THE Bravo brothers, Dwayne and Darren, fashioned pivotal performances and vaulted team-of-the-moment Trinidad and Tobago to a massive 90-run victory over Jamaica in their first-round WICB President’s Cup limited-overs match yesterday.

In a match reduced – because of a rain delay – to 44 overs per side, Trinidad and Tobago scored 201 for nine and Jamaica replied with 111 for nine off their 44 overs at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence.

Seemingly unfazed by lengthy travels and little recovery time, coming from the Asian continent where they played superbly to finish runners-up at the Champions League Twenty20 in India, T&T tormented the Jamaicans with a stiff bowling performance after young Darren Bravo had steered the defending champions to their winning total.

Opening batsman Brenton Parchment top-scored with a dour 23 in Jamaica’s failed run-chase with medium pacer Dwayne Bravo and left-arm spinner Dave Mohammed ripping through their batting line-up with three wickets apiece.

Danza Hyatt (16), Andrew Richardson (14 not out), and Brendan Nash (12) were the only other Jamaicans getting to double figures and there was never a chance getting to the 202 target.

Bravo sent the Jamaicans reeling at 50 for four after he sent back Hyatt, Xavier Marshall (5) and Wavell Hinds (1) while Mohammed bowled Nash to inflict irreparable damage to the Jamaica batting.

Mohammed went on to snare three for 25 off his nine overs and Bravo picked up three for 30 off his nine overs.

Sharing the new ball with Ravi Rampaul, leg-spinner and man-of-the-match Samuel Badree went wicket-less but his economical returns – conceding just nine runs off nine overs with four maidens – proved vital for T&T.

Medium pacer Kieron Pollard, with two for nine off five overs, and off-spinner Sherwin Ganga, one for 13 off four, also made useful contributions for T&T.

Earlier, Darren Bravo top-scored with 43 and was the only significant scorer for T&T, who lost their first wicket when promising opener Adrian Barath (18) fell to pacer Daren Powell at 21 for one.

Young Barath attempted to drive a delivery leaving him outside the off stump and edged to wicketkeeper Carlton Baugh, deputising as Jamaica’s captain after Chris Gayle withdrew — along with pacer Jerome Taylor — because of illness.

It became 56 for two when Lendl Simmons (11) played back to a delivery from Nikita Miller that spun across him and bowled him, off stump.

Medium pacer David Bernard and leg-spinner Odean Brown then combined for a three-wicket burst that left T&T under pressure on 107 for five.

Brown dislodged the dangerous all-rounder Dwayne Bravo, caught behind for nine and Bernard removed captain Daren Ganga (19) and Darren Bravo.

The left-handed Darren stroked five boundaries in a 61-ball innings before falling seven short of a half-century, bowled off the inside edge.

Denesh Ramdin (25), Badree (22) and Kieron Pollard (17) hustled late in the innings to get T&T past the 200 mark.

Miller picked up two for 28 off his nine overs, while Bernard (2-29) and Brown (2-39) equally shared four wickets.

When the competition continues tomorrow, T&T will tackle Windward and Jamaica face CCC in the Zone A matches while in Zone B, Barbados play Guyana and the Leeward Islands face West Indies Under-19. (CMC)