CARIB TWENTY20 SERIES
February 26th, 2009

Bravo returns with an unbeaten century
..... Lewis hits another hundred

T&T and West Indies batting allrounder Dwayne Bravo made a welcome return to competitive cricket, when he slammed an unbeaten 126 to guide Queen’s Park to a convincing 95- run-win against Woodland Sports in the Round of 16 Knock-Stage of the Carib Twenty20 Series yesterday, at the Queen’s Park Oval.

Bravo last played competitive cricket in July in 2008 in the fifth and final ODI against Australia in the Caribbean, before under-going surgery to his left ankle in October last year.

The talented player missed out on the Stanford Super Series, the West Indies Cricket Board Limited Overs Tournament in Guyana, the ODIs against Pakistan in Abu Dhabi all in 2008 and the tour of New Zealand in 2008/2009.

The right-handed batsman thrilled the small crowd at the Test venue with an excellent exhibition of stroke play which was enriched with six fours and 13 sixes in his knock of 85 balls, which helped the ‘Parkites’ to tally an imposing 189 for two in the allotted 20 overs.

In reply, Woodland could only muster 94 for seven in the allotted overs. Down South, T&T Under-19 opening batsman Evin Lewis continued his rich vein of form with a superb unbeaten century for PowerGen Sports against Caldrac Sports at Syne Village in Penal.

The left-handed Lewis who is the 2008 Secondary Schools Cricket League ‘Cricket of the Year’ lashed an enterprising 111 off 70 balls which included nine fours and six sixes as PowerGen were restricted to 178 for three. In reply, Caldrac were bowled out for 115 in 19.1 overs, with dropped T&T allrounder Samuel Badree picking up four wickets for six runs.

ROUND OF 16 - SUMMARISED SCORES

AT SYNE VILL.: PowerGen 178-3 (20) (Evin Lewis 111 not out, Samuel Badree 25) v Caldrac Sports 115 (19.1) (Krishna Deosarran 69, Samuel Badree 4-6, Visham Ramroop 2-21). P/Gen won by 63 runs.

AT GILBERT PARK: Rahamuts Evergreen 133-6 (20) (Zayd Mohammed 60, Krishna Narine 25, Kenroy Williams 2-28) v W Connection Wanderers 135-2 (17.5)(William Perkins 72, Kareem Jumadeen 34). Wanderers won by 8 wkts.

AT PIERRE ROAD: Alescon Comets 96-7 (20) (Fazil Baksh 20 not out, Shannon Gabriel 3-22, Yannick Ottley 2-21) v Clico Preysal Sports 97-2 (15.3) (Shazan Babwah 49 not out, Azeemul Haniff 25 not out). Preysal won by 8 wkts.

AT FELICITY: Ihsan Invaders 158-6 (20) (Devon Clement 62, Sibhi Sheikh 34) v UTT 152-8 (20) (Marlon Richards 37, Keon Isaac 27, Ako George 28, Devon Clement 3-28, Allan Lawrence 2-25). Invaders won by 6 runs.

AT WILSON ROAD: British/American Aranguez Sports 99 all out (20) (Michael Browne 41, Alan Mahabir 3-10, Kenroy Peters 2-18, Mukesh Persad 2-18) v FC Clarke Road United 101-1 (16.5) (Gregory Mahabir 46 not out, Sean Siloch 44 not out). C Road won by 9 wkts.

AT OVAL: Queen’s Park 189-2 (20)(Dwayne Bravo 126 not out, Marlon Barclay 41) v Woodland Sports 94-7 (20) (Andre Browne 33, Paul Wintz 31, Darron Cruikshank 2-35). Q Park won by 95 runs.

AT ST MARY’S: Ceramic Merry Boys Sports 146-5 (20) (Alcindo Holder 99 not out, Aneil Kanhai 21, Harry Baldeo 2-16) v Bamboo Sports 56 all out (16) (Ken Hazel 6-10, Aneil Kanhai 2-14). M Boys won by 90 runs.

AT CUNUPIA: Munroe Road Sports 146-8 (20) (Kapil Harry 43, Jairaj Dilraj 24, Ameer Khan 2-32) v Police Sports Club 120-8 (20) (Lance Lezama 28, Darry Balgobin 2-23, Kevin John 2-23). M Road won by 26 runs.