Kieron Pollard found some much needed form yesterday, scoring an unbeaten 44 and grabbing two wickets to help Queen's Park defeat Bamboo by eight wickets in round one of the T&T Cricket Board T20 tournament at the Queen's Park Oval in Port-of-Spain.
Pollard recently returned to action after suffering a knee injury.
The all-rounder has been included in the 13-man national squad to face the Combined Colleges and Campuses (CCC) in the regional four-day tournament, which bowls off tomorrow at the Oval.
Pollard took 2/15 in three overs to help limit Bamboo to 115/6. Krishna Arjune was Bamboo's top batsman, slamming 51 off 59 balls, while medium pacer Kevon Cooper also took two wickets (2/12).
In reply, right-handed Pollard struck three fours and three sixes in his 30-ball knock to take the Parkites to 119/2 in 17.3 overs.
Captain Justin Guillen contributed 34 and national batsman Jonathan Augustus made 19 not out.
Spin bowler Yannic Cariah snatched 2/17 for Bamboo.
SCORES
At Queen's Park Oval: Bamboo 115/6 (Krishna Arjune 51, Kevon Cooper 2/12, Kieron Pollard 2/15) v Queen's Park 119/2 (17.3 overs) (Pollard 44 no, Justin Guillen 34, Jonathan Augustus 19 no, Yannic Cariah 2/17) QPCC won by eight wickets
At Honeymoon Park: Moosai 97/8 (Jed Yearwood 33, Javon Searles 3/16, Atiba Alert 3/12) v Merry Boys 98/5 (16 overs) (Amir Jangoo 45 no) Merry Boys won by five wickets
At Munroe Road: Munroe 163/5 (Mahendra Nagamootoo 37, Derwin Christian 36, Imran Khan 2/35) v Alescon Comets 138/7 (Richard Kelly 30, Stephen Wharwood 29, Nishal Gayadeen 2/25) Munroe won by 25 runs
At Preysal: Preysal 78 (17.3 overs) (Uthman Mohammed 16, Videsh Sookhai 16, Jason Mohammed 3/16) v Powergen 83/1 (12.5 overs) ( Sherwin Ganga 56 no, Rajindra Chandrika 24 no) Powergen won by nine wickets
At Esmeralda: Esmeralda 190/9 (Trevon Griffith 60, Anthony D'Andrade 53, Kenton Thompson 3/28, Darrel Williams 2/27) v Tableland 192/3 (Steven Taylor 86, William Perkins 60, Griffith 2/33) Tableland won by seven wickets
At Wilson Road: Clarke Road 220/7 (Adrian Ali 60, Ryan Ramdass 53, Anderson Phillip 2/29, Mark Deyal 2/24) v Caldrac 214/7 (Sharmarh Brooks 74, Royston Crandon 51, Yannick Ottley 4/45) Clarke Road won by six runs