A rematch from first Caribbean
Premier League playoff qualifier between the regular season’s top teams quickly
turned into an uncontested romp for Jamaica Tallawahs, who rampaged past Guyana
Amazon Warriors by nine wickets to claim their second CPL title at Warner Park.
For Warriors, it was a flat effort that left them runner-up for the third time
in four CPL seasons, twice to Tallawahs.
Warriors were the regular season
table toppers and beat Tallawahs in two of their prior three meetings,
including four wickets in opening playoff match. In Final, they stumbled badly
after being sent in by Chris Gayle at the toss and were bowled out for a
franchise record low total of 93 in just 16.1 overs. Warriors never won a game
while batting first in 2016, and lost all three games in which they batted
first, with two of those losses coming against Tallawahs.
Warriors were under pressure early
when Nic Maddinson became the first of three batsmen dismissed first ball,
edging Andre Russell behind in first over. A bigger blow came at the start of
the third over when Chris Lynn the tournament leading scorer carved Shakib Al
Hasan straight to Jonathan Foo at backward point for 7. Kesrick Williams also
won a hat-trick in 16th over.
Russell was named player of the Tournament.
Russell struck the fastest century in Caribbean T20 history, off just 42 balls
and also broke a three game Tallawahs losing streak lifting them into the
Final.
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