Tallawahs beat Red Steel by 4 wickets

BASSETERRE, St Kitts, CMC – Jamaica Tallawahs defeated Trinidad and Tobago Red Steel by four wickets in the first semi-final game of the Caribbean Premier League at Warner Park here today.

Scores:

 RED STEEL 155 for six off 20 overs ( Ross Taylor 70,Darren Dravo 33, Dave Bernard 3-19, Rusty Theron 2-31) vs TALLAWAHS.

 TALLAWAHS 158 for six off  19.4 overs (  Andre Russell 62 not out, Nkrumah Bonner 39 run out,  Sulieman Benn 3-27

Scoreboard

TRINIDAD & TOBAGO RED STEEL innings

K O’Brien          c Gayle b Bernard         11

E Lewis c Bonner b Bernard       18

Nasir Jamshed  c Bonner b Bernard       4

R Taylor            c Taylor b Theron          70

DM Bravo         c Bonner b Theron         33

N Pooran†        c Theron b Russell         3

DJ Bravo*         not out  2

K Cooper          not out  1

Extras   (w 12, nb 1)       13

Total     (6 wickets; 20 overs)      155

Did not batJN Mohammed, SJ Benn, ST Gabriel

Fall of wickets 1-18 (O’Brien), 2-34 (Nasir Jamshed), 3-36 (Lewis), 4-146 (Taylor,), 5-148 (DM Bravo), 6-151 (Pooran)

Bowling: Vettori 3-0-21-0,Bernard 4-0-19-3, Taylor 4-0-41-0,Russell 4-0-37-0,Theron 4-0-32-2, Miller 1-0-5-0.

JAMAICA TALLAWAHS innings

C Gayle*           lbw b Gabriel     1

C Walton†         c Mohammed b Benn    8

N Bonner          run out (Cooper)            39

A Voges           run out (Lewis)   1

J Blackwood     lbw b Benn        4

D Bernard         c Taylor b Benn 6

A Russell          not out  62

J Theron           not out  18

Extras   (lb 1, w 18)        19

Total     (6 wickets; 19.4 overs)   158

Did not batDL Vettori, NO Miller, JE Taylor

Fall of wickets 1-3 (Gayle), 2-24 (Walton), 3-25 (Voges), 4-39 (Blackwood), 5-72 (Bernard), 6-76 (Bonner)

Bowling:Gabriel 4-0-33-1,DJ Bravo 3.4-0-35-0,Benn 4-0-27-3, Cooper 4-1-25-0, Mohammed 4-0-37-0.

Toss – Jamaica Tallawahs, who chose to field

Series – Jamaica Tallawahs advanced

Player of the match – AD Russell (Jamaica Tallawahs)

Umpires – GO Brathwaite and JS Wilson

TV umpire – LS Reifer