Allen credits CPL experience for performance in USA win

USA allrounder Timroy Allen says the experience gained while playing for the 2016 Caribbean Premier League champion Jamaica Tallawahs was a key factor in his match-winning half-century that took USA to a one-wicket win over Italy on Sunday at WCL Division Four in Los Angeles. In particular, Allen credited the Tallawahs coaching staff led by Paul Nixon for fine tuning parts of his game and building his confidence levels after having spent nearly three years away from the US national team leading into Division Four.

“The batting stance I’m using right now is from the CPL coaches,” Allen told ESPNcricinfo after making 53 off 27 balls in Sunday’s victory. “A lot of that stuff comes from there. Hitting the ball, striking the ball, being able to stay confident in yourself and back your ability to clear the boundary at any given time. I tell myself that at any given time I could get 10 runs out of one over and consistently and repeatedly I keep telling myself that. So I don’t put any pressure, just get the ones and the twos.”

The performance was near deja vu for Allen against Italy, who three years ago made 51 not out off 26 balls in a 74-run win at 2013 WCL Division Three in Bermuda. On Sunday, he arrived at the end of the 26th over with USA 107 for 5 chasing Italy’s 41-over total of 185 for 5. Despite the twin setbacks of Akeem Dodson and Timil Patel to set USA back to 131 for 7 by the 31st over, Allen counterattacked and struck two fours and two sixes from the 32nd to the 34th over as USA scored …

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