BARBADOS,  (CMC) – New West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) president Dave Cameron has praised Windward Islands for becoming new champions of Super50 Cricket in the region and says their victory in Sunday’s final was “richly deserved”.

Skipper Liam Sebastien lifted the Clive Lloyd Trophy after his team easily defeated Combined Campuses and Colleges (CCC) by nine wickets via the Duckworth/Lewis Method in Sunday’s final at Kensington Oval.
“This is a richly deserved victory – the result of the hard work of many committed persons across the sub-region. Special congratulations to Liam, his team and support staff for what was an impressive all-round performance throughout the tournament and on the Final night,” said Cameron.
“I also want to offer congratulations to everyone in Windward Islands cricket, including Emmanuel Nanthan, who as president of the Windward Island Cricket Board of Control put the framework in place for the team’s success.”
The victory in the rain-affected final brought an end to a 13-year title drought by the Windwards.
Their last tournament victory was also in the regional one-day format under the captaincy of all-rounder Rawl Lewis.
“Windward Islands cricket has been showing signs of improvement over the years and this team played an impressive brand of cricket throughout the entire competition, climaxing with this wonderful win,” said Cameron.
“It is good to see the way this group of players was able to come together and do something special and write their names in the history books of Windwards and West Indies cricket.”
Windwards cricketers also took most of the awards in the tournament.
Opener Devon Smith scored 348 runs to win the Sir Vivian Richards awards for the leading batsman and took seven catches to win the Gus Logie award for the best fielder.
Off-spinner Shane Shillingford finished  the tournament with 17 wickets to capture the Curtly Ambrose Award for the most wickets.
“They stood-out by the way they played – the camaraderie, the cohesion, and the determination – and also by the manner in which they carried themselves on and off the field,” the WICB president said.
“Everyone chipped in when required and they certainly played as a unit and are worthy winners of the Clive Lloyd Trophy.”