Losing key wickets cost us – Walton
Jamaica Tallawahs stand-in captain Chadwick Walton lamented on another poor showing in front of the home fans, after last night’s 81-run loss to the Guyana Amazon Warriors in the Caribbean Premier League at Sabina Park.
The loss condemned the Tallawahs to their fifth defeat and bottom of the standings on two points, while the win extended the Amazon Warriors unbeaten run in the tournament to five games and still top of the table with 10 points.
“Guyana got the better of us tonight and you have to give credit to them. They paced their innings very well tonight hence 220 proved to be too much for us,” Walton said in his post match interview. “We lost key wickets at
Controversial Windies allrounder Marlon Samuels is no fan of interim Windies head coach Floyd Reifer. Reifer led the regional side to last summer’s ICC World Cup in England and Wales, where a number of poor performances resulting in losses meant the team did not advance to the semi-final of the tournament, which was eventually won by England.
Samuels had declared himself available for selection for the tournament earlier this year, provided he overcame a knee injury, which he sought treatment for in Italy. However, the 38-year-old was overlooked upon his recovery.
A video on social media yesterday crucial times and Dre Russ (Andre Russell, 40 from 19 balls) tried to come in and put a good partnership with Glenn Phillips (40 from 32) but it was not enough. We have four games left and we just want to win as many as we can as we aim to get at least get into the play-offs.”
Jamaican Brandon King (59 from 37), who played a wonderful innings in a winning cause for the Warriors, was happy to get his team over the line.
“It was a good feeling getting some runs on my home ground, I know this wicket very well, as I play my club cricket here. This Guyana team wants to go all the way and we aim to win all our games moving forward,” said King.
The Tallawahs play their final home game against the St Kitts and Nevis Patriots at the same venue today at 7 p.m. showed Samuels in bushes joking around with friends, with a machete in hand. He was also wearing the shirt of his former Caribbean Premier League team, the St Lucia Stars, which he represented in 2017. He criticised Reifer’s decision not to include him in the World Cup squad.
“Mi bring dem guh a di World Cup and ready fi guh deal wid di World Cup, and dem change coach from a white man