We will get better – Rovman Powell

Jamaica Tallawahs captain Rovman Powell says his team will bounce back from last night's seven-wicket loss to the Trinbago Knight Riders following their second outing at the Caribbean Premier League.

The Tallawahs were outplayed in all departments albeit in wet, sticky conditions, as they were stifled in making 135 for eight in their 20 overs after being asked to take first strike.

The disciplined Knight Riders attack, led be seamers Ali Khan and Jayden Seales, picked up early wickets to put an early stranglehold on the Tallawahs innings.

Chadwick Walton once again failed with the bat, as he made nought, while Nicholas Kirton was sent packing by Seales also for nought, to leave the Tallawahs innings in tatters at 10 for two.

When Khan sent back captain Powell for eight, and Narine bowled Asif Ali for 22, the Tallawahs were staring down a paltry score at 58 for four in the eighth over.

Hit a brisk 58

Once again it took another rescue knock from opener Glen Phillips to dig the Jamaican franchise out of a hole as the New Zealander hit a brisk 58 from 42 balls to give the innings some momentum.

When Phillips became the sixth wicket to fall with less than a 100 runs on the board, it took a few blows from Andre Russell (25) and Ramaal Lewis (15) to get the Tallawahs over the 130 mark as Khan and Seales finished with two wickets each while there was a wicket for Narine, Dwyane Bravo and Fawad Ahmed.

Narine then returned to hit a quick-fire 53 from 38 balls to set up the victory chase for the Knight Riders, as Colin Munro with 49 not out, sealed the second win in as many games for the hosts who ended on 136 for three in 18.1 overs.

Powell, who lamented the difficult nature of the pitch due to the inclement weather, says there is still belief in the team despite the loss.

"Losing early wickets is a problem and we just have to go back to the drawing-board and plan. The wicket was a little bit sticky, but we can't blame that for our batting performance. Our fielding needs to improve, we dropped too many simple catches. It's something we will have to work on but we don't become a bad team after one game so the confidence and self-belief is still there," said Powell.

The Tallawahs will play their third game on Saturday when they take on the Guyana Amazon Warriors at 1:15 Jamaica time.