Darren Bravo’s half-century went in useless as reigning champions Trinidad and Tobago Pink Power slipped to a slender three-run defeat to Guyana Harpy Eagles within the Super50 Cup late Wednesday evening.
Chasing 270 for victory on the Brian Lara Stadium, Pink Power didn’t get the 11 runs required from the ultimate over despatched down by seamer Clinton Pestano, to style defeat for the primary time in Zone A.
The left-handed Bravo top-scored with 71 at quantity 4, opener Kjorn Ottley acquired 49 whereas Yannic Cariah chipped in with 30 down the order, but it surely was Sunil Narine’s 17-ball unbeaten 30 which almost acquired Pink Power over the road.
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Narine, who notched 4 fours and a six, stole a single off the primary supply of the ultimate over earlier than scampering two byes off the second with Akeal Hosein, who then pinched a leg bye off the third.
With seven runs required from the final three deliveries, Narine punched a pair to deep cowl, refused a single off the fifth, however might solely scrape a single off the ultimate supply.
Despatched in, Harpy Eagles posted 269 for 9 from their 50 overs however wanted an excellent unbeaten 74 from all-rounder Romario Shepherd at quantity eight to rise up to their complete.
Sherfane Rutherford slammed 49 from 64 balls, opener Anthony Bramble punched 42 from 37 balls, and Tevin Imlach, 32 from 67 deliveries, however Harpy Eagles had been undermined by veteran quick bowler Shannon Gabriel (4-42) and off-spinner Narine (3-17) and slumped to 210 for 9 on the finish of the forty fourth.
Nevertheless, Man-of-the-Match Shepherd blasted 5 fours and half-dozen sixes in a 46-ball cameo, including 68 from 36 deliveries for the ultimate wicket with Veerasammy Permaul (4).
Bramble, who struck 5 fours and a six, placed on 69 for the primary wicket with Tagenarine Chanderpaul (25) earlier than Narine and Gabriel mixed to ship 4 wickets tumbling for 17 runs off 37 deliveries.
At 86 for 4 within the sixteenth over, Harpy Eagles discovered solace in an 83-run, fifth-wicket stand between Rutherford and Imlach earlier than one other slide noticed 5 wickets slide for 32 runs.
In reply, Pink Power additionally had a stable begin, Ottley hitting seven fours in a 79-run opening stand with Joshua Da Silva (28) earlier than each perished in successive overs with no runs added.
Darren Bravo arrived to carry the run chase collectively, placing on 47 for the third wicket with Jason Mohammed (24), 44 for the fourth with captain Nicholas Pooran (23), 56 for the fifth with Cariah and 24 for the sixth with Narine.
The turning level got here when Bravo holed out to lengthy on off Pestano on the finish of the forty eighth over.
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