Saint Lucia Kings bounced back from opening day defeat to get their tournament underway with a comprehensive 54 run victory over the Barbados Royals in the Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League (CPL).
The Kings won the toss and opted to bat first and they filled their boots with a barnstorming innings that saw them post the highest total of the season thus far with a fantastic 201/6.
Healthy contributions from all members of the batting order negated a brilliant spell of bowling from Jason Holder and ensured the Royals would have to produce something very special to win.
BAJAN Shamilia Connell, 31, will bring experience to the Trinbago Knight Riders women's squad for the 2023 Massy Women's Caribbean Premier (WCPL) League tournament.
Connell is expected to bring energy and fun to the team as she is known for making her team-mates laugh and playing tricks on them.
The tall fast bowler, who made her West Indies T20 debut in 2014, has formed a formidable partnership with fellow Bajan pacer Shakera Selman for the past decade. Both have established themselves with the regional team.
Connell, who loves to bowl bouncers, represented the Guyana Amazon Warriors in the inaugural WCPL in 2022.
In last year's short WCPL, Connell grabbed three wickets in two matches. She had the best economy rate among all the wicket takers in the tournament only conceding a stingy 2.37 runs per over.
Jamaica Tallawahs 187 all out (King 81, McKenzie 20; Chase 3/39, Joseph 2/21) beat Saint Lucia Kings 176/8 (Chase 53, Primus 37; Wasim 3/27, Green 2/28) by 11 runs.
Defending champions Jamaica Tallawahs defeated Saint Lucia Kings by 11 runs in the opening game of the 2023 Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League (CPL).
Saint Lucia Kings won the toss and opted to put Jamaica Tallawahs into bat, captain Brandon King leading the way with a dazzling innings of 81 from 53 balls to take the Tallawahs to 187 all out.
In their chase, Saint Lucia Kings struggled to build momentum as the experienced spin bowling duo of Chris Green and Imad Wasim caused them early problems. Roston Chase gave the home side hope with a superb innings of 53, however, it was in vain as the Saint Lucia Kings fell short of the target.
FORT LAUDERDALE, United States (CMC) — Head Coach Darren Sammy said West Indies are still lacking a genuine strike bowler, even in the wake of their triumph in the five-match Twenty20 International (T20I) series against India.
West Indies dominated the Asian powerhouses to win the final T20I at Central Broward Regional Park Stadium by eight wickets on Sunday and thus completed a 3-2 series win — their first over their rivals in seven years.
And while praising the strides made by the unit, Sammy said there are still improvements to be made in order to further enhance the quality of performances.
"I think we have the batting if we put our egos aside and play the situation, and have the best man in that situation representing the team as a batting group; I think we're ok," Sammy said.
"I still feel, for us, we're still searching for that wicket-taking bowler. We have Alzarri [Joseph], we have Akeal [Hosein] who gives us that control like we saw [on Sunday] in the power-play.
Former West Indies player Marlon Samuels has been found guilty of four offences under the Emirates Cricket Boad (ECB) Anti-Corruption Code following a hearing by an independent Anti-Corruption Tribunal.
Samuels, who was charged by the ICC (in its capacity as the Designated Anti-Corruption Official under the ECB Code) in September 2021, has been found guilty after he exercised his right to a hearing before the Tribunal.
The Tribunal will now consider the submissions of each party before deciding on the appropriate sanction to be imposed. The decision will follow in due course.
