Guyana hoping for better fortunes after Darren Bravo barrage wins it for T&T

Jan 14, 2013 Sports

Guyana will hope for better fortunes tomorrow when they face Jamaica at the Beausejour Cricket Ground in St Lucia in the first game of two following Darren Bravo’s explosive innings that led Trinidad and Tobago to a comfortable victory on Saturday. The second match tomorrow pits Windward Islands vs Trinidad & Tobago.

Darren Bravo hit 82 not out. (WICB)

Shiv Chanderpaul plays during his half-century. (WICB)

Darren Bravo hit his highest Twenty20 score as Trinidad & Tobago crushed Guyana in Port of Spain to move to the top of the table. Guyana asked T&T to bat and removed their openers Lendl Simmons and William Perkins cheaply. They even managed to restrict Dwayne Bravo to a run-a-ball 19 but Darren Bravo kept the runs coming for T&T. Guyana hadn’t allowed T&T to blaze away, though, and when Denesh Ramdin became the fourth wicket to fall, the score was 127 in the 16th over.
Kieron Pollard came in, and took the game further away from Guyana. Pollard blitzed five sixes in making an unbeaten 44 off just 17 deliveries. Darren Bravo himself swung four sixes in his 51-ball stay, which also brought him eight fours.
An asking rate in the region of ten runs an over much was to prove much beyond Guyana, who failed to build any momentum during the chase. Most of the T&T bowlers were among the wickets, with Rayad Emrit taking two, and Sunil Narine returning 1 for 12 from four overs. Shivnarine Chanderpaul played a lone hand with a half-century at the top of the order, but the next highest score was 14 by Narsingh Deonarine. Guyana were left to reflect upon a heavy defeat, which hurt their net run-rate and sent T&T’s soaring.
Scores: Trinidad & Tobago 191 for 4 (Darren Bravo 82*, Pollard 44*) beat Guyana 111 for 6 (Chanderpaul 53, Emrit 2-18) by 80 runs. (ESPNcricinfo)