CG United Regional Super50 tournament 2023: Ottley 134 not out steers Red Force to victory
A blistering century from Kjorn Ottley handed Trinidad and Tobago Red Force a six-wicket win over Windward Islands Volcanoes Thursday in the Regional Super50 tournament.
Asked to bat, Volcanoes mustered 254 for nine in their 50 overs while Red Force reached 255 for four with two overs to spare.
Kjorn Ottley scored a match-winning century for TT Red Force (photo courtesy of CWI media)
Ottley dominated from the get-go, hitting Sherman Lewis through fine leg for a boundary and continued that momentum to bring up his half-century with a single down to long-on off the 32nd ball he faced. The 33-year-old left-hander carried on hitting three sixes and 11 fours on his way to his second List A ton, 134 not out from 142 balls.
Ottley, who has played two One-Day Internationals (ODIs) for West Indies, added 112 for the first wicket with Tion Webster, who made 40 from 60 balls. His innings featured six boundaries before he was caught by Alick Athanaze on the boundary off of off-spinner Kenneth Dember.
Dember struck in his following over with the big wicket of Joshua Da Silva for two and continued to stifle the scoring rate to end with figures of 2-23 in 10 overs.
Darren Bravo joined Ottley with 25 while Jason Mohamed made 20 and Terrance Hinds, 26 not out from 15 balls.
Johnson Charles scored 87 for Windward Islands Volcanoes (photo courtesy of CWI media)
Earlier, Johnson Charles defined the Volcanoes’ innings, smashing five sixes and eight fours during his 69-ball 87. Charles crossed the 50-run mark for the 12th time in his List A career in just 35 balls and shared in a 111-run opening stand with Athanaze, who made 39 from 48 balls. Athanaze had clubbed five boundaries including a six over square leg the ball prior to being caught in the slip by Sunil Narine off of Yannic Cariah.
Kavem Hodge continued where Athanaze left off and made 45, but apart from Andre Fletcher (36) and Sunil Ambris (10), no other batsman reached double figures. Cariah ended with 4-57 while Narine returned 2-29.
