Kyle Mayers played a superb captain’s knock to help Barbados Pride win the regional Super50 title in a one-sided final on Saturday night.
The left-hander made 89 not out off 79 balls with seven massive sixes — a performance which knock the stuffing out of the home town bowlers. It piloted Barbados to 169-1 off 29.3 overs in reply to Trinidad’s 168 all out at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy.
Mayers added 122 for the first wicket with Leniko Boucher who scored a run-a-ball 50 with nine boundaries and a six.
Earlier the bowlers did a demolition job — left-arm spinner Joshua Da Silva had 4-29 and left-arm seamer Dominic Drakes bagged 4-34 including a magnificent one-handed fought and bowl.
The Barbados team won the top purse of US$100,000 (BDS$200,000) and also dedicated the title to their fellow Barbadians as a tribute to the country’s 59th anniversary of independence. (PS)
