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Caribbean Twenty20: Trinidad & Tobago maul Guyana
The emphatic nature of T&T victory was a strong statement ahead of the second phase of the tournament in St Lucia starting Tuesday. After four matches, they are clear leaders on 13 points.
The left-handed Darren Bravo was superb, combining tremendous power with consummate ease and poise as he counted eight fours and four sixes. Dwayne, meanwhile, provided the support as he hit two boundaries in a run-a-ball 19. No bowler was spared Darren Bravo’s wrath. He smashed off-spinner Steven Jacobs through point for four and then deposited him over the long on fence in the sixth over before turning his attention to Crandon, heaving him to the square leg boundary and then clearing long on with a massive blow.
He lost his older brother to a catch at long on by Jacobs off off-spinner Narsingh Deonarine in the 11th over at 74 for three, but carried on unfettered to reach his half-century with another six off the out-of-sorts left-arm spinner and Guyana captain Veerasammy Permaul in the 14th over.
He added a further 54 off 30 balls for the fourth wicket with captain Denesh Ramdin (20) but it was his partnership with Pollard that set the Oval on fire. Together, they ensured 58 runs bled from the last four overs of the innings, with Pollard smashing sixes off the last three balls of the final over bowled by Jacobs, which cost 20.
All told, Pollard lashed one four and five sixes.
Guyana had a lame start to their run chase as the left-handed Trevon Griffith skied to Perkins at cover to fall for one at seven for one in the third over.
Chanderpaul and Derwin Christian (9) rebuilt by adding 36 off 31 balls for the second wicket but the partnership proved sluggish as Trinidad & Tobago’s bowlers kept a lid on scoring.
Christian’s miserable 13-ball stay at the crease ended when he nudged a return catch to medium pacer Reyad Emrit (2-18) and the pressure also got to Ramnaresh Sarwan who missed a wild slog at Emrit and was bowled for two at 53 for three in the tenth over.
