BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) — Explosive batting led by Dwayne Bravo and Kieron Pollard followed by crippling bowling coasted Trinidad & Tobago to their second straight Caribbean Twenty20 title on Sunday with a crushing 63-run victory over Jamaica.

Bravo smashed four fours and three sixes in the top-score of 49 from 43 balls and Pollard was just himself, slamming one four and four sixes, three in the final over from Krishmar Santokie, supporting with 39 not out from 13 balls, as T&T posted a challenging 168 for five from their allocation of 20 overs in the Grand Final at Kensington Oval.

Before a near capacity crowd, T&T’s bits-and-pieces bowling attack never allowed Jamaica’s typically free-scoring batsmen room to shake the shackles free and restricted the double-crown regional champions to 105 for five in their 20 overs.

It was the second time T&T defeated Jamaica in a regional T20 final and avenged their loss in the Regional Super50 final last October in Guyana, preventing Jamaica from becoming Triple Crown champions.

This was also the first major tournament that T&T have won under new captain Denesh Ramdin, following the controversial resignation of the long-standing Daren Ganga.

The biggest prize for T&T, however, is a third trip to the lucrative Champions League T20 later this year in India, where they will face the world’s best T20 franchises.

Scoreboard

TRINIDADA & TOBAGO (20 overs maximum)

L Simmons c wkpr Baugh b Brown 19

A Barath st Baugh b Brown 21

D M Bravo c wkpr Baugh b Russell 7

D J Bravo c Russell b Cotterrell 49

*+D Ramdin b Brown 1

S Narine c Findlay b *Bernard 22

K Pollard not out 39

K Cooper not out 1

Extras (lb4,w2, nb3) 9

TOTAL (6 wkts, 20 overs) 168

Did not bat: R Rampaul, J Mohammed, S Badree

Fall of wickets: 1-35, 2-42, 3-61, 4-65, 5-107, 6-133

Bowling: Santokie 4-0-42-0, Cotterrell 3.4-0-35-1, Russell 3-0-26-1, Brown 4-0-22-3, Miller 3-0-26-0, Bernard 2.2-0-13-1

JAMAICA (target: 169 off 20 overs)

N Bonner run out 4

D Hyatt c Simmons b D J Bravo 12

M Samuels b Badree 0

*D Bernard c Pollard b Narine 25

S Findlay not out 17

A Russell c Pollard b Narine 3

+C Baugh not out 39

Extras (lb2, w2, nb1) 5

TOTAL (5 wkts, 20 overs) 101

Did not bat: N Miller, K Santokie, O Brown, S Cotterrell

Fall of wickets: 1-8, 2-8, 3-28, 4-52, 5-57

Bowling: Badree 4-0-14-1, Rampaul 4-1-19-1, Narine 4-0-20-1, D J Bravo 4-0-34-1, Cooper 4-0-16-0

Result: T&T won by 63 runs

Series: T&T win the CT20

Toss: T&T

Man-of-the-Match: D J Bravo (T&T)

Man-of-the-Series: K Pollard (T&T)

Umpires: G Brathwaite, N Duguid

TV Umpire: C Mack

Match Referee: A Griffith

Reserve Umpire: J Blades