Mikkel Govia had a sol­id all-round dis­play, first with the ball and then bat to lead Can­taro Vil­lage Knights to a six-wick­et win over Las Pas­to­ra War­riors in the Pearl & Bun­ty Lara ‘Su­per 15’ Cruz Cup fi­nal host­ed by the San­ta Cruz Sports As­so­ci­a­tion at the Bri­an Lara Recre­ation Ground, Sam Bou­caud, Up­per San­ta Cruz on Sun­day night.

Sent in­to bat first, the War­riors were re­strict­ed to a mod­est 91 runs for sev­en wick­ets in their 15 overs at the crease with Im­ran Ho­sein hit­ting a top score of 17 runs.

Leg byes were the next main con­trib­u­tor to the War­riors’ mea­gre to­tal with 12, while Jyd Goolie added ten, Isa­iah Ra­jah eight, and out-of-favour West In­dies bats­man Dar­ren Bra­vo five, af­ter be­ing dropped on his first ball at the wick­et off the bowl­ing of Er­ic Gar­cia, be­fore he was one of two wick­ets to fall to the same bowler.

The pick of the bowlers for the dis­ci­plined Vil­lage Knights at­tack was Govia with three wick­ets for a measly 13 runs in three overs while Gar­cia grabbed two for 13, and Sion Hack­ett, the oth­er wick­et for six runs from three tidy overs.

The Vil­lage Knights then chased down their tar­get reach­ing 93 for the loss of four wick­ets with open­er Shakiel John­son crack­ing 30 from 14 balls which were laced with two six­es and two fours while Kyle Ram­doo made a stroke-filled 22 and his broth­er, Govia an un­beat­en 18 to guide their team to vic­to­ry in 10.2 overs.

Bowl­ing for the War­riors Ra­jah picked up two wick­ets for 17 runs while Bryan Charles had one for sev­en, and for­mer T&T and West In­dies all-rounder Rayad Em­rit, one for 25.

On Sat­ur­day in the semi­fi­nals, Govia al­so starred for the Vil­lage Knights in their 25 runs win over Sam Bou­caud Scor­pi­ons.

The Vil­lage Knights bat­ted first and post­ed 153 for the loss of six wick­ets in 15 overs with cap­tain Tion Web­ster hit­ting 35, Ewart Nichol­son 28 not out, Ram­doo 20, Govia 12 not out, and Khary Pierre 11 while Sidel Di­az took fig­ures of three for 26 from his al­lot­ted three overs, and Mikel Ri­ley one for 16.

Sam Bou­caud Scor­pi­ons were then lim­it­ed in their run chase to 128-9 in 15 overs de­spite Ik­we Craig’s blast­ing his way to 33, Ryan Year­wood hit­ting 21 not out, and Ah­keel Mol­lon with ten as Govia had fig­ures of four wick­ets for 11, and Chadeon Ray­mond, two for 30 to se­cure the win.

The first semi­fi­nal al­so played on Sat­ur­day end­ed in a bit of con­tro­ver­sy with La Pas­to­ra War­riors be­ing award­ed the win af­ter Pi­p­i­ol Tigers walked off the field,

The War­riors had the first strike at the crease as tal­lied 164 for six wick­ets in their 15 overs while Pi­p­i­ol Tigers reached 130 for the loss of five wick­ets in 14 overs be­fore some con­fu­sion erupt­ed over their tar­get af­ter which they opt­ed to for­feit the match.

The four-team com­pe­ti­tion had as its plat­inum spon­sor West In­dies bat­ting leg­end Bri­an Lara and Ansa Mo­tors as the gold spon­sor.

For their win, Can­taro Vil­lage Knights pock­et­ed the first prize of $5,000, while La Pas­to­ra War­riors col­lect­ed $2,500, and Sam Bou­caud Scor­pi­ons the third prize of $1,500.

Re­sults

Sun­day

Fi­nal

La Pas­to­ra War­riors 91-7 in 15 overs (Im­ran Ho­sein 17, Jyd Goolie ten, Isa­iah Ra­jah 8, Dar­ren Bra­vo 5, Mikkel Govia 3/13, Er­ic Gar­cia 2/13, Sion Hack­ett 1/6) vs Can­taro Vil­lage Knights 93-4 in 10.2 overs (Shakiel John­son 30, Kyle Ram­doo 22, Mikell Govia 18 n.o, Isa­iah Ra­jah 2/17, Bryan Charles 1/7, Rayad Em­rit 1/25)

Man of the match: Mikkel Govia

Sat­ur­day

Semi­fi­nal

La Pas­to­ra War­riors 164-6 in 15 overs bt Pi­p­i­ol Tigers 130-5 in 14 overs - Match award­ed to La Pas­to­ra War­riors af­ter Pi­p­i­ol Tigers walked off at the end of 14 overs.

Can­taro Vil­lage Knights 153-6 in 15 overs (Tion Web­ster 35, Ewart Nichol­son 28 n.o, Kyle Ram­doo 20, Mikkel Govia 12 n.o, Khary Pierre 11, Sidel Di­az 3/26, Mikel Ri­ley 1/16) vs Sam Bou­caud Scor­pi­ons 128-9 in 15 overs (Ik­we Craig 33, Ryan Year­wood 21 n.o, Ah­keel Mol­lon 10, Mikkel Govia 4/11, Chadeon Ray­mond, 2/30, Tion Web­ster 1/9, George Malchan 1/19, Sion Hack­ett 1/38)

Man of the match: Mikkel Govia

Ho­n­our Roll

Most Wick­ets: Chadeon Ray­mond - 15 wick­ets

Most Runs: Tion Web­ster - 225 runs

Most Valu­able Play­er: Tion Web­ster

Cham­pi­ons: Can­taro Vil­lage Knights

Run­ner-up: La Pas­to­ra War­riors

Sec­ond Run­ner-up: Sam Bou­caud Scor­pi­ons