PowerGen advance to T20 Festival semis

PowerGen amassed 167 for six in their allotted 20 overs and restricted Victoria SC to 98 for eight in their quota.

Fletcher, who opened the batting, lost his fellow West Indian opener Evin Lewis (3 runs off 10 balls) and TT ’s newcomer Ewart Nicholson (8 off 6 balls) at 13 and 38 respectively. But he soon received solid support from West Indies middle-order batsman Jason Mohammed and his fellow Windwards Hurricanes partner Delorn Johnson to help post a decent total. Mohammed made 27 off 24 deliveries and shared a 47-run third wicket partnership while Johnson rattled up 24 that included three huge sixes off thirteen balls.

Johnson and Fletcher added a vital 60 runs for the fourth wicket while Mark Deyal remained undefeated on 14 when the innings closed at 167 for 6 in 20 overs.

Fletcher smashed four sixes and an equal number of fours during his 55-ball innings that earned him the “Man of the Match” award.

In reply, Victoria Sports’ batsmen found it very difficult to dominate the PowerGen bowlers who maintained great consistency to stifle attacking strokeplay.

Left-arm spinner Kavesh Kantasingh was frugal and finished with one wickets for seven runs from three overs while Ancil Bhaggan had one for 10. Akeil Cooper (1/20), R. John (1/9) and Mark Deyal (2/23) kept up the pressure throughout and did not allow the Victoria players to score freely. PowerGen will clash with Central Sports in the second semi-final carded for the same venue on Thursday from 7 pm while MerryBoys will do battle with Clarke Road in the first semi-final at 3 pm.