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REGIONAL Super 50 champions Combined Campuses and Colleges (CCC) made an emphatic start to the inaugural UWI World Universities T20 Cricket Tournament, with a resounding six-wicket win over Oxford Marylebone Cricket Club University at the Sir Frank Worrell Ground, St Augustine, yesterday.

Oxford, based in England. won the toss and elected to bat, mustering just 144 for four from their allotted 20 overs. CCC then coasted to their target in 16.5 overs.

In their turn at the crease, CCC's openers held nothing back with Kyle Corbin (53) and Kjorn Ottley (40) setting the tone with a blistering stand of 74. Corbin blasted five fours and three sixes off 40 balls, and Ottley proved a tad more aggressive with his knock coming off just 18 deliveries, containing six fours and two maximums. They raced to 50 from five overs, seemingly in a hurry to wrap up the victory. Ottley, however, was the first to depart, edging Louie Shaw behind to Seward, with Nicholas Sookdeosingh (1) then falling LBW to Dominic Clutterbuck three runs later to leave the score at 77 for two. From there, the innings slowed a bit as CCC took their foot off the gas.

THE Tertiary Sports Association of TT (TSATT) won its first match in the inaugural UWI World Universities T20 Cricket Tournament by nine runs yesterday afternoon, at the Sir Frank Worrell Ground, St Augustine. TSATT won the toss and decided to bat, making 132 for five in their allotted 20 overs, before restricting Oxford Marylebone Cricket Club University to 123 for nine.

TSATT started badly as opener Mikel Frederick was stumped for duck off Liam Burgess, before Mohammed Rizvi ran out Justyn Gangoo for one. Skipper Mark Deyal (12) was then stumped by wicketkeeper James Seward off Burgess to leave TSATT at 27 for three in the fifth over.

However, Randy Mahase (22 off 22 balls) and Saiba Batoosingh (61 from 43 deliveries) took the score to 60, only for Rizvi to scalp Mahase with a careless lob to Christopher McBride. He cracked four fours in his knock as Batoosingh was left to bear the brunt of the workload. The all-rounder tried to speed up the scoring rate with a couple fours and three sixes as he ended his innings in unbeaten fashion.

Jason Batson chipped in with 14 but TSATT just couldn't muster late boundaries to propel them to a higher total. Burgess ended with two for 22 from his four, while Rizvi also staked a pair at the expense of 25 runs from his quota, leaving Oxford with a fairly modest total to chase.

HOSTS UWI (University of the West Indies) made it two wins out of two with an easy 38-run win over the USA Combined Universities team yesterday afternoon in the inaugural UWI World Universities T20 Cricket Tournament. USA won the toss and chose to field at the Sir Frank Worrell Ground, St Augustine, only to see UWI rack up 177 for four in their allotted 20. When the American students batted, they were only able to reach 139 for six in their quota.

UWI got off to a rapid start thanks to openers Adrian Ali and Sachin Seecharan. They put on 101 with Ali making the tournament's highest individual score so far with 72 off 45 balls. He cracked five fours and four sixes while Seecharan made 36 from 35 with four fours. When Seecharan was run out, national player Steven Katwaroo entered the fray and made 19 (two fours) before Ali was out leg-before to Wahidur Rahman.

THE Tertiary Sport Association of TT (TSATT) created a big upset with an easy five-wicket win over the Combined Campuses and Colleges (CCC) on Saturday night at the Sir Frank Worrell Ground, St. Augustine. CCC won the toss and elected to bat only to be restricted to 134 for nine in their 20. TSATT then coasted to 138 for five in 17.1 overs to blow the group wide open when it comes to a top-two finish.

CCC were rocked by Amit Sankar who grabbed four for 20 from his four, which left them reeling at 20 for five. Sankar cracked the stumps of Leonardo Friginette and Odain McCathy for a pair of ducks to cement how hungry TSATT were for the win. Yannick Ottley (3 and Gian Benjamin (3 managed to recover the innings, putting on 71 for the sixth until Mikel Frederick bowled Ottley.

OXFORD Marylebone Cricket Club University got their first win of the inaugural UWI World Universities T20 Cricket Tournament yesterday, in a major upset at the Sir Frank Worrell Cricket Ground, St Augustine.

Oxford stunned hosts UWI to blow the group wide open with a smooth eight-wicket win that ended UWI's unbeaten streak. UWI won the toss and decided to bat, making 143 for eight in 20 overs. But the English students showed great composure to ease to 145 for two in 17.5 overs.

UWI were led by Sachin Seecharan's 46 off 29 balls, with four fours and two sixes, but the other top order batsmen failed to follow his lead. Dominic Clutterbuck removed Adrian Ali (five) cheaply, and William Robertson got rid of Nathaneal Ramcharitar (11) stumped by skipper James Seward. When Steven Katwaroo was run out for five, Seecharan lost composure and edged Clutterbuck to Seward.

COMBINED Campuses and Colleges (CCC) hammered UWI by seven wickets to finish atop the preliminary standings in the UWI World Universities T20 Cricket Tournament yesterday, at the Sir Frank Worrell Cricket Ground, St Augustine. UWI were sent in to bat and made a scanty 105 in 18.5 overs, with CCC then racing to 106 for three in 13.4 overs. CCC finished with three wins and a loss and will play in the first semifinal today from 2 pm at the same venue.

However, their opponent was unknown up to press time as England's Oxford and USA were due to contest the evening game yesterday to determine the top four in the five-team round robin. UWI and Tertiary Sport Association of TT (TSATT) ended their round robin on two wins and two losses.