Super50 kings! Jamaica roll over T&T to claim Clive Lloyd Trophy

PROVIDENCE, Guyana (CMC):Jamaica were crowned Regional Super50 kings yesterday after an unbroken 45-run stand between Tamar Lambert and Shawn Findlay ushered them to a five-wicket victory over Trinidad & Tobago.

Lambert was not out with the top score of 30 and Findlay was not out on 25, as Jamaica successfully chased a modest 119 for victory in the low-scoring final under the lights at the Guyana National Stadium.

Findlay formalised the result with 86 balls remaining, when he drove off-spinner Sherwin Ganga through wide mid-off for the last of his four boundaries.

The result meant that Jamaica claimed their first RS50 title in four years, claiming the Clive Lloyd Trophy named in honour of the former Guyana and West Indies captain, now West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) director.

"I told Lindel Wright (president of the Jamaica Cricket Association) that I would bring back home the trophy and we have got the job done and hopefully we can improve from now in limited-overs cricket," said Jamaica captain and talismanic West Indies batsman Chris Gayle.

Stingy bowling from left-arm spinner Nikita Miller helped them dismiss Trinidad and Tobago for 118 in 46.1 overs on a hard, true pitch under bright, sunny skies.

In control

Miller put Jamaica in control, when he grabbed three wickets for 19 runs from his allotment of 12 overs to earn the Man of the Match award.

"We came under some pressure in our semi-final and we decided that we wanted to go all out and do our best and make sure that we came out on top," said Miller.

Jason Mohammed continued to lead the T&T batting, hitting the top score of 32. He finished as the tournament's leading batsman with 227 runs at an average of 56.75 and earned the Most Valuable Player award.

But no other batsman reached 20 after the Red Force decided to bat, and they were always going to struggle to defend a modest target.

"We simply did not put enough runs on the board and we have been struggling a lot in these conditions because the pitches have been very slow and low," said T&T captain Daren Ganga.

TRINIDAD & TOBAGO (50 overs maximum)

+W. Perkins c Findlay b Russell	7
J. Guillen c wkpr Walton b Russell	8
D. Ganga lbw b Miller	7
D.J. Bravo b Miller	1
S. Ganga lbw bGayle	19
J. Mohammed cGayle b Brown	32
S. Narine lbw b Gayle	16
K. Cooper c Russell b Miller	7
R. Emrit run out (Marshall/Brown)	3
S. Badree not out	10
D. Mohammed c Miller b Brown	3

Extras (lb1, w5) 6

TOTAL (all out, 46.1 overs) 118

Fall of wickets: 1-15 (Guillen, 3.6 overs); 2-21 (+Perkins, 7.3); 3-25 (Bravo, 10.6); 4-30 (D. Ganga, 14.3); 5-74 (S. Ganga, 27.6); 6-92 (Narine, 31.3); 7-98 (J. Mohammed, 34.3); 8-102 (Cooper, 37.1); 9-111 (Emrit, 40.5)

Bowling: Santokie 6-0-23-0 (w4); Russell 7-0-10-2; Miller 12-2-19-3 (w1);Gayle 10-3-31-2; Brown 11.1-2-34-2

JAMAICA (target: 119 off 50 overs)

C. Gayle lbw b Badree	12
K. Lewis lbw b Narine	0
X. Marshall lbw b S. Ganga	5
D. Hyatt lbw Emrit	29
O. Brown c J. Mohammed b
D. Mohammed	6
T. Lambert not out	30
S. Findlay not out	25
Extras (b2, w13)	15

TOTAL (5 wkts, 35.4 overs) 122

+C. Walton, A. Russell, N. Miller, K. Santokie did not bat

Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Lewis, 0.2 overs); 2-14 (Marshall, 3.5); 3-31 (Gayle, 13.1); 4-42 (Brown, 16.5); 5-77 (Hyatt, 29.2)

Bowling: Narine 11-3-32-1 (w2); S. Ganga 9-0-31-1 (w9); Badree 8-0-21-1; D. Mohammed 4-0-18-1 (w1); Emrit 4-0-18-1 (w1)

Result: Jamaica won by five wickets (86 balls remaining)

Series: Jamaica win Regional Super50 claim Clive Lloyd Trophy

Toss: Trinidad & Tobago

Man-of-the-Match: N. Miller (Jamaica)

Man-of-the-Series: J. Mohammed (Trinidad & Tobago)

Umpires: G. Brathwaite, N. Duguid

TV umpire: G. Greaves

Match referee: A. Griffith

Reserve umpire: L. Abraham