Yan­nick Ot­t­ley put in a fine all round per­for­mance as the first na­tion­al tri­al match to se­lect the T&T T20 team end­ed in a tie at the Cal­drac crick­et ground in Cal­i­for­nia yes­ter­day. Ot­t­ley, the for­mer West In­dies un­der-19 play­er, slammed an un­beat­en 50 in Rayad Em­rit's XI score of 147 for five off 20 overs. He then grabbed two wick­ets, as the Samuel Badree XI replied with 147 all out off 20 overs. Win­ning the toss and bat­ting first Em­rit's team got use­ful con­tri­bu­tions from Ot­t­ley who got his runs from 28 balls with three fours and four six­es. Fel­low all rounder Sher­win Gan­ga was al­so in good touch, as he count­ed an un­beat­en 34 off 19 balls with four fours and a six.

The two added an un­bro­ken 75 runs for the sixth wick­et off 6.2 overs. The pick of the bowlers for Badree's team was the skip­per him­self with 2/19 and Teshawn Cas­tro 2/28. In re­ply, Badree's team lost wick­ets reg­u­lar­ly and this af­fect­ed their chances of over­haul­ing the tar­get. Badree played a big hand in the game end­ing in a tie, as he ham­mered an un­beat­en 24 off 14 balls with three six­es. Open­ers William Perkins 29 off 17 balls with three six­es and Evin Lewis 26 off 12 balls with three six­es al­so, took a lik­ing to the op­po­si­tion bowlers. Ot­t­ley took 2/28, while Mervyn Dil­lon con­tin­ues to stake a claim for a re­call with 2/25. Man­ag­er of the team Omar Khan said they de­cid­ed against a one-over elim­i­na­tor be­cause it was a tri­al match and win­ning was not an is­sue. The sec­ond match will be played to­day at the Na­tion­al Crick­et Cen­tre (NCC) in Bal­main, Cou­va, start­ing at 1.30 pm.