Super 50 Finale Guyana vs T&T: Two best teams at group stage square-up each other for bragging rights in West Indies cricket

After 21 days and 18 matches, the premium domestic List-A competition of the West Indies, the Super 50 has finally arrived at its final juncture with the two best teams competing against each other for the final glory. Kieron Pollard led Trinidad and Tobago Red Steel are up against Leon Johnson’s Guyana Jaguars at the Coolidge Cricket Ground in Antigua for one last time. While the Jaguars have lost once in the tournament, T&T has remained unbeaten. It has not only remained unbeaten but way ahead of the rest of the teams in terms of the way they have dominated every game. 

T&T's incredible journey

The Trinidad and Tobago team started with a fine victory against Jamaica as they chased down 259 with 10 overs remaining. From there on, they never looked back. They beat the Windward Islands by five wickets in their second game. The only game where they were put in a spot of bother was against Barbados Pride. They lost their top five wickets at 158 while chasing 254 and Jason Mohammad was left with Sunil Narine to steer the ship home and he did by scoring a brilliant hundred. 

Post that match, they once again got back to their very best, beating Leewards Islands Hurricanes by nine wickets and dismissing Guyana for 187 and then chasing it down in 40 overs, winning the game by six wickets. 

In the semi-finals. It was a repeat of the first game as Jamaica made a 250ish total and Red Steel chased it down in 42 overs with six wickets in hand. 

Guyana Jaguars journey

The Jaguars started the tournament in a bit shaky manner, getting all out for 235 in 42 overs in their first game against Barbados Pride. However, some tight bowling and rain helped them bag the win by 56 runs with the Duckworth Lewis and Stern method. Post that game, there was no problem for Jaguars as they defeated the Leeward Islands Hurricanes by five wickets and Jamaica by a huge margin of 109 runs before going down to T&T. 

Moving on from that defeat, Jaguars beat Windward Islands Volcanoes twice, once in their last league game and once in the Semi-Finals to make it to the finals. 

Players to watch out 

Jason Mohammed

Leading run-scorer in the tournament so far, Mohammed, 34 is the key batsman of the Trinidad and Tobago Red Steel. In six innings, the Trinidad born has scored 326 runs at a terrific average of 54.33. He has to his credit one century and one-half century and could be the dangerman for Guyana. 

Gudakesh Motie

In the first-class circuit for the past five years, the left-arm orthodox from Georgetown, Guyana has come to his own in this tournament. The Guyanese has so far picked up 16 wickets in six innings with 4/45 being his best. He ha picked up three four-wicket hauls so far. He is going to be the trump card for the Jaguars. 

Shimron Hetmyer

The West Indies middle-order mainstay, Hetmyer knows only one way to play and that is ‘see the ball hit the ball’. He did just that in this tournament hitting two fifties and one hundred, while in the remaining three innings, he struggled to even get past the double figures. With 280 runs in six innings, Hetymyer is the third-highest run-getter in the tournament so far. For Guyana to have any chance of turning the game in their favour, Hetmyer must get going. 

Evin Lewis

The other West Indian who has found form in this tournament is Evin Lewis. The left-hander has so far hit a century and a half-century and has the ability to take the game away from the opposition. In the tournament so far, he has hit 261 runs, although his form in the last few innings hasn’t been good. But a batter of the ability of Lewis is always a danger for the opposition. 

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