Cricket: Guyana beats Barbados in Twenty20 final in POS

Jonathan Foo played the innings of a lifetime to trump memorable bowling from Ashley Nurse, as Guyana were crowned inaugural champions of the Caribbean Twenty20 Championship, following a one-wicket victory over Guyana in the Grand Final on Saturday.

Foo struck four fours and three sixes in an unbeaten 42 from 17 balls that earned him the Man-of-the-Match award, as Guyana, in pursuit of 135 from their allocation of 20 overs, overcame Nurse’s five wickets for 35 runs in his allotted four overs to hit the jackpot with one ball remaining.

Davendra Bishoo, later adjudged the tournament’s Most Valuable Player, struck the winning runs, when he drove Javon Searles through extra cover.

The ball ricocheted from the hand of diving fielder Larry Babb, and Sulieman Benn gave chase from cover, somehow managed to misfiled, allowing Bishoo and Foo to come back for the second run to seal the victory.

The result meant that Guyana have won a regional Twenty20 championship for the second time, following their capture of the 2006 Stanford T20 Cup, and most importantly, they will represent West Indies at the Champions League T20 in September in South Africa.
(CMC)