West Indies got a good work out against the Sagicor High Performance Centre, winning a Twenty20 warm-up match by 11 runs on Thursday at the Sir Frank Worrell National Cricket Centre in Trinidad.
Batting first, West Indies were dismissed for 145 in their 20 overs, and the HPC responded with 134-6 from their 20 overs.Shane Dowrich, the right-handed wicket-keeper/batsman struck five fours and a six, leading the way for the HPC with an exciting, unbeaten 52 from 41 balls.
Left-arm seamer Krishmar Santokie and right-arm medium-pacer Chris Barnwell were the pick of the West Indies’ attack, with two wickets apiece.
Earlier, Lendl Simmons struck five fours and two sixes in the top score of 43 from 25 balls for West Indies. Left-arm spinner Veerasammy Permaul, medium-fast bowler Jason Holder, and leg-spinner Nkrumah Bonner pulled back the Windies batting in the second half of the innings.
West Indies will face India today from 10:00hrs in the one-off Digicel Pearls T20 International at Queen’s Park Oval. Later today Sagicor HPC will meet Caribbean T20 Champions Trinidad and Tobago at the same venue.