February 2018


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A star studded Cane Farm cricket team was not enough to defeat a well-disciplined Powergen Cricket team in the 2018 UNICOM UWI T20 cricket tournament hosted at the Sir Frank Worrell Field of The UWI at SPEC from January 12-20, 2018.

Following the semi-finals, which involved, Cane Farm, Merry Boys, Powergen and Central Sports, it came down to a final with the defending champions, Cane Farm, taking on Powergen.

That game went down to a thrilling last over where Cane Farm could not stop Powergen from hitting eight runs off Lendl Simmons bowling in the last over. Needing to make two runs off the final ball Powergen skipper Ancil Bhaggan clipped one to deep square leg and scurried, picking up two singles and avoiding a near run-out to gift his team the $35,000 prize.

Batting first, Cane Farm found it tough against a stubborn bowling attack who managed to restrict their opponents to 127-7 off 20 overs. After Lendl Simmons scored a quick 34 off 24 balls it looked like it could be one of those days for the big-hitting West Indies opener; however it was not meant to be. Rayad Emrit’s unbeaten 24 off 17 helped the Cane Farm boys post a respectable total.

Darron Cruickshank was the pick for the Powergen bowlers (and earned the title of Player of the Series) taking two for 20 while Mark Deyal chipped in with another consistent bowling display (2-23).

Despite the small total, Powergen’s fans were tense as they knew that Cane Farm had the a host of world class bowlers including Sunil Narine, who’s tight bowling only went for nine runs off his four overs with one wicket, while Roshan Primus, (2-13) made the game a great spectacle. Tight bowling by Cane Farm’s star bowlers could not stop the thunderous Evin Lewis, who was able to put Simmons’ men under pressure with his knock of 34 off 24, while the eventual man of the match, Jerron Maniram, scored a rapid 23 to help his team win the tournament (128-8).