Colin Munro, Dwayne Bravo take Trinbago back to the top

The win saw Trinbago, the defending champions, displacing Guyana Amazon Warriors at the top of the table.

After being put in to bat first, Trinbago did brilliantly to put up a total of 199/4. Munro's 50-ball 76* was crucial to the total, while contributions also came from Brendon McCullum (35) and Darren Bravo (18), but the real special innings was Dwayne Bravo's 37* in 11 balls. In reply, Patriots could only get to 153/8.

"I am happy with the effort of the guys and those two points. We got a good bunch of professional players who are hungry for success. We go back home as we have found momentum. We want to keep winning and finish in the top two. Winning is an attitude. The aim is to get those two chances to enter the final," Trinbago captain Dwayne Bravo said after the game.

Bravo's belligerent cameo gave the right impetus to the innings, as the right-hander smashed five sixes and one four in the 11 deliveries he faced. All the sixes came in the penultimate over bowled by Alzarri Joseph, where he hit 30 runs. Munro, on the other hand, maintained a strike rate of over 150 and the duo put up an unbeaten partnership of 66 runs in 20 deliveries for the fifth wicket.

"I tried to stay focused against Joseph. Today was my day and I think the youngster will learn from his mistakes," acknowledged Bravo.

Evin Lewis tried to set the tone for the chase with a 37-ball 52 at the top of the order, but did not receive much support from the rest of the batting order. Chris Gayle, his skipper and opening partner, was caught behind off Anderson Philip for a 12-ball 9 in the fourth over, after the pair had added 22 runs for the first wicket. A promising partnership was building between Lewis and Rassie van der Dussen, who came in at one-down, but was cut short at 29 after Fawad Ahmed dismissed the South African with a well-disguised googly in the seventh over.

A 37-run stand for the fourth wicket between Lewis and Devon Thomas did develop, but the opener was trapped lbw by Philip soon after. Thomas tried to steady the ship with his 22-ball 23, but was caught behind when he edged Ali Khan to Dinesh Ramdin in the 15th over.

The Patriots innings wilted thereafter, as Trinbago scalped three wickets in the last four overs to kill the chase. Philip, who returned figures of 3/40 in his four-over spell was the pick of the bowlers. He was supported well by Ahmed (2/28) and Dwayne Bravo (1/26).

Sunil Narine, meanwhile, has now gone wicketless for the fourth straight match. But he also reached the milestone of 700 dot balls in the tournament in the game.

"I thought the bowlers did well earlier. Young Joseph bowled well until that one over against Bravo. The momentum was with them after they got (close to) 200. We are only one win away from qualifying. Hopefully, everything will fall in place. Good to see Lewis among runs, he's a key player for us at the top. Tomorrow is a big game against Jamaica," said Gayle.