Jamaica Tallawahs

Jamaica Tallawahs
Captain: Jamaica Chris Gayle
Coach: England Paul Nixon
Colours:      Green      Black      Gold
Founded: 2013
Home ground: Sabina Park
Capacity: 15,600
CPL wins: 2 (2013 and 2016)
Official website: http://www.tallawahs.com

The Jamaica Tallawahs are the representative team of Jamaica in the Caribbean Premier League. It was one of the six teams created in 2013 for the inaugural season of the tournament. The Jamaica Tallawahs play their home games at Sabina Park in Kingston, Jamaica.

The Tallawahs won inaugural tournament by defeating the Guyana Amazon Warriors in the final at Queen's Park Oval, they also won the 2016 CPL season.They are known for their formidable home record, winning 5 out of their 6 home games in CPL History since the end of the 2014 season. They are also the only team in CPL History to play all 11 local players in match which they did in 2013 at home against the TT Red Steel where all 11 Tallawah players were Jamaican.

Hollywood actor Gerard Butler has an equity interest in the franchise.

Squad

The squad for the 2016 edition of the Caribbean Premier League.

Name Nationality Age Batting style Bowling style T20I T20 Notes
Captain
Chris Gayle  Jamaica 37 Left-handed Right-arm off spin 42 173
Batsman
Jermaine Blackwood  Jamaica 25 Right-handed Right-arm off spin - 4
Alex Ross  Australia 24 Right-handed Right-arm off spin - 18 Overseas
Nkrumah Bonner  Jamaica 27 Right-handed Right-arm leg spin 2 36
Kumar Sangakkara  Sri Lanka 39 Left-handed Right-arm off spin 56 186 Overseas
Jonathan Foo  Guyana 26 Right-handed Right-arm leg spin - 17
Wicket-keeper
Chadwick Walton  Jamaica 31 Right-handed n/a 2 27
All-rounder
Shakib Al Hasan  Bangladesh 29 Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox 54 190 Overseas
Andre Russell  Jamaica 28 Right-handed Right medium-fast 27 94
Andre McCarthy  Jamaica 29 Right-handed Right-arm off spin - 3
Timroy Allen  United States 29 Right-handed Right-arm fast - 3
Imad Wasim  Pakistan 27 Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox 11 58 Overseas
Rovman Powell  Jamaica 23 Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast - -
Spinners
Hendrik Steyn  South Africa 27 Right-handed Slow leg break 0 40
Jon-Russ Jaggesar  Trinidad and Tobago 30 Right-handed Right-arm off break - -
Fast Bowlers
Krishmar Santokie  Jamaica 31 Left-handed left-arm medium-fast 3 36
Dale Steyn  South Africa 33 Right-handed Right Fast 42 166 Overseas
Kesrick Williams  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 26 Right-handed Right Fast - 3

Administration and support staff

Statistics

CPL Record (2013-2014)

Wins:15 Losses:6 N/R:0

References

    http://www.cplt20.com/teams/jamaica-tallawahs


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