PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Barbados made light work of Leeward Islands, romping to an emphatic nine-wicket win to send an early warning in the 2013 edition of the Caribbean Twenty20 here Monday.
They routed the lowly Leewards for a paltry 87 off 17.3 overs and then breezed to their target off just 8.2 overs at Queen’s Park Oval, registering the first outright win of the tournament after rain forced a no-result in Sunday’s curtain raiser.
The contest was reduced to 18 overs per side after wet conditions, resulting from all-day rain, delayed the start by an hour and 20 minutes.
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| Justin Brathwaite played brilliantly on debut against Leeward Islands. (WICB Media Photo/Randy Brooks) |
Opener Justin Brathwaite stroked a flamboyant 42 off a mere 16 balls on national debut while captain and West Indies pinch-hitter Dwayne Smith finished on 36 not out from 21 balls.
The pair put on an exhilarating 65 for the first wicket off just 27 balls, a partnership that left the Leewards shell-shocked and erased any hope they may have had of a come-from-behind win.
Earlier, only Derbyshire professional Chesney Hughes showed any commitment with a top score of 30, as the Leewards collapsed at the hands of West Indies fast bowler who claimed four for 26.
The right-armer Best struck with the first ball of the innings when his Windies team-mate Kieran Powell ill-advisedly pulled a short ball to Ashley Nurse in the deep.
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| Tino Best during his career-best performance for Barbados against Leeward Islands. (WICB Media Photo/Randy Brooks) |
When 19-year-old Rahkeem Cornwall holed out in the deep off off-spinner Nurse to leave the Leewards on 36 for four, Hughes came to their rescue with a brief cameo.
The left-hander faced just 23 balls and smashed four fours and two sixes, providing the only resistance to the Barbadian onslaught.
He cracked two successive leg-side boundaries off Carlos Brathwaite in the eighth over, the bowler’s fourth, before twice clearing the ropes with Ryan Hinds in the left-arm spinner’s only over which cost 13 runs.
Hughes and Devon Thomas (7) put on 33 off 29 balls for the fifth wicket before both fell with the score on 69, sparking another collapse which saw the last six wickets crash for 18 runs, as Best and left-arm spinner Sulieman Benn (2-9) destroyed the innings.
The left-handed Justin Brathwaite then gave Barbados a flying start, pummelling two fours and two sixes off the second over of the innings sent down by seamer Kelbert Walters and which cost 22 runs.
SCOREBOARD
Barbados won by 9 wickets (with 58 balls remaining)
Leeward Islands innings (18 overs maximum)
K. Powell c Nurse b Best 0
J. Liburd c J. Brathwaite b Smith 8
R. Cornwall c Carter b Nurse 7
S. Joseph* c †Dowrich b C. Brathwaite 3
C. Hughes b Benn 34
D. Thomas † c Brooks b Best 7
T. Willett c Mayers b Best 5
J. Hamilton c Benn b Best 4
J. Athanaze lbw b Benn 0
K. Walters not out 7
A Martin run out (Mayers) 1
Extras (b 4, lb 2, w 4, nb 1) 11
Total (all out; 17.3 overs) 87
(4.97 runs per over)
Fall of wickets 1-0 (Powell, 0.1 ov), 2-15 (Liburd, 4.2 ov), 3-18 (Joseph, 5.5 ov), 4-36 (Cornwall, 8.5 ov), 5-69 (Hughes, 13.4 ov), 6-69 (Thomas, 14.1 ov), 7-75 (Willett, 14.5 ov), 8-75 (Athanaze, 15.3 ov), 9-84 (Hamilton, 16.5 ov), 10-87 (Martin, 17.3 ov)
Bowling: T. Best 4-0-26-4 (1nb), C. Brathwaite 4-0-17-1(2w),D. Smith 2.3-0-5-1 (1w) A. Nurse 2-0-11-1(1w), S. Benn 4-1-9-2, R. Hinds 1-0-13-0
Barbados innings (target: 88 runs from 18 overs)
D. Smith* not out 36
J. Brathwaite c Martin b Athanaze 42
R. Hinds not out 13
Extras 0
Total (1 wicket; 8.2 overs) 91
(10.92 runs per over)
Did not bat JL Carter, SSJ Brooks, KR Mayers, SO Dowrich†, CR Brathwaite, AR Nurse, SJ Benn, TL Best
Fall of wickets 1-65 (JK Brathwaite, 4.3 ov)
Bowling A. Martin 3-0-27-0, K. Walters 1-0-22-0, R. Cornwall 1-0-21-0
J. Athanaze 2.2-0-13-1, T. Willett 1-0-8-0
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