02nd February 2012
2012 Caribbean T20 Statistics
By Roland Cox

At the conclusion of the 2012 Caribbean Twenty20 Cricket Tournament at the Kensington Oval in Bridgetown, Barbados, Trinidad & Tobago retained their title as Champions, with Jamaica as Runners-up.
Windward Islands’ Johnson Charles recorded The Most Runs. In six innings, he amassed 207 runs with a highest score of 65 against Guyana during the preliminary stage at Kensington Oval in Barbados. He complemented that score with 61 not out against Canada at Sir Vivian Richards Cricket Stadium in Antigua, 32 against Trinidad & Tobago in Antigua, 29 against Jamaica in Barbados, and 20 against Leeward Islands in Barbados. He failed to score against Barbados in the Third Place Play-off and finished with an average of 41.40 per innings, along with a Strike Rate of 123.95.
Occupying second position in the aggregate of runs was Jamaica’s Nkruma Bonner with 172 runs at an average of 34.40. Barbados’ Dwayne Smith followed on 165 with an average of 33.00. Kieron Pollard (Trinidad & Tobago) was next on 153 with the top average of 153.00 and the top Strike Rate of 218.57, followed by Lendl Simmons (Trinidad & Tobago) with 152 with an average of 25.33.
Left-arm Medium-pacer, Krishmar Santokie of Jamaica ended with The Most Wickets in the tournament. In six matches, he bowled 23.4 overs, one maiden, and captured 14 wickets for 145 runs at 10.36 per wicket to go with an Economy Rate of 6.13 and a Strike Rate of 10.14. The only bowler to register more than one Four-Wicket Haul, Santokie, had his best innings figures of 4 for 13 against Netherlands during the latter stages of the preliminaries in Barbados, following 4 for 17 against Combined Campuses & Colleges during the early stages of the tournament in Antigua. Santokie was also the only bowler to register a Hat-Trick in the Tournament. He performed this feat during his best figures against Netherlands. He dismissed Eric Szwarczynski with the final ball of his third over, then he shattered the stumps of Mudassar Bukhari and Timm van der Gugten with the first two deliveries of his next over.
Following Santokie in the category of Most Wickets Taken were Shane Shillingford (Windward Islands), Tino Best (Barbados), Nikita Miller (Jamaica) and Dwayne Bravo with 10 wickets each. The Most Overs Bowled in the tournament were 24 by both Garey Mathurin and Shane Shillingford of the Windward Islands, while Ashley Nurse of Barbados registered The Most Maidens – 3. Delorn Johnson, Windward Islands left-arm fast bowler, established The Best Bowling Figures In an Innings with the amazing figures of 4-2-5-5 against Barbados in the Third-Play Play-off at Kensington oval.
Other highlights of the tournament included The Highest Innings Total – 211 for 3 off 20 overs by Trinidad & Tobago against Leeward Islands during the third day of the tournament at the Sir Vivian Richards Cricket Stadium in Antigua, while The Lowest Innings Total was recorded by Leeward Islands who were dismissed for 44 in 12.5 overs by Trinidad & Tobago. The Highest Match Aggregate was 294 runs recorded in Barbados during the preliminaries when Netherlands (160 for 3 off 20 overs) defeated Combined Campuses & Colleges (134 for 7 off 20 overs) by seven wickets.
The tournament produced twelve (12) Half-Centuries with The Most Half-Centuries – 2, registered by Johnson Charles. The Most Balls Received by a Batsman were 179 by Nkruma Bonner, while The Highest Individual Score of 86 was made by Dwayne Smith against Jamaica. The Most Sixes Hit by a Batsman were 16 by Kieron Pollard, while Johnson Charles led the way with The Most Fours – 20. The Batsman with The Most Not Out was Kieron Pollard, who was dismissed only once out of five innings. He ended the tournament with an average of 153.00, putting together 153 runs with scores of 6 (3 balls) against Windward Islands, 56 not out (15 balls) against Leeward Islands, 21 not out (16 balls) against Guyana, did not bat against Canada, 31 not out (23 balls) against Barbados in the 2nd Semi-Final, and 39 not out (13 balls) in the Grand Final against Jamaica. The Highest Partnership for Any Wicket was 111 and that was established by openers, Lendl Simmons and Adrian Barath for Trinidad & Tobago against Leeward Islands at Sir Vivian Richards Cricket Stadium in Antigua.
Dwayne Bravo, who captured the Man-of-the-Match Award on two occasions, stood above the rest in the All-Rounders Category. He scored 121 runs (including scores of 51 and 49) from five innings at an average of 30.25, and captured ten (10) wickets at 12.20 apiece, with his best bowling figures being 3 for 20 against Canada. Kieron Pollard occupied the top spot for The Most Catches Taken – 10, while The Wicketkeeper with The Most Dismissals was Jamaica’s Carlton Baugh, who finished with nine (9) dismissals that included 4 catches and 5 stumpings.