Hurricane left-handed batsman Evin Lewis slammed a century to take the T&T Red Force to four-wicket win over the Windwards Volcanoes in their CWI Regional Super50 clash in Barbados yesterday.
After Sunil Narine continued his magical bowling to rout the Windwards for 222, the PowerGen batsman Lewis smashed the Volcanoes bowling to all parts of the grounds to record an easy victory for his side. Narine with four for 25 undermined the Volcanoes batting, despite a valuable 68 from the run machine Devon Smith.
When Red Force took to the crease, Lewis and Tion Webster took the attack immediately to Volcanoes and added a rapid 79 runs in just 11 overs. The white ball was flying all over the place and the Volcanoes bowlers were found wanting. Webster was dismissed by Shane Shillingford for 24 off 27 balls with two fours. The left handed Amir Jangoo joined Lewis and enjoyed the best seat in the house, as Lewis walloped the opposition.
Lewis was brutal hammering an even 100 off 93 balls, that included 10 fours and three sixes. He forged a match winning partnership of 85 runs with Jangoo, who had a measured hand of 41 off 69 balls with two fours.
Larry Edward brought the Volcanoes back into the game with four wickets including those of Lewis and Jangoo but the experienced Jason Mohammed with an unbeaten 39 took them home.
Earlier, Devon Smith continued to plunder runs as he got his team off to a great start. The left-hander who scored over 1000 runs in the just concluded PCL, was in fine form and together with Johnson Charles, were able to put together a first innings partnership of 65 runs. Charles perished for 29 but Smith then found another able ally in Andre Fletcher. The two Grenadians took the score past the 100-run mark, as they made batting look easy.
Enter Narine and everything was turned upside down. The Arima twirler was able to send back Fletcher for 31 to end a promising association. The right hander made 31 off 41 balls with two fours and two sixes. Another seasoned batsman was next up in the form of Barbadian Kirk Edwards and saw Smith raise his half century. The two added 50 runs for the third wicket before Roshon Primus accounted for Edwards for 31. He faced just 25 balls hitting one clean over the ropes and three rolling over it. It was this point a collapse ensued and the Windwards lost main man Smith. The pint sized Smith made 68 off 112 balls with three fours. He was the glue that held the Windwards together and as soon as he left the end was near. The Windwards lost six wickets for the addition of 49 runs to be all out for 222.