Jerome Taylor of the Jamaica Tallawahs celebrates after dismissing a Barbados Trident batsman during a Limacol Caribbean Premier League T20 match at Sabina Park yesterday. - Ian Allen

Jamaica Tallawahs fast bowler Jerome Taylor believes the defending champions are on solid footing heading into what he describes as the business end of the tournament, following a third straight win, in three games, the latest against the Barbados Tridents yesterday.

Taylor picked up two wickets for 11 runs in two miserly spells off his four overs and was adjudged Man of the Match in the win against Tridents, putting them in a good position to retain the Limacol-sponsored Caribbean Premier League Twenty20 title.

Taylor previously grabbed three wickets against the Guyana Amazon Warriors on Saturday after his four against Antigua Hawkbills two days earlier. The Tallawahs batted first and amassed 147 for 8 off 20 overs, then restricted the Tridents to 128 for six.

Taylor, who became Tallawahs top wicket-taker with 11 in seven matches praised the team's effort.

"We're entering the business end of the tournament and we are gelling as a team. Now, we have three games to go in the preliminary stage and the plan is to continue winning," Taylor told STAR Sports.

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In his team's first four games, Taylor picked up only two wickets but has flourished since coming home.

"I assessed the Sabina Park wicket and came up with a plan," Taylor explained.

"Thanks to my teammates, management staff as well as the crowd that played a big role. Sabina Park is a good place for me. It is a happy hunting ground," he added.

"We are getting there as a team and gelling. The team is pulling in the right direction and the camaraderie is very good."

Taylor added that he has been working very hard after coming back from a back injury that sidelined him for nearly three years.

"I'm trying to do everything in my power to stay injury free as the West Indies home series is next," he said.

Jamaica Tallawahs and Trinidad and Tobago Red Steel are joint leaders on 12 points apiece. However, Red Steel are in pole position on a better net run rate. Both teams are locked in a battle for the automatic spot to the final.

The top team at the end of the preliminary round will advance to the final with the second, third and fourth place teams to contest two elimination semi-final matches. Jamaica Tallawahs will next play St Lucia Zouks on August 9 in St Lucia.