BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC):

Fast bowler Jerome Taylor was hoping to catch the eye of new West Indies coach John Dyson. From evidence submitted on Sunday night, he certainly did. Taylor, the highly touted Jamaican looked fired up as he took three for 39 runs from 10 overs to lead Jamaica to victory over Trinidad and Tobago in the first KFC Cup final under lights, a match watched by Dyson.

After his Man-of-the-Match display in which he matched sustained pace with impeccable line and length, Taylor said he believed he was "back in the frame" after missing out on selection for the International Cricket Council's Twenty20 World Championship in South Africa last month.

"I came out here with the understanding that I had to give a big effort if Jamaica was to win the match. I knew what I had to do and it was a brilliant night for Jamaica cricket and we are delighted as a team to come here and win the title," he noted. "We were well set up by the batsmen and then I just had to go out there and bowl my heart out. There was no reason to hold back. This was the final and we had to let it all out. I knew I had to dig deep and give 110 per cent."

The 23-year-old said that after a lean tour of England in the summer and not being selected for the World Championship, he did some soul searching and noticed he had to lift his fitness levels.

"It was a period to reflect on what was happening and I did some soul searching and analysed what direction things were going. I had to reflect on my fitness and my energy levels and see how I can become stronger physically and mentally."