Superb Hope delivers Pride title as Scorpions wilt

over until the impressive Powell opened his shoulders to slam 65 off 59 deliveries, to rally the innings.

Andre McCarthy weighed in with 30, Damion Jacobs got 28 and opener Chadwick Walton, 26, but Scorpions failed to string together any major partnerships in the top and middle order and lost their way.

Lanky left-arm spinner Sulieman Benn did most of the damage with three for 33 while seamers Jason Holder (2-28), Carlos Brathwaite (2-43) and Kemar Roach (2-54) all claimed two wickets each.

Starting as favourites, Pride were given a solid start by Stoute and Brathwaite who added a patient 59 for the wicket.

Stoute faced 47 balls and struck five fours while Brathwaite counted three fours in 44-ball before perishing in the 13th over when he played around a straight one from leg-spinner Jacobs and was bowled.

His departure triggered a surprising slide for the Pride who then lost four first wickets for 79 runs to decline to 138 for five in the 35th over.

Stoute put on a further 26 for the second wicket with Hope before whipping left-arm spinner Nikita Miller to Jacobs at mid-wicket in the 20th over.

Jonathan Carter (8) then held out in in the deep off Campbell in the 25th, Roston Chase (7) popped one that bounced from offspinner Damani Sewell to short mid-wicket in the 30th before Shane Dowrich (6) hit a tame return catch back to Campbell in the 35th.

With Pride going nowhere quickly, Holder arrived to partner with Hope and transform the innings in a sparkling 127run sixth wicket stand which stunned the Scorpions.

Hope, who hit 125 in Thursday’s semi-final against Leeward Islands Hurricanes, faced 98 deliveries and struck five fours and five sixes while Holder belted five fours and four sixes, as Pride gathered 110 runs off the last 10 overs of the innings.