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T&T Seales, Phillip leave for English Cricket Leagues

sgtdjones 3/19/25, 8:18:15 PM
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Seales, Phillip leave for English Cricket Leagues

Trinidad and Tobago Red Force fast bowlers Jayden Seales and Anderson Phillip remain confident that their teammates can get the job done and secure the first-class title, even as they depart to fulfil their respective England County Cricket obligations.Both speedsters will miss the final leg of matches in the West Indies Championship in April, with Seales joining Sussex in their quest for the Division One title and Phillip aiming to help Division Two side Lancashire earn promotion to the top flight.The match lasted just two days, with both Seales and Phillip delivering fiery spells to dismantle the home side.

Reflecting on his season, Seales admitted it had been frustrating at the start. “I wasn’t getting the results I wanted with the Kookaburra ball--I was a bit unlucky,” he assessed.Asked about that moment, Seales said: “Kraigg and I always go at each other about who would get out. He told me I wouldn’t get him out again in first-class cricket, and I did, so that celebration was about that,” adding, “It also silenced the crowd in Barbados because they probably thought they had a chance to get back into the game and put us under pressure. In that moment, it was really fun.”

Meanwhile, Phillip expressed mixed emotions about leaving, acknowledging that the team is in a strong position but regretting that he won’t be around for the final two matches against Jamaica Scorpions and Guyana Harpy Eagles in Trinidad next month.“I feel hurt that I have to leave now—I wish I could stay until the end of the season,” said Phillip. “But as I said, it’s a great bunch of guys. We fought hard together, so I have no doubt they’ll do what it takes.”
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sgtdjones 3/19/25, 8:26:43 PM
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Patriots march into T20 Festival semis


MARCHIN Patriots strolled into the semifinals of the CPL/TKR T20 Festival with an easy 95-run victory over Yorkshire at the Queen's Park Oval, St Clair on March 16.Batting first, the Patriots openers Kadeem Alleyne and Evin Lewis continued to dominate opposing bowlers. The pair put on 128 for the first wicket in less than nine overs, before Lewis fell for 59 off 26 balls. The left-handed batsman slammed four fours and six sixes.

The onslaught continued after the loss of Lewis, as Alleyne found an able partner in Teshawn Castro.Castro found the fence regularly as he scored 36 of the 53 runs the duo put on.Crystian Thurton and Kirstan Kallicharan, who grew up playing cricket together at the national junior level, then put on an unbroken stand of 77 runs to steer Patriots to 259/3 in 20 overs.

Summarised scores:

MARCHIN PATRIOTS 259/3 (20 overs) (Kadeem Alleyne 76, Evin Lewis 59, Crystian Thurton 50 not out; Adrian Mohammed 2/39) vs YORKSHIRE 164/7 (20 overs) (Ethan Gibson 55, Ziggy Levy 32; Ricky Jaipaul 4/28, Kashtri Singh 2/31). Patriots won by 95 runs.
Halliwell 3/19/25, 8:51:38 PM
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I hope dem man ready for cold breeze and cold rain
sgtdjones 3/20/25, 2:02:37 PM
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In reply to Halliwell

You Brit Trini's are soft.
We have snow this weekend
Jumpstart 3/20/25, 2:27:14 PM
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this could affect our chances of taking the title. hope we have decent replacements. and spinners are not an option because guyana has much better spinners than us...and the title will probably be decided at the oval in the final round between harpy eagles and us
tc1 3/20/25, 6:13:55 PM
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Come in musicman, I see you don't have any negative comment on Seale and Phillips going to the mother country now.
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sgtdjones 3/20/25, 6:34:34 PM
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Limestone tc1....
They are going to be better coached on a regular basis...an opportunity
End result: hopefully better players.

Notice : that are not like the ones in limestone country; who ply for the mother country?shock
Conorboy 3/20/25, 7:25:09 PM
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Think this is a great development, should have them nicely tuned for the Aussies. Do believe they will both be in the squad.
Jumpstart 3/20/25, 9:40:46 PM
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In reply to sgtdjones

He still salty about the 2 day cut tail at Kensington. Was a long time coming. Just needed a half decent pace attack to beat the WI team from Barbados
mikelegend 3/20/25, 10:52:11 PM
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Pity Shamar Joseph couldn’t join them.
PalsofMine 3/20/25, 10:53:55 PM
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The script for that match could have been taken from the last Adelaide test or the Lords test. The WI batsmen playing for Bim played on par against a decent pace attack including a rookie.
Jumpstart 3/20/25, 11:11:00 PM
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In reply to mikelegend

Yeah. Next time though.
tc1 3/20/25, 11:22:55 PM
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You are now plying for mother India ask dancing Harry and Pouty.
tc1 3/20/25, 11:25:16 PM
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The total eclipse happened once in 375 years, enjoy your win. But the musicman has not respond to my comment.
PalsofMine 3/21/25, 3:03:23 PM
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I think that Tits enjoying that win as much as Amazon fans enjoyed their first and only CPL title to datebig grin
openning 3/21/25, 3:31:40 PM
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If you believe in miracles, we saw one in our lifetime. shock
PalsofMine 3/21/25, 3:35:20 PM
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that was the regional equivalent of the miracle at the Gabba, this time starring Joshua James as Shamar Josephbig grin with Seales and Phillip both winning best supporting actor awards. The producers were fortunate in that Kraigg agreed to play himself and did it very convincingly big grinbig grin
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tc1 3/21/25, 9:03:58 PM
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lol
tc1 3/21/25, 9:04:18 PM
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In reply to PalsofMine

lol
Jumpstart 3/21/25, 10:42:31 PM
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lol