PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC The Bravo brothers engineered a spectacular recovery and Kevon Cooper unleashed a hostile late order cameo as Trinidad and Tobago roared to a 49 run win over Leeward Islands Hurricanes in the twelfth game of the NAGICO Super50 at the Queen’s Park Oval here Tuesday.
Dwayne Bravo, who later grabbed three wickets, and Darren Bravo shared a crucial 5th wicket stand of 62 to resurrect a precarious slump with the Red Force reeling on 45 for four wickets after they decided to bat first having won the toss.
Cooper slammed an unbeaten 62 to consolidate the recovery operation spearheaded by the Bravo brothers as Red Force soared to 206 all out in 50 overs before bowling out Leewards for 157.
Gavin Tonge inflicted early damage when he stunned the Red Force by removing openers Evin Lewis and Nicholas Sookdeosingh cheaply within the first 15 balls.
Dwayne scored 42 including seven fours while Darren hit three fours in a knock of 36 to pull the home side out of trouble.
Cooper was the star of the late order rally featuring prominently in three important partnerships- a 21 run stand with Darren Bravo, a 32 run partnership with Captain Rayad Emrit and a last wicket stand with Sunil Narine that produced 26 runs.Tonge was the best bowler for the Hurricanes finishing with three wickets while Orlando Peters, Hayden Walsh Jr and Anthony Martin picked up two each.
Dwayne Bravo shattered Hurricanes dreams of an explosive start to the chase when he dismissed the first three batsmen.
Emrit compounded their problems by removing the next two wickets as the Leewards crashed to 76 for five. Devon Thomas led the chase with a top score of 30, and got some help from Orlando Peters in a 37 run stand, the highest partnership of the innings.
Peters’ contribution of 21 included two sixes as the Red Force tightened the squeeze.
The Hurricanes were completely outmatched as Sunil Narine wiped out the tail enders including trapping Hayden Walsh Jr lbw or 23.
Dwayne Bravo finished with top figures of three for forty, while Narine, Emrit, and Imran Khan ended with two scalps each.
Scoreboard
T&T Red Force
E Lewis c D Thomas b G Tonge 4
N Sookdeosingh c A Martin b G Tonge 0
Darren Bravo b O Peters 36
J Mohammed c J Hamilton b H Walsh Jr 21
S Katwaroo+ b R Cornwall 8
Dwayne Bravo c D Thomas b A Martin 42
A Hosein c D Thomas b H Walsh Jr 1
K Cooper not out 62
I Khan c D Thomas b A Martin 5
R Emrit* c H Walsh Jr b G Tonge 9
S Narine b O Peters 6
Extras 1nb 5w 6lb 12
Total 206 all out
Bowling: Tonge 10-2-33-3, Cornwall 10-2-21-1,Peters 8-0-39-9, Walsh Jr 10-0-51-2, Campbell 5-0-26-0,Martin 7-0-30-2.
Fall of wickets: 1-3 (Sookdeosingh), 2-5 (Lewis), 3-34(Mohammed), 4-45( Katwaroo), 5-107 (Dwayne Bravo), 6-114( Hosein)), 6-114( Hosein), 7-135 (Darren Bravo ),8-148( Khan), 9-180(Emrit), 10-206(Narine)
Leeward Islands Hurricanes
A Richards lbw b Dwayne Bravo 0
S Peters c S Katwaroo b Dwayne Bravo 11
M Hodge lbw b Dwayne Bravo 9
D Thomas*lbw b R Emrit 30
O Peters c S Katwaroo b R Emrit 21
J Hamilton+c Darren Bravo b K Cooper 12
R Cornwall c Darren Bravo b I Khan 15
H Walsh Jr lbw b S Narine 23
G Tonge b S Narine 7
A Martin c S Narine b I Khan 8
J Campbell not out 12
Extras 2w 7lb 0b 9
Total 157 all out
Bowling: Dwayne Bravo 10-0-40-3,Hosein 7-0-31-0, Narine 10-3-14-2,Emrit 9-1-26-2,Khan 5.4-0-27-2, Cooper 3-1-8-1, Mohammed 1-0-4-0
Fall of wickets: 1-10 (Richards), 2-13 (Peters), 3-36(Hodge), 4-73(Peters), 5-76(Thomas), 6-99(Cornwall), 7-116 (Hamilton),8-128(Tonge), 9-135(Walsh Jr), 10-157( Martin).
Results: Trinidad and Tobago Red Force won by 49 runs
Points: Trinidad and Tobago Red Force 5, Leeward Islands Hurricanes 0.
Toss: Leeward Islands Hurricanes
Umpires: N Duguid G Brathwaite P Nero L Rajkumar