The Jamaica Tallawahs went down by 13 runs to the Trinidad and Tobago Red Steel Saturday; this being their first defeat of the 2014 Limacol Caribbean Premier League.
The Red Steel first composed a formidable 183-5 in front of a sell out crowd at Queens Park Oval. The 22 year old Evin Lewis led with 72 while Kevin O’brien 32, darren Bravo 30 and captain Dwayne Bravo 24 made useful contributions.
Andre Russell 2-23 and Rusty Theron 2-34 were the pick of the Tallawahs’ bowlers.
Captain Chris Gayle then led the Tallawahs’ reply with a top-score of 60. However he was one of four wickets for man of the match O’Brien who also removed Jermaine Blackwood for 28, Adam Voges for 12 and Owais Shaw 2.
Despite a cameo of 40 off just 17 balls, from Russell, the Tallawahs still fell short.
Amazon Warriors
Meanwhile, despite a century from Dwayne Smith, the Guyana Amazon warriors still scored a close 7 run win over hosts Barbados tridents at the Kensington Oval in the day’s other match.
The Amazon Warriors first posted 173-5. Lendl Simmons, 62, and Martin Guptill, 55, shared in a 103 run opening partnership. Jeevan Mendis took 2-33.
Smith then scored an unbeaten 104 for the Tridents who appeared to be cruising to victory before they were restricted to 166-4. Smith’s knock included 8 fours and 6 sixes. Shoaib Malik also scored an unbeaten 50.
Jamaican Krishmar Santokie took 1-31 and Ransford Beaton 1-27 for the Amazon Warriors who were rebounding from Thursday’s last ball defeat to the Trinidad and Tobago Red Steel.
Sunday
The Red Steel will be in action again on Sunday against the Zouks while the Tallawahs head to Kingston for their final three preliminary matches.
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First loss of CPL 2014 for Tallawahs
