to secure victory for the Barbados Tridents as they lost to the Guyana Amazon Warriors in the Limacol Caribbean Premier League. A fantastic spell of death bowling from Ronsford Beaton set up the win for the visitors when it looked as though all hope was lost, with Smith combining with Shoaib Malik in the biggest partnership of this year’s tournament.

A fantastic opening stand between Lendl Simmons and Martin Guptill got the visitors off to a brilliant start. Simmons was timing the ball superbly from the very start of his innings as he hit four sixes, two of which cleared the roof of the Kensington Oval stands. When he fell, he had made 64 off 40 balls, and while he was at the crease, it looked like the Amazon Warriors were going to set a massive total. When he lost his wicket, his side had already reached triple figures in the twelfth over.