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Summary Defending champions Trinidad & Tobago surged into final of Caribbean Twenty20 cricket competition.
Trinidad & Tobago will meet Jamaica in the final, after it earlier eased past the Windward Islands by five wickets.The Trinidadian bowlers limited Barbados to 90 all out off 19.5 overs with spinners Sunil Narine (2-10) and Samuel Badree (2-11) stifling the hosts with two wickets apiece. West Indies all-rounder Dwayne Bravo took 3-23.Kieron Pollard hit an unbeaten 31 and shared an unbroken sixth wicket stand of 48 with Jason Mohammed (11 not out) to see Trinidad & Tobago progress to Sundays final.Narine collected the key scalp of Dwayne Smith, who chipped to midwicket and Badree removed captain Kirk Edwards and Kevin Stoute to reduce Barbados to 27-3.The innings never recovered despite Shane Dowrichs topscore of 22.Barbados bowlers hit back strongly and reduced the visitors to 45-5, with Ryan Hinds and Fidel Edwards claiming two wickets apiece to fire up a huge crowd of 10,000.Hinds (2-32) removed West Indies stars Adrian Barath and Dwayne Bravo and Edwards (2-21) claimed fellow internationals Lendl Simmons and Darren Bravo.Pollard, lucky to survive a return chance to Sulieman Benn when he was two, steadied the Trinidad & Tobago innings with Mohammed.Earlier, leg-spinner Odean Brown and left-arm seamers Sheldon Cotterell and Krishmar Santokie each claimed two wickets to restrict the previously unbeaten Windward Islands to 98-8 off 20 overs.Wicketkeeper Lindon James topscored with 37 not out and opener Johnson Charles compiled 29.Jamaicas chase was not particularly fluent but captain David Bernard (22), Nkrumah Bonner (19) and Marlon Samuels (16) ensured their sides advance.Summarized scores:Semi-final 1: Jamaica beat Windward Islands by five wickets.Windward Islands 98-8 off 20 overs (Lindon James 37, Johnson Charles 29; Odean Brown 2-15, Sheldon Cotterell 2-20, Krishmar Santokie 2-23).Jamaica 99-5 off 18 overs (David Bernard 22, Nkrumah Bonner 19, Marlon Samuels 16).Semi-final 2: Trinidad & Tobago beat Barbados by five wickets.Barbados 90 all out off 19.5 overs (Shane Dowrich 22; Dwayne Bravo 3-23, Sunil Narine 2-10, Samuel Badree 2-11, Kevon Cooper 2-18).Trinidad & Tobago 93-5 off 14 overs (Kieron Pollard 31 not out, Darren Bravo 19; Fidel Edwards 2-21, Ryan Hinds 2-32).
