Walton, McCarthy fifties help Jamaica Scorpions win first CG Insurance Super50 Cup since 2012 with three-wicket triumph over Trinidad & Tobago Red Force

Jamaica Scorpions are the 2022 CG Insurance Super50 champions after a three-wicket victory over Trinidad & Tobago Red Force in the final at the Sir Vivian Richards Cricket Stadium in Antigua on Saturday.

Scorpions won the toss and elected to bat first.

Red Force openers Kjorn Ottley and Amir Jangoo put on 46 before the latter was caught off the bowling of Scorpions captain Rovman Powell for 23 in 13.^th tall.

Ottley was next to go four runs later for 33 off the bowling of Jeavor Royal to leave the Red Force 57-2.

One became two for Royal when he dismissed the experienced Jason Mohammed for just three in 19 overs^th to outscore the Red Force 66-3.

Dennis Bulli then got in on the action with Darren Bravo’s crucial goal for 14 in 22^n.d to leave the score at 79-4.

Red Force collected 100 in 26 overs^th over but then found himself in further trouble as 100-4 quickly became 101-5 as Odean Smith removed skipper Nicholas Pooran for eight in 27^th tall.

Yannic Cariah (39) and Akeal Hosein (20) took Red Force 150 for 36^th tall. An over later, the Reds found themselves 157-6 after Cariah was dismissed off the bowling of Nicholson Gordon for 43.

Red Force lost their seventh wicket in 41 overs^str when Terrance Hinds was dismissed by Gordon for 17 with the score on 184.

A Sunil Narine six off Peat Salmon in the 45th over^th Over brought 200 to the Red Forces. In the same over, Salmon took the Scorpions’ eighth wicket, removing Akeal Hosein for 37 with the score on 206.

Gordon took his third wicket and ninth overall when he dismissed Narine for 12 in 46^th finished with a score of 208.

Shannon Gabriel was the last man out for one as the Reds were bowled out for 217 in 47 overs, their lowest total of the tournament.

Nicholson Gordon finished with 3-51 from eight overs and received good support from Jeavor Royal (2-22 from four overs) and Odean Smith (2-29 from six overs).

Scorpions openers Brandon King and Chadwick Walton took the score to 24 in the sixth over when King was dismissed by Shannon Gabriel for 12.

Walton (27) and Andre McCarthy (11) combined to bring Jamaica’s 50 in 11 overs^th tall.

At 20^th long, Walton brought up his first fifty of the tournament from 60 balls.

Scorpions’ 100 was raised one later through a boundary from Walton off Yannic Cariah.

McCarthy was the first to bring up his first fifty of the tournament, and 13^th in list A cricket, 75 balls in 30^th tall.

Last ball of the 32nd over^n.d long saw Walton dismissed by Cariah for a well-played 80 to leave the Scorpions 150-2 needing 68 to win from 108 balls.

McCarthy was then for 55 in 35 overs^th ended with the score on 155. Four overs later, with the score on 172, Alwyn Williams became the fourth Scorpions batsman to be dismissed when he was caught on the off-bowling boundary of Kharry Pierre for three.

Captain Powell was the first to go in the 44th^th over for 25 with the Scorpions needing just 18 more to win from 39 balls. With a total of 344 runs, Powell finished the tournament as the leading scorer.

With the Scorpions needing 14 more runs from 29 balls, Dennis Bulli was bowled by Terrance Hinds for two. The rest saw Peat Salmon go for 11 with just eight runs needed to win from 23 balls.

Odean Smith was the hero at the end with a six and a single in 47^th over take the score to 218-7 to give the Scorpions their first CG Insurance Super50 Cup title since 2012, when they also beat Trinidad and Tobago Red Force in the final.