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Trinidad and Tobago leg spinner Arnaldo Premchand (second left) bowls Jamaica’s Najai Wright to win the third match of their CWI Rising Stars series at the Jamaica Broilers Ground on Thursday.
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Jamaica U15s crumble as T&T dominate Rising Stars series

The reality is setting in for Jamaica’s Under-15 cricketers. After a humbling 39-run defeat to Trinidad and Tobago in the third match of their five-match CWI Rising Stars bilateral series at the Jamaica Broilers ground on Thursday, head coach Robert Samuels didn’t mince words. His team is in trouble. Chasing a modest target of 87 after restricting T&T to 86 all out, Jamaica collapsed spectacularly, bowled out for just 47.

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