Guyanese spinner Devon Lord impresses in CPL/TKR T20 Festival in T&T

Guyanese left-arm spinner Devon Lord has been among the outstanding performers of the ongoing CPL/TKR T20 Festival in Trinidad and Tobago.

Playing for Yorkshire Cricket Club in Group A of the tournament, Lord emerged the leading bowler for his team and the second most successful of the competition.

Unfortunately, Yorkshire Cricket Club didn’t make the semi-finals, finishing third in the group behind Marchin Patriots Sports Club and Queen’s Park Cricket Club with two wins and two defeats.

The Georgetown Cricket Club spinner ended the preliminary stage of the tournament with 10 wickets in four games, with a best of 5-23 against the power-packed Queen’s Park Cricket Club.

In that game that Yorkshire won by three runs, Lord accounted for Queen’s Park top four batsmen, among them Darren Bravo and Andre Fletcher.

At this stage of the tournament, Lord is second only to Kerwin Sirju of Clarke Road United on the most wickets list.

Sirju has picked up 13 wickets, including two five-wicket hauls. Lord and Sirju are the only bowlers to take five wickets in an innings in the competition.

Semi-final action in the tournament is set for today (March 21) with Marchin Patriots Sports Club against Clarke Road United from 14:30h and Powergen Penal SC against Queen’s Park Cricket Club from 18:30h.

The final is set for Saturday (March 22).