Brutal Smith helps Sharks to T20 cup.SUSSEX Sharks lifted the Twenty20 Cup for the first time - and qualified for the lucrative Champions League - when they defeated Somerset Sabres by 63 runs in the final at Edgbaston. West Indian West In·dies An archipelago between southeast North America and northern South America, separating the Caribbean Sea from the Atlantic Ocean and including the Greater Antilles, the Lesser Antilles, and the Bahama Islands. all-rounder Dwayne Smith Dwayne Romel Smith (born 12 April, 1983, Storey Gap, St Michael, Barbados) is a West Indies all-rounder who plays Tests and one-day internationals. He is a hard hitting right handed batsman and bowls right arm medium pace. hammered 59 off only 26 deliveries with seven fours and three sixes to help Sussex reach 172 for seven after being put into bat. Somerset never seriously threatened to achieve the highest ever score to win a domestic Twenty20 final once S Trescothick had been dismissed for a whirlwind 33. But they have the consolation of also qualifying for the Champions League where a six million dollar jackpot awaits the winners. Luke Wright (20) and Rory Hamilton Brown (25) provided useful contributions to keep the score ticking over but it was Smith who provided the fireworks fireworks: see pyrotechnics. fireworks Explosives or combustibles used for display. Of ancient Chinese origin, fireworks evidently developed out of military rockets and explosive missiles and accompanied the spread of military explosives westward to and he collected all 18 runs in an over from Ben Phillips Ben Phillips (born 1947) is a poet, teacher and publisher. Biography Born in the United States, where he worked as a journalist, he settled in Toronto, Ontario in 1968. . Sussex were then 122 for five but Chris Nash (28) and Yasir Arafat (20 not out) added 46 to set a competitive total. Somerset needed a flying start if they were to achieve the highest total to win a domestic Twenty20 final - and they were given it - by Marcus Trescothick. The joyous reaction of the Sussex fielders showed just how prized the wicket of Trescothick - who has ruled out the possibility of an Ashes comeback in the final Test at The Oval - still is. And his county skipper and opening partner Justin Langer (15) quickly followed him back to the pavilion James Hildreth made only a single before he went for a big hit against spinner Will Beer and provided a steepling catch to Hamilton-Brown, running in from long-on. Beer claimed a second success when Craig Kieswetter, who also made just one, was stumped as the Sabres started to crumble. Peter Trego gave Somerset some hope with 27 off 14 balls before he holed out to long-on in Hamilton-Brown's first over. CAPTION(S): DESTROYER: Dwayne Smith's quick-fire 59 put Sussex Sharks in the driving seat |
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