Caribbean T20 Trinidad and Tobago finish top of Group A
Darren Bravo’s whirlwind 65 and a disciplined bowling performance bagged Trinidad and Tobago a 49-run victory over Jamaica at Queen’s Park Oval, Port of Spain on 28th July. In a match restricted to 18-overs due to rain, Darren Bravo’s 65 helped Trinidad and Tobago, struggling at 58 for 4 in the eighth over, to post a competitive total of 157 for seven. In reply, Jamaica was all out for 108 with five balls to spare.
A wet pitch and outfield delayed the match reducing the T20 game to 18-overs a side. After winning the toss Jamaican skipper Tamar Lambert, looking at the moisture left on the pitch, decided to field first – with an intention of exploiting the overcast conditions. However, the opener William Perkins kept Jamaicans concerned in the opening over hammering Andre Russell for a six over long off and flicking a boundary through midwicket.
The pressure on Jamaica was short-lived as the counterattack from the bowlers took three wickets in the next four-overs. Perkin’s opening partner http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Krishmar-Santokie-c71724 and the move was rewarded immediately as Santokie sacked Perkins on the first ball. The opener holed out for 12 with not many on the board. His 8-ball stay at the crease contained a six and a boundary.
Lendl Simmons and Bravo added seven runs to the scorecard for the third wicket stand before Santokie struck back in his next over. Simmons was four from seven when he spooned Xavier Marshall an easy catch slashing at an outside off-stump ball to point.
At 24 for 3, Trinidad and Tobago was desperate for some sweet hitting and the captain of the side, Darren Ganga tried to take the initiative when he lofted Bernard to wide long-on for six. Change in bowling came from Jamaica once again replacing Lendl Santokie with Nikita Miller while the other end was kept by the Captain Lambert himself. Only seven runs came out of the Miller over. Lambert’s first ball was respected by Darren Bravo with a straight boundary. The next four balls earned Bravo and Ganga five more runs through singles and doubles before Lambert sacked his counterpart leaving Trinidad and Tobago 58 for 4.
However, by that time Darren Bravo, playing at 16, had settled his feet firmly on the crease. Ganga’s dismissal brought Dwayne Bravo to the crease and in partnership with the fluent Darren Bravo. The duo of Bravo played a flurry of well-timed boundaries and sixes to drag Trinidad and Tobago towards an imposing score. The pair added 69 runs to the team’s total for the fifth-wicket stand taking the side from 58 for 4 to 126 for 4.
The hosts were 127 on the board when Dwayne Bravo mistimed Santokie to http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Russell-c87177. His whirlwind 65 from 44 contained 4 boundaries and three sixes. At the end of 18-overs, Trinidad and Tobago was 157 for 7. Santokie was marvellous on the day taking 5 wickets for 24 in his 4 overs.
In reply, the struggling Jamaican batting line-up failed to face the attack of opposition and kept on losing wickets at regular intervals. Jamaica was bundled out for 108 in 17.1 overs. Dwayne Bravo, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sherwin-Ganga-c90004 and Kieron Pollard shared 2 wickets each. Darren Bravo’s pugnacious 65 earned him the man-of-the-match title.
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