Dreadnoughts advance to Championship T20 final

Dr e a d n o u g ht s compiled 121 for six in their allotted 20 overs and later restricted Munroe Road to 119 for nine to book their spot in last night’s final against Barrackpore United.

“Ma n - o f - t h e - Match” Junior Gibbs (24 not out) and Akiel Timothy (22 not out) featured in an unbroken 45-run seventh wicket partnership for Dreadnoughts that carried their team across the line. Devon Nelson (22) and David Pattia (23) had previously shared a 32-run second wicket stand and were the other main scorers for Dreadnoughts.

Nashwon Lutchman (four for 19), Teshawn Castro (one for 32) and Emilo Gopaul (one for 14) shared the wickets for Munroe Road whose batsmen later struggled to overhaul the total.

Akeem Alvarez (20), E. Veledium (16) and Derwin Christian (14) contributed to Munroe Road’s total which fell just short.

M. Richards (three for 24), Timothy (two for 18), Junior Gibbs (one for 20), Ashmeer Mohammed (one for 29) and B. Delarosa (one for 25) did the job for Dreadnoughts with the ball.

Barrackpore United had defeated Blended Sports Club in the other semi-final earlier on Monday.