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Carlos Brathwaite leads Barbados to beat Jamaica to claim a second Caribbean Twenty20 victory
Opting to bat first, Jamaica breezed to 38 without loss after four overs but then suffered a shocking collapse to lose ten wickets for 38 runs.
Barbados stumbled and stuttered before eventually marching to their second victory of the Caribbean Twenty20, with a five-wicket defeat of Jamaica on Tuesday.
Barbados led by Carlos Brathwaite, defeated Jamaica for their lowest ever Caribbean Twenty20 score of 72 off 17.3 overs, and then reached their target off 11.2 overs at Queen’s Park Oval.
At one stage, Barbados were floundering at 40 for five in the seventh over but recovered through an unbroken 33-run, sixth wicket stand between Kyle Mayers (17 not out) and wicketkeeper Shane Dowrich (16 not out), to post their second win in as many nights and rocket to the top of the standings on eight points.
Opting to bat first, Jamaica breezed to 38 without loss after four overs but then suffered a shocking collapse to lose ten wickets for 38 runs.
Carlos Brathwaite was the architect of Jamaica’s demise, claiming four for 23 while left-arm spinner Ryan Hinds picked up three for 12 from four miserly overs and fellow left-arm spinner Sulieman Benn, two for 14.
Opener Nkrumah Bonner top-scored with 21 but once he and John Campbell (13) were parted at the top of the order, the innings went into terminal decline.
The right-handed Bonner looked enterprising early on, stroking two boundaries off 19 balls and looking to get after the Barbados bowling.
