BARBADOS retained the Malcolm Marshall Memorial Trophy after they defeated their host Trinidad by seven wickets in a rain affected limited overs yesterday.
It was the second and final one-day 40-over match between the Barbados and Trinidad National Under-13 teams and was once again played at the Sir Frank Worrell Development Centre in Couva, Trinidad.
Unlike the first match, the Trinidadians won the toss and they decided to take first knock.
The game was set originally for a 40 over a side game but due to a heavy downpour the game was reduced to 25 overs.
The Barbados team made four changes from the winning side which saw Shakeel Turney, Lamar Pierce, Tremaine Harris and Hasani Newton come into the side.
Once again the outfield was rather heavy due to persistent rain over the last two weeks, however when the game got started the Trinidadians always found the going very tough due to some accurate and penetrative bowling and on some occasions excellent fielding.
The T&T team were restricted to 92/9 in their 25 overs, as their middle order batsman Chris Vialva topscored with 24 and Jason Jooli contributed 11.
Barbados offspinner Hasani Newton who came on at the dying moments of the innings, took three wickets for 11 runs off three overs. However the earlier work was done by opening medium passer Dominique Drakes who finished with 2/12 from six miserly overs.
Najee Holder who was troubled with bowling too many wides finished with 1/30.
In reply, the Bajans had a bad start, losing captain Lee Gaskin for just one run but Akeel Greenidge who was promoted to open the innings, topscored with a patient 45 not out. Vice Captain Deswin Currency contributed 13 and Lamar Pierce got 14.
The Bajans reached their target 93/3 off 23 overs, to win by seven wickets.
Today they will once again face the hosts at the start of the three-day test to be played at the same venue.(The Advocate)
