Pow­er­Gen crick­et club con­tin­ues to be the top crick­et club in T&T and un­der­lined that sta­tus on Sun­day night, when they won the in­au­gur­al To­ba­go In­vi­ta­tion­al T20 crick­et ti­tle at the Dwight Yorke Sta­di­um. Open­er Nicholas Sookdeosingh was again the star of the show, as he ham­mered an un­beat­en 69 to take Pow­er­Gen to a nine-wick­et vic­to­ry over To­ba­go West. Bat­ting first To­ba­go West had com­piled a com­pet­i­tive 140 for sev­en off their 20 overs. Lead­ing the way was Ler­ron Leza­ma with 32 and Chris­t­ian Adam with 40. Bowl­ing for Pow­er­Gen bowler of the tour­na­ment Varoun Sama­roo took 4/14 and Akiel Coop­er 2/23. Pow­er­Gen then romped to vic­to­ry at 146 for one off 14.1 overs.

Sookdeosingh who scored an un­beat­en 57 in the semi­fi­nals, came to the par­ty again and smashed an un­beat­en 69 off 42 balls with sev­en fours and three six­es. He was ably sup­port­ed by Ja­son Mo­hammed with an un­beat­en 30 and Evin Lewis 33. Ear­li­er, an­oth­er Trinidad club was on win­ning row as Wan­der­ers de­feat­ed To­ba­go East by a whop­ping 147 runs. Tak­ing first strike, Wan­der­ers tal­lied 217 for four off 20 overs with West In­dies play­er Runako Mor­ton light­ing up the place with a glo­ri­ous 79. His in­nings in­clud­ed sev­en six­es and three fours and oc­cu­pied on­ly 34 balls. Im­ran Khan got 52 and Mark Dyal the son of for­mer na­tion­al open­er De­onar­ine Dyal, scored 41. In re­ply, To­ba­go East made 70 all out with Richard Mur­ray get­ting 24. Zard Clarke grabbed 3/20.

Scores

Fi­nals

To­ba­go West 140/7 (20 overs) (Ler­ron Leza­ma 32, Chris­t­ian Adams 40, Akeil Coop­er 2/23, Varoun Sama­roo 4/14) vs Pow­er­Gen 146/1 (14.1 overs) (Nicholas Sookdeosingh 69no, Ja­son Mo­hammed 30, Evin Lewis 33)

�2 Pow­er­Gen won by 9 wk­ts.

Third place play-off

Wan­der­ers 217/4 (20) (R Mor­ton 79, Mark Dyal 41, Im­ran Khan 52) vs To­ba­go East 70 (13.5) (Richard Mur­ray 24, Zard Clarke 3/20, Shaz­am Bab­wah 2/22, Omesh Ra­moutar 3/11, Javed Ramd­hanie 2/10)

�2 Wan­der­ers won by 147 runs.