Andre Russell removed the lid of doubt, smashing three consecutive sixes to catapult the Jamaica Tallawahs into today’s final of the Limacol Caribbean Premier League last night at the Queen’s Park Oval in the second semi-final of the inaugural tournament.
They will take on Guyana’s Amazon warriors who had beaten the Trinidad Red Steel in Thursday’s first semi-final.
It looked a close game when Russell entered the crease but that soon dissipated. Russell, who has been in great form for the Tallawahs, smashed 29 runs from just six balls to turn a tight game into an easy win for the Jamaican franchise.
The Barbados Tridents had recovered from a slow start to put on a score of 148/6 from their 20 overs but heroic innings from Chadwick Walton, Kumar Sangakkara and Russell made quite light work of that total. One must take note that the name Chris Gayle wasn’t mentioned. The Jamaican was out early in the chase for just three runs, driving straight to