Trinidad & Tobago to face Jamaica in Regional Super50 final – Cricket News Update
Trinidad & Tobago (T&T) are set to face Jamaica in the upcoming Regional Super50 tournament final, after the later defeated Sagicor High Performance Centre in the competition’s second semi-final fixture, on Thursday, October 27, 2011, at Providence.
The tournament finale will be kicking off at the Providence Stadium, in Jamaica, on Saturday, October 29, 2011, and has already been billed as a nail biting affair, especially with the likes of stars such as http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DJ-Bravo-c1379 and Daren Ganga to feature on the West Indian domestic competition’s death match.
For their preceding league games, both the Caribbean outfits have had 3 outings each, securing 2 wins from the lot, apiece.
However, for Jamaica, the upcoming match will also serve as a vital opportunity for the side to settle their debts against T&T, having suffered their one-off defeat at the hands of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Daren-Ganga-c52410 led squad, on October 24.
The match concluded after T&T managed to secure an impressive 36 runs triumph over Jamaica, complements to http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sunil-Philip-Narine-c91869’s match winnings haul of 5 wickets, which reduced the opponent to fall short of the chase.
Hence, Jamaica’s Skipper, Chris Gayle, who currently stands out as the highest scoring batsman on the competition, will have a tough assignment ahead of him, especially after making a much needed return to the Caribbean cricket circle.
As for the side’s preceding second last ball win against Sagicor High Performance Centre, the Jamaican Captain failed to offer much to his team, having batted a minor sum of 6, following which Gayle was forced into exiting the crease by the opponent’s much in form pacer.
In all, Gayle has so far batted the highest runs tally on the tournament, worth 206 runs from 4 matches, but will look to offer another imposing performance on the upcoming final match.
On the other hand, the Caribbean all-round legend, Gayle will also have an added advantage under the bowling department, with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Thomas-George-Burrows-c93472aker so far, after T&T’s summit holder, spin maestro Sunil Narine, who has bagged 14 wickets from his last 4 outings for the side.
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