By Colin Benjamin in Barbados
Jamaica defeated the Windward Islands by five-wickets in the first semi-final of the 2012 Caribbean Twenty20 tournament yesterday at Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados and advanced to the final scheduled for today.
In brilliant afternoon sunshine, on a surface expected to assist the quick bowlers, after they had lost the toss, a highly efficient bowling performance from Jamaica’s five-man attack aided them in restricting the Islanders to a paltry 98/8 of their allotted 20 overs. And despite some minor innings’ hiccups, they attained their target scoring 99/5 with two overs to spare.
The result means that the boys from the ‘Land of wood and water’ have advanced to their
