Jamaica Scorpions Head Coach Robert Haynes says his players are deeply motivated as they face Leeward Islands Hurricanes in the Regional Super50 Cup semi-final match at Brian Lara Cricket Stadium in Trinidad and Tobago on Thursday. “The mindset is very good..
. we have a very high level of cohesiveness, the guys are motivated, they want to win, and they are playing good cricket. We are looking to continue that in the semi-finals against the Leewards,” Haynes told the Jamaica Observer .
The Scorpions lost their 2024 tournament opener to Barbados Pride, but have hardly put a foot wrong since, winning four of their six remaining preliminary stage matches — the other two outings finished in no-results due to wet weather. One of those victories came against the Hurricanes on November 15. The Jamaica team placed second in the preliminary table with 53 points, behind reigning champions Trinidad and Tobago Red Force (63).
The Hurricanes (51 points) ended third, ahead of fellow semi-finalists Barbados Pride (46). The out-of-contention quartet of Guyana Harpy Eagles (37), Windward Islands Volcanoes (35), West Indies Academy (27) and Combined Campuses and Colleges (24) completed the table. “After losing the first game to Barbados we realised there were a lot of positives to take from that.
It was a game in which the players didn’t give up — we have this no-surrender attitude that we are always going to play to win. From that game it was just about playing positive, sensible c.