Jamaica Tallawahs crowned as champions of CPL 2022 after their 8-wicket win over Barbados Royals

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The Barbados Royals sealed a place in Friday's 2022 Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) final with a comprehensive 87 run win over Guyana Amazon Warriors at Providence Stadium, Guyana.

Guyana Amazon Warriors won the toss and chose to field, but Barbados Royals would go on to score the joint-highest total of this season by reaching an imposing 195/5. Opener Rahkeem Cornwall starred in the innings, launching 11 sixes in his innings of 91, while Azam Khan supported with his own half-century.

The Warriors' hopes of a successful chase were derailed in the powerplay, as they lost four wickets, with Kyle Mayers and Ramon Simmonds proving effective with the ball. Despite the attempts of Shimron Hetmyer, it was not to be enough as the Warriors fell to 108 all out.


Barbados Royals had initially got off to a cautious start, but Cornwall would go on to play one of the most destructive innings seen this season, 91 runs from just 54 balls, to put the Royals into the ascendancy. After losing his wicket just nine runs short of a century to the bowling of Shakib Al Hasan, the responsibility of the innings fell on Khan, whose vital half-century would help his side to 195/5 by the end of the innings.

Guyana Amazon Warriors lost early wickets in their chase, in-form batter Rahmanullah Gurbaz departing in the first over, before a flurry of wickets fell that left the Warriors on 36-4 by the end of the powerplay. Simmonds excelled with his bowling, taking three key wickets, including that of captain Hetmyer, who was the Warriors highest scorer in the innings. In the end, the Warriors finished on 108 all out and will play in tomorrow night’s qualifier.

 

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The Jamaica Tallawahs will head to Qualifier 2 of the Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) following a comprehensive defeat of the Saint Lucia Kings in the Eliminator.

The Saint Lucia Kings won the toss and opted to field first, and they took full advantage of that decision with a disciplined bowling display.

The Tallawahs were never made to feel comfortable and but for some late order hitting from Mohammed Nabi they would have struggled to post a defendable total.

However, their 148 proved more than enough as the Tallawahs produced a fantastic display in the field.

Mohammed Nabi followed up his fireworks with the bat with some exceptionally parsimonious bowling to lead the Tallawahs to victory.

Earlier the Kings had restricted the Tallawahs to a paltry 29/2 in the PowerPlay as Matthew Forde and Alzarri Joseph bowled exceptional lengths

The Kings continued to take wickets at regular intervals and when Kesrick Williams removed Chris Green for two the Tallawahs found themselves 115/8. However, Nabi lead the counter attack following that dismissal and finished on 31 off 15 balls to ensure the Tallawahs had something to bowl at.

In reply the Kings got off to a good start reaching 54/2 at the end of the PowerPlay but when Du Plessis was dismissed for 41 in the eighth over the Kings found themselves in a hole from which they couldn’t recover.

The Tallawahs bowling unit all played their part as the Kings were bowled out for 115 and exited the competition.

The Tallawahs victory now means that they will battle the Guyana Amazon Warriors in the second qualifier on Wednesday night to determine who will contest the Hero CPL final against the Barbados Royals.

 

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[Bewal Express]

Is it me or are the grounds 75% empty

 

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Jamaica Tallawahs 226/4 (Brooks 109*, Wasim 41*; Shepherd 2/43, Tahir 1/34) beat Guyana Amazon Warriors 189/8 (Paul 56, Hope 31; Wasim 2/25, Green 2/40) by 37 runs


The Jamaica Tallawahs will contest the Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) final after a 37 run victory over the Guyana Amazon Warriors in Qualifier 2.

The Amazon Warriors won the toss and opted to field first and that seemed to be an excellent decision after they reduced the Tallawahs to 37/2 in the PowerPlay.

However, Shamarh Brooks produced one of the all-time great Hero CPL innings to guide the Tallawahs to a season high 226/4. His unbeaten 109 came off 52 balls and along with Imad Wasim the pair plundered 103 runs from the final five overs to take the game away from the Amazon Warriors.

The chase was always going to be hard going for the Amazon Warriors and so it proved. Despite losing Mohammad Amir to injury the Tallawahs bowling unit produced a controlled performance that kept the Amazon Warriors in check throughout.

Although Keemo Paul produced a good innings of 54 from 37 balls no one else was able to stay with him to pull off an unlikely heist.

Earlier the Amazon Warriors had seemed to be in control of the game when Raymon Reifer was dismissed for 22 to leave the Tallawahs 123/4 with five overs to go. However Brooks and Wasim launched an unbelievable assault at the back end.

Brooks hit a maiden T20 century whilst Wasim made an unbeaten 41 off 15 balls to all but secure the Tallawahs a place in the Hero CPL final.

If the Amazon Warriors were to chase the 227 to win, they needed a lightning start in the PowerPlay and they got that putting up 62 runs. However, they lost three wickets in the process thereby handing the Tallawahs an advantage going forward.

Wickets continued to fall at regular intervals as the Tallawahs bowlers put the squeeze on the Amazon Warriors. Imad Wasim was the star turn leading the bowling unit with 2/25 in the absence of Amir.

The Tallawahs victory means they will now contest their third Hero CPL final and both themselves and the Barbados Royals will be looking to secure their third Hero CPL title.

 

[Coolcapri]

Imad looks in good touch, Should have been in WC Squad as reserve.

 

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The Team of the Tournament for the 2022 Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) has been announced. The team has been picked by the Hero CPL commentary team – Ian Bishop, Samuel Badree, Daren Ganga, Simon Doull and Danny Morrison.

The team they have selected is as follows:

Johnson Charles (Saint Lucia Kings)
Kyle Mayers (Barbados Royals)
Faf Du Plessis (Saint Lucia Kings)
Rovman Powell (Jamaica Tallawahs)
Raymon Reifer (Jamaica Tallawahs)
Imad Wasim (Jamaica Tallawahs)
Jason Holder (Barbados Royals)
David Wiese (Saint Lucia Kings)
Alzarri Joseph (Saint Lucia Kings)
Mohammad Amir (Jamaica Tallawahs)
Sunil Narine (Trinbago Knight Riders)
12th man – Ramon Simmonds (Barbados Royals)

The selection panel have picked Ramon Simmonds as 12th man as a result of his impressive performances throughout the tournament. Simmonds is one the 12 emerging players in the Hero CPL squads and has been an important part of the Barbados Royals team in 2022.

 

[shamaan]

Imad looks in good touch, Should have been in WC Squad as reserve.

He should be in the squad instead of qadir.

 

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JAMAICA TALLAWAHS WIN 2022 HERO CPL TITLE

Jamaica Tallawahs 162/2 (King 83*, Brooks 47; Mayers 1/14, Holder 1/14) beat Barbados Royals 161/7 (Khan 51, Cornwall 36; Allen 3/24, Gordon 3/33)
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Jamaica Tallawahs became 2022 Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) champions on Friday with an eight wicket win over the Barbados Royals at Providence Stadium, Guyana.

Barbados Royals had won the toss and chose to bat, with Rahkeem Cornwall and Kyle Mayers getting them off to a blistering start, combining to score 63 runs in the powerplay. However, Fabian Allen would remove both openers to bring the Tallawahs back into the game, before Azam Khan would continue his fine form with the bat to take the Royals to 161/7.

In response Brandon King and Shamarh Brooks would produce an 86-run partnership that frustrated the Royal’s bowling attack. Despite Jason Holder taking the wicket of Brooks, King would lead the rest of the chase as he scored a magnificent 83 runs from 50 balls to see the franchise win their third Hero CPL title.

Barbados Royals had chosen to bat with the aim of setting an imposing total, Cornwall and Mayers combining well to build an excellent foundation. Once Allen had removed them both with his spin bowling, the run rate slowed down as the Tallawahs wrestled back control of the game. However, Khan, who came in at number three, would bat until the 19th over, scoring his second successive half century to help the Royals reach 161/7 after 20 overs.

Jamaica Tallawahs suffered an early setback in their chase as opener Kennar Lewis lost his wicket for a duck, but King and Brooks would rebuild at a steady run rate. Once Brooks lost his wicket in the eleventh over, King would shoulder the responsibility of finishing the chase, hitting fifteen boundaries in total. In the end, King would take his side to victory with a six, sparking celebrations from Jamaica Tallawahs players, staff and fans.

 

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Pictures from the final

 

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[Kianig89]

A mini IPl or feeder IPL nonetheless good that it help players financially

 

[BunnyRabbit]

Imad was consistently miserly in the tournament. Chipped in with the bat by the end as well.
Never thought would i say it but Azam would actually do better than Khushdil or Haider as of now. The only problem will be where to hide him in the field.

 

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Imad was consistently miserly in the tournament. Chipped in with the bat by the end as well.
Never thought would i say it but Azam would actually do better than Khushdil or Haider as of now. The only problem will be where to hide him in the field.

Has he been keeping for his CPL team?

 

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[TeymurBlake]

Another reminder from Imad to Mohammad Wasim about his qualities.

 

[BunnyRabbit]

Has he been keeping for his CPL team?

Don't think so. Not in the last few matches that I saw.

He did keep in PSL for IU though which turned out to be a good strategy.

 

[shamaan]

Don't think so. Not in the last few matches that I saw.

He did keep in PSL for IU though which turned out to be a good strategy.

Fair enough