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CPL 2021: West Indies explosive batsmen smashes fastest half-century in CPL history

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 It was an amazing batting display of batting by Jamaica Tallawahs smashing the St Lucia Kings bowlers all over the park in their opening match of CPL 2021 played at Warner Park, St Kitts on Friday. St Lucia Kings captain Faf du Plessis won the toss and decided to field first. Kennar Lewis and Chadwick Walton plundered St Lucia Kings bowlers right from the word go. Tallawahs openers put Kings bowlers under immense pressure making life tough for Faf du Plessis. At the stroke of the first six overs, Chase dismissed Lewis ending 81 runs opening partnership. Haider Ali joined in the party and kept the pressure on the Kings bowlers. After the fall of Walton, St Lucia Kings bowlers never looked settle as Ali and captain Rovman Powell dismantled the Kings bowlers. Powell and Haider Ali went off successive deliveries as both added 82 runs for the 3 rd wicket. Andre Russell came to the crease in the 18 th over and just took off right from word go putting Lucia Kings bowlers are unde...

CPL Semi-finals 1: Trinbago Knight Riders crush Jamaica by 9 wickets to qualify for the finals

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  Thanks to an all-round effort, Trinbago Knight Riders defeated Jamaica Tallawahs by 9 wickets in the first semi-finals of CPL 2020 played at Brian Lara Cricket Academy, Trinidad on Tuesday. Trinbago Knight Riders captain Kieron Pollard won the toss and decided to field first. It was an ideal start as Hosein struck off the fourth ball getting rid of Blackwood with a cracking delivery. The left-arm spinner Kharry Pierre dismissed Glenn Phillips in the 2 nd over to leave Jamaica in trouble at 2 for 2. The experiment of Mujeeb Ur Rahman did not work for Jamaica as he was dismissed by Hosein. After hitting a boundary, Asif Ali played a poor stroke to give a simple catch to Kieron Pollard leaving Jamaica in tatters at 25 for 4. At the end of six overs, Jamaica scored 28 for 4. Bonner played with intent and put the pressure back on the Knight Riders bowlers. On the other hand, Rovman Powell remained steady. Fawad Ahmed dismissed Bonner with a googly to put Jamaica under more pres...

CPL Match 25: St Kitts knocked out of the tournament after washout

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  St Kitts disappointing end of the tournament came to an end as their match with Jamaica Tallawahs was washed out due to heavy rains in the 25 th match played at Brian Lara Cricket Academy, Trinidad on Thursday. Tallawahs captain Rovman Powell won the toss and decided to field first. Evin Lewis began the innings off to a positive start scoring 10 runs off the first over from Fidel Edwards. Tallawahs bowlers came back strongly with 3 tight overs. Chris Lynn hit 2 sixes and 1 four in the 5 th over off Mujeeb Ur Rahman to bring the momentum. St Kitts and Nevis Patriots showed their class before the rain arrived with the scoreboard reading 46 for 0 in 5.4 overs. St Kitts and Nevis Patriots' performance in the tournament has been dreadful. With the washout, Rayad Emrit led side has now 3 points from 9 matches. Their only win in this season was against Barbados Tridents where Evin Lewis scored a match-winning 89 and helped them to register their first win. They have just 1 match l...