… Four wickets apiece for Narine and Rampaul
SHAWPARK, Tobago (CMC) – Captain Dwayne Bravo and former captain Denesh Ramdin choreographed a middle-innings revival to complement destructive bowling from Ravi Rampaul and Sunil Narine as Trinidad and Tobago rebounded with a vengeance to crush Leeward Islands by five wickets in the NAGICO Super50 match at Shaw Park here yesterday.Bravo and Ramdin staged a 65-run fourth-wicket stand to swing the homeside back on course after slumping to 75 for four, chasing a winning target of 141 set by the Leewards.
Narine grabbed four wickets for 17 runs and Rampaul four for 20 to bowl out the Leewards for 140 after they had won the toss and elected to bat.
Trinidad, desperate for their first victory since losing by 28 runs to Barbados in their opening game, suffered an early setback, losing opener Adrian Barath in the first over.
Lendl Simmons attempted to steady the slide scoring 25 while three wickets fell before 100 runs came up as Leewards tried to pile on the pressure.
But the Trinidadians recovered when Bravo hit three sixes and four fours in a top score of 42 from 37 balls, Ramdin was unbeaten on 22 while Dwayne’s brother Darren contributed a similar score.
Gavin Tonge topped the Leewards bowling with three for 38 as his side crumbled to their second straight loss.
Earlier, Rampaul removed the openers and Narine, who was named man-of-the-match, carved through the middle order severely restricting the Leewards’ run flow.
The visitors were in trouble at 46 for four before a 67-run partnership for the 5th wicket between Devon Thomas and Jahmar Hamilton added some respectability to the total.
Thomas hit two sixes in a top score of 42 while Hamilton chipped in with 39.

LEEWARD ISLANDS innings
K. Powell c Emrit b Rampaul 8
M. Hodge c Simmons b Rampaul 15
M. Richards lbw b Narine 10
S. Joseph c Simmons b Emrit 4
D. Thomas c Simmons b Ottley 42
J. Hamilton lbw b Narine 39
R. Cornwall lbw b Narine 14
J. Athanaze c DJ Bravo b Narine 0
G. Tonge c DM Bravo b Rampaul 4
A. Martin b Rampaul 0
Q. Boatswain not out 0
Extras: w-4) 4
Total: (all out) 140
Fall of wickets 1-20, 2-30, 3-35, 4-46, 5-113 6-130, 7-130, 8-139, 9-140.
Bowling: Bravo 4-0-19-0, Rampaul 9-3-20-4, Emrit 7-0-19-1, Narine 9.2-3-17-4, Khan 5-0-24-0, Simmons 3-0-11-0, Ottley 6-0-30-1.
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO innings
A. Barath c Thomas b Tonge 0
E. Lewis lbw b Tonge 11
L. Simmons c Richards b Athanaze 25
D. Bravo c Cornwall b Athanaze 22
DJ Bravo c Thomas b Tonge 42
D. Ramdin not out 22
K. Ottley not out 5
Extras: (lb-2, w-16) 18
Total: (5 wickets) 145
Fall of wickets: 1-0, 2-25, 3-66, 4-75, 5-140.
Bowling: Tonge 8-2-38-3, Boatswain 6.1-1-35-0, Martin 5-0-23-0, Althanaze 6-1-30-2, Cornwall 2-0-17-0.
Points Trinidad & Tobago 5, Leeward Islands 0