PORT-of-Spain, Trinidad – Jerome Taylor made his much anticipated return to the Jamaica team in emphatic fashion as Ireland were skittled out for 161 runs in their NAGICO Super 50 clash at the Queen’s Park Oval last night.Ireland had a good but slow start to their innings. The opening partnership of William Porterfield and Niall O’Brien put on 54 runs for the first wicket. Porterfield made 25 runs from 57 balls while Niall O’Brien hit 35 runs from 54 balls.
Alex Cusack also batted patiently, making 30 runs from 52 balls. No other batsman in the Ireland team went beyond 15 but for the top three batsmen. Both Jerome Taylor (3-34) and Andre Russell (3-19) were Jamaica’s best bowlers. Tamar Lambert chipped in with 2-27.
Horace Miller started Jamaica’s pursuit of 162 for victory in positive fashion, getting to 18 from from 23 balls. However, he didn’t las long. It was instead, fellow opener, John Campbell that anchored the Jamaican chase.
He struck six fours and two sixes in an entertaining knock of 71 from the 80 balls he faced. Together with Tamar Lambert, both batsmen added 101 runs together to set Jamaica on course for victory. Lambert made 27 runs from 49 balls.
Both batsmen fell late in the innings but Andre Russell finished off the game with a mighty six over long-on. Jamaica won by 6 wickets, getting to 166/4 from 29 overs, winning with 21 overs to spare.
Summary Scores:
Ireland Innings: 161 All Out (46.1 Overs). Niall O’Brien 35, Alex Cusack 30, William Porterfield 25, Stuart Thompson 15; Andre Russell 8-0-19-3, Jerome Taylor 9.1-0-34-3, Tamar Lambert 10-0-27-2, Dave Bernard 6-0-27-1.
Jamaica Innings: 166/4 (29 Overs). John Campbell 71, Tamar Lambert 27, Nkrumah Bonner 22, Horace Miller 18; Max Sorensen 4-0-17-2, Tim Murtagh 6-0-26-1, Andrew McBrine 7-1-33-1, George Dockrell 6-0-35-0..