NORTH SOUND, Antigua CMC – Jamaica followed up a steady half-century from Nkrumah Bonner with purposeful bowling to sweep to a 50-run victory over Sussex in the Caribbean Twenty20 tournament yesterday. Leg-spinner Odean Brown led the bowling with three wickets for 17 runs from four overs, as the Sharks failed to successfully chase 153 for victory in their rain-affected, top-of-the-table Group-B match at the Vivian Richards Cricket Ground.
Part-time off-spinner Marlon Samuels supported with two for 15 from four overs, while left-arm spinner Nikita Miller and left-arm medium-fast bowler Krishmar Santokie both ended with two for 23 from four overs, as the Jamaicans took charge after a 45-run, second-wicket stand between Sussex top scorers Chris Nash and Joe Gatting.
Jamaica collected the last nine Sussex wickets for 53 runs from 66 balls, including Nash for the top score of 26 and Gatting for 20, formalising the result when Santokie held a catch at fine leg to dismiss tail-ender Chris Liddle for 16 off Samuels with four balls remaining.
It was the second win for the Jamaicans in the competition earning them four points and moving them to eight in total as Sussex with the loss remain on four points.
Bonner, a recent graduate of the West Indies High Performance Centre, batted through the innings to give Jamaica the platform for the victory with an unbeaten 66, anchoring the regional double-crown champions to a competitive 152 for five from their allocation of 20 overs.
Bonner smote seven fours and one six from 57 balls, sharing 51 for the first wicket with fellow opener Kennar Lewis, and valuable late stands with Carlton Baugh Jr and Andre Russell.
Lewis made 23, Baugh added 20 in a stand of 40 for the fourth wicket, and Russell got 24 in a fifth-wicket partnership of 30.
SCORECARD
JAMAICA innings
N. Bonner not out 66
K. Lewis c Khan b Yardy 23
M. Samuels c wkp. Brown b Beer 0
D. Hyatt run-out 0
C. Baugh c Wernars b Gatting 20
A. Russell c Hodd b Naved Arif 24
S. Findlay not out 5
Extras: (lb-3, w-4, nb-1) 8
Total: (for 5 wickets, off 20 overs) 152
Fall of wickets: 1-51, 2-53, 3-68, 4-108, 5-138
Bowling: Naved Arif 4-0-30-1, Khan 4-0-36-0, Liddle 2-0-19-0, Yardy 4-0-24-1, Beer 4-0-13-1, Gatting 1-0-12-1, Nash 1-0-15-0.
SUSSEX innings
C. Nash b Nash 26
M. Machan run-out 0
J. Gatting c Hyatt b Brown 20
K. Wernars stp. Baugh b Brown 1
B. Brown c & b Samuels 8
M. Yardy b Miller 3
A. Hodd stp. Baugh b Miller 0
N. Arif stp. Baugh b Santokie 3
W. Beer c Samuels b Santokie 1
A. Khan not out 8
C. Liddle c Santokie b Samuels 16
Extras: (b-4, lb-2, w-9, nb-1) 16
Total: (all out off 19.2 overs) 102
Fall of wickets: 1-4, 2-49, 3-51, 4-58, 5-67, 6-67, 7-69, 8-71, 9-73.
Bowling: Santokie 4-0-23-2, Miller 4-0-23-2, Brown 4-0-17-3, Russell 4-0-18-0, Samuels 3.2-0-15-2.
Result: Jamaica won by 50 runs (4 balls remaining)
Points: Jamaica 4, Sussex 0
Toss: Jamaica
Man-of-the-Match: N. Bonner (Jamaica)
