Trinidad and Tobago Legions copped the inaugural Cricket West Indies Breakout League T20 title after defeating Leeward Islands Thunder by 17 runs, in an entertaining final at Brian Lara Cricket Academy in Tarouba on May 10.

Sent in to bat, Legions posted a challenging total of 181/5 after 20 overs after losing their way in the middle overs. The hosts were in the driver seat at 82 for one in the tenth over, before slipping to 83 for four. However, enterprising knocks from opener Kamil Pooran (73 off 44 balls) and captain Joshua Da Silva (40 not out off 31) revived the innings.

In reply, Leewards gave the hosts an early scare in their chase, but were restricted to 164/9 as the Legions put the clamps on their batsmen.

Legions coach Rayad Emrit said the team fell about 20 runs short of their target, but he was very confident that anything over 175 could have been defended/

He said the flurry of wickets derailed them slightly, but at the halfway stage of their innings, they knew one good partnership would...

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Author: Jonathan Ramnanansingh