Caribbean T20: Jamaica v Windward Islands at Bridgetown
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Somerset have been sent packing, despite a comfortable win over the Combined Campuses and Colleges. Thanks to an unbeaten half-century from James Hildreth and another good knock from Nick Compton, the English county posted a target of 166, against some innocuous CCC bowling. When the students batted, they could not muster more than 123, as none of the batsmen really got going. Steve Kirby (arguably the second most unlikeable player in the tournament) finished with an impressive spell of 3-26 and he was ably suppored by young spinner Nick Dockrell with 2-14, but the tourists needed to restrict the students to less than 109 to be sure of advancing. Instead, they had to wait on the outcome from the Windwards-Jamaica match....
And what a match it was!
Jerome Taylor, Krishmar Santokie and Nelon Pascal all bowled with pace like fire, and there were entertaining knocks from Devon Smith, Kenny Lesporis, Marlon samuels and Wavell Hinds. Batting first, the Windwards lost two wickets, before Smith and Lesporis came together with a vital third wicket partnership to take the match away from the jamaicans. They both hit boundaries at will, as Smith finished on 58 not out and Lesporis hit a useful 50 from 40 balls, helping the Windwards to post a challenging total of 166. Taylor finished with two wickets and left-arm pacer Santokie with 3-29.
When the Jamaicans batted, new opening partnership Dave Bernard and Horace Miller just couldn't cope with the pace of Pascal, who was ably supported by miserly spinner Garey Mathurin, who bowled his four overs for just nine runs and one wicket. Samuels and Hinds staged an attacking fightback, hitting half-centuries which included a number of sixes, but the Jamaicans fell 17 runs short.
Somerset needed one of two results - Jamaica to be bowled out for 58, or to beat the Windwards by more than two overs, and neither result was likely. As a result, Windwards topped the group, and Jamaica advanced as the second best team on run-rate over Somerset. The best two teams have moved forward to tomorrow's semis....
And what a match it was!
Jerome Taylor, Krishmar Santokie and Nelon Pascal all bowled with pace like fire, and there were entertaining knocks from Devon Smith, Kenny Lesporis, Marlon samuels and Wavell Hinds. Batting first, the Windwards lost two wickets, before Smith and Lesporis came together with a vital third wicket partnership to take the match away from the jamaicans. They both hit boundaries at will, as Smith finished on 58 not out and Lesporis hit a useful 50 from 40 balls, helping the Windwards to post a challenging total of 166. Taylor finished with two wickets and left-arm pacer Santokie with 3-29.
When the Jamaicans batted, new opening partnership Dave Bernard and Horace Miller just couldn't cope with the pace of Pascal, who was ably supported by miserly spinner Garey Mathurin, who bowled his four overs for just nine runs and one wicket. Samuels and Hinds staged an attacking fightback, hitting half-centuries which included a number of sixes, but the Jamaicans fell 17 runs short.
Somerset needed one of two results - Jamaica to be bowled out for 58, or to beat the Windwards by more than two overs, and neither result was likely. As a result, Windwards topped the group, and Jamaica advanced as the second best team on run-rate over Somerset. The best two teams have moved forward to tomorrow's semis....