Taylor ‘might now have booked himself a ticket to the World Cup’, says Sir Ian Botham

"The ironic thing is if the captain hadn't been suspended, Taylor probably wouldn't have played"

“The ironic thing is if the captain hadn’t been suspended, Taylor probably wouldn’t have played”

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Following his superb knock of 90 against Sri Lanka in the fourth ODI in Colombo, legendary England all-rounder Sir Ian Botham believes that James Taylor “might now have booked himself a ticket to the World Cup”.

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Caribbean Premier League 2nd semi-final: Kumar Sangakkara and Andre Russell decimate Barbados

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Russell and Sangakkara dashed Barbados’ hopes of reaching the finals

Sri Lanka wicketkeeper-batsman Kumar Sangakkara and West Indies all-rounder Andre Russell booked a finals showdown against the Guyana Amazon Warriors after the Jamaica Tallawahs absolutely decimated the Barbados Tridents by seven wickets in the second semi-final of the Caribbean Premier League (CPL).

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