BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) — A typically stroke-filled 66 from Dwayne Smith, a career-best spell from Javon Searles, and rain all combined to hand Barbados a crucial, 33-run victory, under the Duckworth-Lewis Method, over Canada in the Caribbean Twenty20 Championship on Wednesday.

Smith struck three fours and six sixes from 40 balls, as Barbados, sent in to bat, were restricted to 139 for seven from their allocation of 20 overs in the rain-affected Group B match at Kensington Oval.

Searles then collected four wickets for five runs from three overs to make him a shoo-in for the Man-of-the-Match award, as the Canadians plunged to 29 for five from the minimum six overs required to formalise a match before a second stoppage for rain came to put them out of their misery.

The result meant that Barbados now have eight points, following a four-wicket victory over Leeward Islands in their opening match also two Tuesdays ago at the Vivian Richards Cricket Ground in Antigua, where they also lost a one-over eliminator against Hampshire last Thursday.

The victory also put last year’s runners-up in third place in the group, which is headed by arch-rivals and group leaders Trinidad & Tobago and Hampshire on nine points.

T&T, however, are the official leaders with a superior net run rate, and they face the Barbadians in the final group match today at the same venue.

Smith dominated an opening stand of 64 with Kirk Edwards before Barbados stumbled to 68 for two in the 11th over.

Edwards was caught and bowled off left-arm spinner Parth Desai in the 10th over before Ryan Hinds, the Barbados captain, continued his indifferent form, when Jimmy Hansra bowled him for two eight balls later.