Trinidad and Tobago's Kieron Pollard (centre) hits Jamaica's Krishmar Santokie (right) for six during their Caribbean Twenty20 final at the Kensington Oval yesterday, while wicketkeeper Carlton Baugh Jr looks on. Trinidad and Tobago won by 63 runs. - Contributed

A series of dropped catches, wayward bowling and inept batting condemned Jamaica to a 63-run defeat against Trinidad and Tobago in the final of the third annual Caribbean Twenty20 tournament at Kensington Oval last night.

In what was the second such result for Jamaica in the past three seasons, Trinidad and Tobago were first limited to 168-6 off their allotment of 20 overs with Dwayne Bravo getting 49, and Kieron Pollard, 39.

Jamaica, in reply, were then restricted to 105-5 off their allocation courtesy of a disciplined all-round bowling and fielding display by the men from the eastern Caribbean, who were winning the title for the second straight year.

"I didn't think we field as good as we could," said Jamaica captain David Bernard Jr.

"When you play a top team like Trinidad and field and bowl as bad as we did, you are always going be going up against it," he said.

four sixes

Winning the toss and deciding to bat, Trinidad's challenging total was primarily built around some mid to late innings hitting from Bravo, and Pollard, who were dropped early in their innings in the deep by Shawn Findlay and Marlon Samuels, respectively.

Bravo hit four sixes and three fours off 43 balls, while Pollard slammed four sixes and a four off just 13 balls.

Sunil Narine, 22, who was dropped by Krishmar Santokie, also in the deep, Adrian Barath 21, and Lendl Simmons, 19, best supported Bravo and Pollard.

Leg-spinner Odean Brown, who was brought into the attack after a fairly decent start by the Trinidadians, who were 61-2 in the 10th over, led the way for Jamaica with figures 3-22 off his maximum four overs.

David Bernard 1-13 off 2.2, Andre Russell 1-26 off three, and Sheldon Cotterell, 1-35 off 3.4 were the other bowlers to take a wicket, while Santokie, who heading into his final two overs had only conceded two runs, ended with figures of 0-42 off his maximum.

Needing over eight runs an over to claim their first hold on the title, Jamaica then needed most if not all of their batsmen to come good, however, thanks to smart and aggressive bowling from all of Trinidad's bowlers, such a scenario never materialised.

best support

Opening ball bowlers, leg-spinner Samuel Badree, and fast bowler Ravi Rampaul, led the way for the champions with 1-14 and 1-19, respectively, while first and second change bowlers, off-spinner Sunil Narine, 1-20, and Bravo, 1-34, gave best support.

Wicketkeeper Carlton Baugh Jr with 39 off 23 balls towards the back end of the innings, and Bernard Jr with 25 off 29 during the middle, made most runs for Jamaica, who were at stages 2-8 off 4.1 overs, 3-28 off 7.5, 4-52 off 11.6, and 5-57 off 13.5.

Trinidad, who after winning the last year's tournament went on to represent the region at the lucrative Airtel Champions Twenty20 League in India, will do so again this year leaving Jamaica to lick their wounds, and asking the question what is it they need to do to win the shortest version of the game in the region.

Jamaica, who won the regional four-day and Super50 tournament last year, were competing in their fifth regional Twenty20 tournament including two Stanford Twenty20 editions in 2006 and 2008, however, they are yet to put claim to a title.

Jamaica's Andre Russell wears a look of disappointment during the Caribbean Twenty20 final against Trinidad and Tobago at the Kensington Oval last night. Trinidad and Tobago won the match by 63 runs to once again crown themselves the regional Twenty20 kings. - Contributed