POINTE-A-PIERRE,

Trinidad (CMC):

The Guyanese all-rounder Lennox Cush produced another brilliant all-round performance as PowerGen defeated W-Connection Wanderers by 41 runs in the final of the inaugural West Indies Players Association (WIPA) Twenty20 Caribbean Club Championships on Sunday night.

Batting first, PowerGen scored 133 all out in 19.4 overs and W-Connection Wanderers replied with 92 for nine off 20 overs.

Cush, also man of the match in PowerGen's upset semi-final win over Merryboys on Saturday, was at the forefront of their winning effort again and left thousands of fans dancing to the beat of the tassa at the picturesque southern venue.

Packed venue

The fans - numbering around 8,000 - had packed the venue and many more were locked out, as at 8.30 pm, officials of the T&T Fire Service, told WIPA officials to close the gate for security reasons.

Cush entertained those fortunate to get inside as he top-scored with 29 in his team's moderate score.

He then returned with the ball to grab two wickets for eight runs, as his team claimed the title and TT$1 million (approximately US$160,000) as winners. Wanderers got TT$300,000 (approximately US$47,996) for their second-place finish.

Set a target of 134 runs for victory at 5.7 runs per over, Wanderers struggled against PowerGen's spin attack.

Cush, Sherwin Ganga and Samuel Badree were three prominent spin bowlers at the Stanford tournament and they showed their worth again against Wanderers.

Former West Indies Under-19 spinner Rishi Bachan also came to the party and grabbed four wickets for 17 runs.