Da Silva fifty helps Pink Pressure tame Volcanoes
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Da Silva fifty helps Pink Pressure tame Volcanoes

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Reigning champions Trinidad and Tobago Pink Pressure rapidly bounced again from defeat with a dominant seven-wicket victory over Windward Islands Volcanoes.

Chasing solely 190 at Queen’s Park Oval in Trinidad Saturday, they made gentle work of the goal, overhauling it in 43 overs with Check wicketkeeper Joshua Da Silva top-scoring with 66.

Captain Nicholas Pooran (36 not out), opener Kjorn Ottley (36) and left-hander Darren Bravo (27 not out) all featured to see Pink Pressure to their second win, following their setback to Guyana Harpy Eagles earlier within the week.

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Selecting to bat first within the Zone A encounter, the beforehand unbeaten Volcanoes stuttered and stumbled to 189 all out off 47 overs, Kavem Hodge (39), Tevyn Walcott (36) and Preston McSween (22) the one gamers to go 20.

Leg-spinner Yannic Cariah led Pink Pressure’s assault with three for 34 whereas Check quick bowler Shannon Gabriel (2-36) and fellow pacer Terrance Hinds (2-39) supplied help.

After centuries in his final two innings, left-hander Alick Athanaze lastly tasted failure when he skied left-arm spinner Akeal Hosein to Ottley at mid-wicket within the third over, his associate Johnson Charles following for 16 within the eighth over, to depart Volcanoes on 21 for 2.

Hodge, who confronted 71 balls and struck 4 fours, then tried to stabilize the innings in two partnerships – including 35 for the third wicket with Sunil Ambris (13) and 34 for the fifth wicket with Justin Greaves (19) – however Volcanoes nonetheless discovered themselves tottering on 143 for eight within the thirty eighth.

McSween then belted three fours in a run-a-ball knock to assist squeeze out valuable runs on the finish in two small partnerships.

Da Silva, in his final innings earlier than departing for the Check tour of Australia, discovered his contact as he struck half-dozen fours and a six off 88 balls in posting 69 for the primary wicket with Ottley, 29 for the second with Jason Mohammed (20) and an extra 43 for the third with Bravo.

He ultimately departed on the finish of the thirty third over, skying off-spinner Athanaze to cowl level, however Pooran noticed Pink Pressure house in an unbroken 54-run, fourth-wicket stand with Bravo, lashing 4 and three sixes off simply 31 balls.

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