Clarke Road overcome Central Sports

Resuming the final day’s play on 42 for one chasing 184 for victory, Central Sports could only muster 156 all out to hand Clarke Road a 27-run round one win.

Spin bowler Sirju was the chief destroyer snatching 4/29, while national four-day captain Yannick Ottley (2/19) and Ahkeel Mollon (2/47) both grabbed two wickets.

Shazan Babwah battled hard for Central Sports scoring 69, while Kamil Pooran pitched in with 32.

At the Barrackpore West Secondary Ground, defending champions Queen’s Park had to settle for a draw against Victoria, while Alescon Comets defeated Tableland by 139 runs at the Pierre Road Ground in Charlieville.

On Saturday, Merry Boys wrapped up a convincing 10-wicket win over Powergen, in a battle of two powerhouse teams in local cricket at the Brian Lara Recreation Ground in Santa Cruz.

SUMMARISED SCORES - CLARKE RO AD 127 (Kerry Holness 42; Kissoondath Magram 3/13, Steven Shaddick 3/26) and 215 (K Holness 87, Yannick Ottley 61; Kissoondath Magram 4/43, S Shaddick 3/41) vs CENTRAL SPORTS 159 and 156 (Shazan Babwah 69, Kamil Pooran 32; Kerwin Sirju 4/29, Y Ottley 2/19, Ahkeel Mollon 2/47). Clarke Road won by 27 runs.

ALESCON COMETS 284 (Kieron Joseph 106, Kirk Edwards 53, Kenroy Williams 42; Al Small 3/29, Brian Pegus 3/61) and 225/9 declared (Bryan Charles 66, K Williams 39, K Edwards 36; B Pegus 4/44) vs TABLELAND 226 (Tariq Abdool 69, A Small 45, Brent Harriot 33; Bryan Charles 5/60, K Williams 2/36) and 144 (A Small 83; Emile Rajah 5/12, Kashtri Singh 4/15). Comets won by 139 runs.

POWERGEN 208 (Jeron Maniram 37, Cephas Cooper 35, Bidesh Sookhai 33; Aneil Kanhai 5/64, Ricky Jaipaul 2/45, Amir Khan 2/43) and 125 (C Cooper 39; R Jaipaul 3/38, Rishard Harris 2/30, Keon Isaac 2/41) vs MERRY BOYS 286 (Marlon Richards 68, Mario Belcon 57, Ranga Latchana 53; Ancil Bhagan 6/87) and 49/0 (Aaron Alfred 26 not out, M Belcon 23 not out). Merry Boys won by 10 wickets.

QUEEN’S PARK 350/8 declared (Jeremy Solozano 79, Marlon Barclay 65 not out, Darren Bravo 55; Garey Mathurin 4/97) and 35/1 (Yannic Cariah 15 not out) vs VICTOR IA 312 (Keddy Lesporis 93, Sherwin Ganga 72; M Barclay 3/36, Tion Webster 3/71, Y Cariah 3/74).

Match Drawn.