Brathwaite leads Gulf Giants to ILT20 trophy

CMC – Measured bowling, led by former West Indies Twenty20 International captain Carlos Brathwaite, set things up, and purposeful batting, led by Caribbean Premier League recruit Chris Lynn, led Gulf Giants to a breezy seven-wicket win against Desert Vipers in the final of the inaugural ILT20 on Sunday.

Watched by a crowd that included outgoing Cricket West Indies president Ricky Skerritt, Barbadian Brathwaite grabbed 3-19 from his allotted four overs to earn the Player-

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of-the-Match award, and helped restrict Vipers to 146 for eight from their 20 overs after they were put in to bat at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium.

Australian Lynn followed up with an unbeaten 72 off 50 balls that included nine fours and one six, and embattled Windies batsman Shimron Hetmyer was notout on 25, and the Giants successfully completed the run chase with seven balls remaining.

Lynn formalised the result when he pulled a short delivery from West Indies left-arm pacer Sheldon Cot-