CPL 2017: Five talking points from the first week

#1. Pollard demolishes St. Lucia Stars

Pollard was ruthless and flamboyant in his match

Kieron Pollard produced his second half-century of this year's CPL and demolished the St. Lucia Stars with his powerful hitting and authoritative strokes.

The Barbados Tridents got off to a solid start courtesy of their openers Dwyane Smith and Kane Williamson. Their opening partnership of 72 runs in 10 overs provided the perfect platform for Pollard and the Tridents' skipper didn't disappoint.

He started slowly and scored his first boundary on the 13th ball he faced. He slammed Shillingford for a six and a four on consecutive deliveries and in the next over, clobbered Kyle Mayers for a four on the leg side.

In the next four overs, Tridents milked 78 runs with Pollard scoring 57 of them in just 16 balls.

In the 17th over Shillingford was collared for two sixes and in the next over Taylor went for another six. The biggest over was the 20th, as Pollard slammed 28 runs. Taylor went for two sixes and two fours in the four while one over-throw gifted another boundary.

The carnage from Pollard (83 runs from 35 balls) was too much to handle for the Stars who scored only 129 runs in their response.