Trinidad & Tobago secure a place in the Regional Super50 final – Cricket News Update
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Thomas-George-Burrows-c93472rinidad & Tobago (T&T) have finally secured a worthy spot on the Regional Super50 tournament’s final, after defeating Guyana in the first semi-final of the Caribbean domestic competition – complements to the side’s top scoring batsman, Jason Mohammed, who
led the roster to cover-up an accessible chase in 46.1 overs, at the Providence Stadium, in Guyana on October 26, 2011.
The fixture took off after Guyana’s Skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Samuel-Badree-c88341 and Rayad
Emrit.
Unfortunately for the batting side, having added some sluggish numbers on the scoreboard, Guyana suffered its first loss after Skipper Fudadin departed for the pavilion on a disappointing duck, after being caught out by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Kevon-Cooper-c71194 off Badree’s delivery.
The side’s opening wicket fell during the 3rd over of the innings, leaving one down batsman, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Leon-Rayon-Johnson-c72511, to accompany Griffith, however, the pair failed to settle into a partnership as the later too made his departure off Emrit’s delivery in
the 8th over.
However, with Johnson and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/TM-Dowlin-c2692 taking over the task, Guyana finally saw some hope as the newly formed pair managed to stall the team’s innings till the 21st over, but soon after which, the duo parted, adding 27 runs contribution for Guyana.
With middle order offering a modest stint for the team, the hosts finally crawled on to piling up a concerning total of 200 runs; thanks to Emrit’s imposing haul of 4 wickets, in association with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sunil-Philip-Narine-c91869 and Sherwin Ganga’s 2 apiece contribution.
Though T&T came out with a troublesome opening, having lost an early wicket, but with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Justin-Christopher-Guillen-c69694 retaining his ground strong, the side saw some swift runs its way.
However, the tourists soon came under fire after losing another 2 wickets on the line-up, but were quickly recouped after http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Jason-Nazimuddin-Mohammed-c66460 came out to rescue his roster, which had, by now, lost Guillen on a solid 63 runs.
With Jason paving a concrete footing on the pitch, the middle order batsman finally led the side through his undefeated 65 runs addition, to a much needed 4 wickets victory over Guyana.
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