Bulgarian striker Dimitar Berbatov was also on target for Spurs, who swept into a three-goal lead after 22 minutes at Loftus Stadium before comfortably containing second-half pressure from the Buccaneers.

Bent joined Tottenham from relegated Charlton Athletic in a 16.5 million pounds close-season deal and has not taken long to start repaying the large fee.

His first pre-season goal came against English non-league club Stevenage and he was also on target in a 2-1 win over Pirates last Tuesday in Cape Town when Tottenham took much longer to subdue the South Africans.

Pirates had to play again Thursday, beating arch domestic rivals Kaizer Chiefs to qualify for the final, and they looked tired and disorganised as Tottenham created numerous early openings on a cool, sunny afternoon.

The South Africans had the first chance to break the deadlock after 10 minutes only for international defender Lucky Lekgwathi to fire over from an acute angle with only goalkeeper Paul Robinson to beat.

A minute later and Bent showed how it should be done, pouncing on a weak clearance from the first corner to fire an unstoppable shot past goalkeeper Francis Chansa into the roof of the net.

Spurs defender Pascal Chimponda headed over from another corner before clinical finisher Berbatov burst between two defenders to tap in a low cross from Bent.

Bent claimed his second goal with a low shot after the ball was pulled back to him and narrowly missed completing a hat-trick soon after when a chip over Chansa trickled across the goalmouth before being cleared.

Tottenham will begin their Premiership campaign on August 11 away to newly promoted Sunderland.