Jamaica Tallawahs in charge
Jamaica Tallawahs handed woeful Barbados Tridents their third straight defeat at home, as they stormed to the top of the Caribbean Premier League standings with an uncomplicated five-wicket victory on Wednesday night.
Chasing 152 at Kensington Oval, Tallawahs reached their target on the stroke of midnight with 16 balls to spare, to notch their fifth win of the tournament and move to 10 points.
Opener Johnson Charles bludgeoned 53 off 33 deliveries, while Rovman Powell saw his side home with a controlled unbeaten 35 off 27 balls.
Tallawahs are two clear of reigning champions Trinbago Knight Riders in second, with two games remaining in their campaign.
Tridents, meanwhile, slumped to their fourth defeat in five outings, remaining fifth in the six-team standings
LIMP DISPLAY
Dina Asher-Smith in 11.01 seconds.
Asher-Smith clocked 11.06 seconds, while Marie Josee Ta Lou took third in 11.10 seconds.
The United States’ Noah Lyles was very impressive in maintaining his great form in the men’s 200m, winning in a fast 19.67 seconds, just one hundredth of a second outside the meet record of 19.66 seconds held by Usain Bolt since 2012.
World champion Ramil Guliyev finished second in 19.98 seconds, with Trinidad and Tobago’s Jareem Richards taking third in 20.04 seconds. only above St Lucia Stars.
Sent in, Tridents saw their batting woes continue and needed opener Martin Guptill’s top score of 73 to get up 151 for nine off their allotted 20 overs.
Imran Khan and Ashley Nurse both got 20 down the order, but none of the other frontline batsmen shone, in yet another limp display from a side clearly short of confidence.
Not for the first time, wickets tumbled early leaving the Tridents in strife at 55 for five in the ninth over.
The rot started in the second over when South African Hashim Amla missed a sweep at a straight one from leg-spinner Samuel Badree and was lbw for three with five on the board, and it continued in the next over when Shai Hope was superbly yorked by fast bowler Oshane Thomas (2-22) for one at 12 for two.