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In no particular order of importance:

1 Cappo Miller did not bowl Rovman Powell ( took 5 wickets in the semis)until the 40th over. He finished with 2/27 at an expensive but it was happy hour.

2 Batted Rovman Powel at # 8 when the game was already lost but he almost snatched a victory out of the hands of defeat with his valiant knock of 65 off 59 balls.

3 Their most senior bowler Jerome Taylor got hammered all over the park ...25 in one over. It was some poor bowling. Taylor bowled a full toss for a free hit.

4 Blackwood's injudicious shot when what was needed was a partnership was unbelievable coming from your # 3 bat and a Test batsman. He surely must have seen Hope's innings and should have tried to replicate that but he failed to do so.

5 On the morning of the match Devon Thomas was ruled unfit to play due to an injury. Devon Thomas' experience and knowledge of the Antiguan conditions and he did average 31 before the match, generally not sensational but in the context of this team; crucial.

Things to ponder.

However. Congrats BIM

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No credit to the Bim squad

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#5 was ur main point
Just had to fit in Thomas among the camouflage

The main reason why Jamaica lost is because all of their batsmen go hard at the ball.

There's no ones or twos to their game... just big shots after big shots.

That's why they get dismiss for small totals.

How many times have they reached 100runs with 4 or 5 batsmen dismissed in the 4day or 50 over competition... Plenty.

Jamaican batsmen need to learn how to play with soft hands and rotate strike.

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Jamaica was happy being the finalist, they did not show up to play cricket

Jamaica rotated the strike better than Bim but kept losing wickets. Up until the Tsunami of licks late in de innings Bim had about 150 dot balls and was in bare trouble. The big difference between losing and winning came down to a less than ten overs stretch. This match was a lot closer than the final score would suggest.

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good summary .

In reply to Oilah
That was the Bim approach all tournament. Keep wickets in hand and guarantee yourself a 250 + course

In reply to voiceofreason

Bim cappo led from the front while Yard cappo didn't show up...in any capacity

i woulda start it at 5 and leave it deh