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"Sammy has been removed from his position as captain by the St Lucia Stars after a run of six successive matches without a victory in the 2017 Caribbean Premier League. Shane Watson, the former Australia allrounder, takes over the leadership of the team and will be assisted by his new deputy Marlon Samuels."

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They saved the sacking until after St Lucia's last game, which was Tuesday!

On Tuesday, in front of another poor crowd, in another exciting, close match, Jamaica beat St Lucia by five wickets with just two balls to spare. Andre Fletcher hit 89 not out from just 53 to pilot St Lucia to a formidable 173-7. He received support from Marlon Samuels (54 from 36), while pacers Mohammed Sami (3-27), Kesrick Williams (2-37) and Rovman Powell (2-36) did most damage for Jamaica.

The home team bowlers were expensive, as andre McCarthy rescued his side with a match-winning 61 not out from just 37 balls. He received support from opener Glenn Phillips (32 from 21), an Aussie playing his first CPL match.

St Lucia and Jamaica both fielded four foreigners, but while Jamaica put out three locals, St Lucia had four, including the non-performing Johnson Charles. apparently, Sammy was sacked when he refused to allow the selectors to drop his fellow-St Lucian.

On Thursday, Jamaica eked out a narrow, exciting two-run win over Guyana in front of a good crowd at Providence. On a slow pitch, medium pacer Rayad Emrit (2-24), and spinners Rashid Khan (2-38) and Steven Jacobs (2-18), restricted Jamaica to 128-7, Glenn Phillips topscoring with a run-a-ball 51. Pacer Kesrick Williams then took 3-30 to keep Guyana to 126-4, Chadwick Walton hitting 37 from 33 balls, aand Martin Guptill 33 from 41.

Both sides featured four foreigners and three locals each.

On Friday, in front of a good crowd at Warner Park, St Kitts beat Barbados by 17 runs on D/L after rain brought a premature end to the match.

Dwayne Smith hit 33 from just 16 balls, and Kieron Pollard 63 not out from only 40 balls, to take Barbados to 168-6. Legspinner Samuel Badree took 2-27. After 10 overs, the hosts were 84-1, thanks to Chris Gayle (38 not out from 25 balls) and Mohammed Hafeez (30 not out from 29 balls) when rain stopped play.

Both teams had only a small number of local players. St Kitts fielded one Leewards player, four foreigners and two players each from Jamaica, Trinidad and Barbados, while Barbados only had two nationals, four foreigners and four Trinidadians.

On Saturday, in front of a packed crowd at Providence, Trinbago Knight Riders romped to a convincing seven-run win over Guyana with more than four overs to spare.

Jason Mohammed hit 66 from 58 balls to take Guyana to 130-5, restricted largely by offspinner Sunil Narine, who took 1-11 from his four overs. Brendan McCullum then hit 65 not out from just 45 balls to carry the visitors to victory.

Guyana fielded three foreigners and four locals, while TKR featured three foreigners and five nationals.

Also on Saturday, in front of an average crowd at Basseterre, points were shared after heavy rain seeped onto the pitch, and forced the match to be called off.

After eight overs, St Lucia were 46-1, thanks largely to a run-a-ball 27 from Andre Fletcher. Fabian Allen was the only wicket-taker for St Kitts.

St Kitts featured only one Leedot player in Devon Thomas, two foreigners and three Jamaicans and Barbadians each. St Lucia fielded five Windwards players, two foreigners, two Bajans and one Jamaican.

On Sunday in front of a packed crowd at Providence, Guyana beat Barbados by four wickets with five balls to spare. Dwayne Smith struck a round 100 from just 70 balls, featuring 10 fours and five sixes, to help Barbados to 159-4. He received support from Kane Williamson, who made a run-a-ball 47, while pacer Sohail Tanvir took 3-40.

Chadwick Walton hammered 92 from 57 balls to take the hosts to victory, medium pacer Kieron Pollard taking 4-16.

Barbados fielded two foreigners, three nationals, and five Trinidadians, while Guyana featured three foreigners and six locals.

On Monday, in front of a good crowd at Warner Park, St Kitts hammered Jamaica by 37 runs. Evin Lewis hit 69 from 39, and Chris Gayle 71 not out from 55, to take St Kitts to an imposing 208-5. Medium pacer Krishmar Santokie was the best bowler for Jamaica with 1-23 from his four overs.

Trevon Griffith struck 42 from 32 balls, and there were 31s from Glenn Phillips and Rovman Powell, as the visitors mustered 171-7. Left-arm spinner Tabraiz Shamsi took 3-35.

Jamaica fielded three foreigners and four national players, while St Kitts put out three foreigners, one Leedot, and three Barbadians.

On Tuesday, Guyana romped to a seven-wicket win over St Lucia with more than five overs to spare, in front of a packed crowd at Providence.

Medium pacer Rayad Emrit (2-26) and legspinner Rashid Khan (2-19) restricted St Lucia to a paltry 100-7, Jesse Ryder topscoring with run-a-ball 29. Sohail Tanvir then hit 38 from 29 balls, and Jason Mohammed 42 not out from 35 balls, to take Guyana to victory. Pacer Jerome Taylor took 1-13 to be the best bowler for the visitors.

St Lucia fielded four foreigners and five Windward players, while Guyana put out three foreigners and four nationals.