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Trinbago crushed St Lucia by 100 runs in Port-of-Spain yesterday.

Colin Munro hammered 68 from 48 balls, and Denesh Ramdin 50 not out from 27, to take the TKR to 195-6, while there were two wickets each for Mitch McClenaghan, Kesrick Williams, and Kieron Pollard.

Dwayne Bravo took 3-11 and Fawad Ahmed 3-16 to dismiss St Lucia for 95 all out, Andre Fletcher topscoring with 19.

100 runs win margin in T20. Happened before in IPL as well as T20i, but shows how one sided even shorter formats can get.

Marine's new action is simply extraordinary

At Providence, Guyana beat St Kitts-Nevis by six wickets with more than three overs to spare.

Chris Gayle hammered 86 from 65 balls, but there was not much else, as SKN made 146-5. Pacer Keemo Paul took 2-16.

Shimron Hetmyer blasted 79 not out from just 45 balls to take Guyana to victory. Pacer Sheldon Cottrell took 2-21 and Sandeep Lamichchane 2-12.

Hat-trick for Russ and a ton as well.
Second player in T20 history to achieve this feat.
Was wonderful to see the knock.

Adi wrote:Hat-trick for Russ and a ton as well.
Second player in T20 history to achieve this feat.
Was wonderful to see the knock.

It was the Andre Russell show at Queens Park Oval as Jamaica beat the TKR by four wickets with only three balls to spare yesterday!

The Jamaica captain first took the second-ever hat-trick in the CPL, and finished with 3-38. However, Trinbago had powered to an imposing 223-6 in their turn at bat, thanks to Colin Munro's 61 from 42, Brendan McCallum's 56 from 27, and Chris Lynn's 46 from 27.

Ali Khan (3-24) and Fawad Ahmed (2-46) reduced Jamaica to 41-5, but that only brought Russell to the crease. The big man hammered 121 not out from just 49 balls, including six fours and 13 sixes, and he was supported by a knock of 51 from 35 from Kennar Lewis.

At Providence, Guyana eked out a three-run win over St Lucia, who now stretched their losing streak to an impressive 13 in a row.

Luke Ronchi hit a run-a-ball 42 and Chadwick Walton 31 from 24, as Guyana grafted their way to 141-4. Spinner Qais Ahmad took 3-15.

Despite knocks of 45 from 39 from Lendl Simmons, and 32 from 25 from Kieron Pollard, St Lucia fell short on 138-7. Rayad Emrit took 3-26 and Imran Tahir 2-23.

In Port-of-Spain, St Kitts-Nevis defeated Trinbago Knight Riders by 42 runs.

Devon Thomas made 58 from 34, while Carlos Brathwaite struck 41 from just 15, and Chris Gayle 35 from 30, to lead the visitors to 203-7. Spinners Ali Khan and Sunil Narine took 3-23 and 2-24 respectively for Trinbago.

Despite knocks of 42 not out from 22 from Kevon Cooper, 41 from 38 from Darren Bravo, and 35 from 17 from Colin Munro, TKR could only manage 161-8. There were two wickets each for Brathwaite, Cutting and Louis.

Brathwaite used the heavy bat well. Used lot of muscle power too.

didn't realise this was live in sky this year!

At Providence, Barbados beat Guyana by 30 runs.

Shai Hope led the way with 88 from just 45 balls (yes, don't adjust your sets!), and he was supported by 40s from Steve Smith and Nicholas Pooran, as Barbados piled up 185-4. Spinners Imran Tahir and Chris Green both took 1-24.

Despite a run-a-ball 48 from Shefane Rutherford, Guyana could only manage 155-8 in their innings, medium pacer Raymon Reifer taking 5-20.

Jamaica beat St Lucia by six wickets with only two balls to spare in a nail-biting encounter in Kingston.

Pacer Oshane Thomas took 3-39 and legspinner Adam Zampa 3-27 to dismiss St Lucia for 175 all out, Andre Fletcher topscoring with 43 from 33. Glenn Phillips then hit 58 from 40 and Rovman Powell 43 not out from 23 to take Jamaica to victory. Obed McCoy was St Lucia's best bowler with 1-26 from his four overs.

At Kingston, Jamaica crushed St Kitts-Nevis by 47 runs.

Ross Taylor hit 51 not out from 35 balls, Kennar Lewis 49 from just 24, and Glenn Phillips 41 from 38 to propel Jamaica to 178-4. Spinner Sandeep Lamichhane took 2-21.

Left-arm medium pacer Krishmar Santokie took 2-13 from his four overs, supported by spinners Imad Wasim (2-21) and Adam Zampa (2-38), as they restricted SKN to 131-9, Chris Gayle topscoring with 24.

Trinbago Knight Riders beat St Lucia by five wickets in a high-scoring match at Gros Islet.

St Lucia hammered 212-2, thanks to knocks of 72 not out from 55 balls from David Warner, 53 from 29 from Rakeem Cornwall, and 65 not out from just 23 from Kieron Pollard. Javon Scantlebury-Searles took 1-36 from his four overs.

Despite this imposing score, St Lucia slumped to yet another defeat, as TKR chased down this imposing target with just one ball to spare. Darren Bravo hit 94 not out from just 36 balls, including six fours and ten sixes. He was supported by Brendan McCullum, who struck 68 from 42. There were two wickets each for Cornwall and Mitch McClenaghan.