Dick hits first Southern Sports century

He smashed 103 in Barrackpore Angels’ 179 for six wickets in reply to Tarouba Sports who were bowled out for 174 for a comfortable four-wicket victory in their Premier Division match.

Also hitting a century on opening day was Ryan Williams who reached 101 in Happy Hits’ 211 for four, as they cruised to a six-wicket victory over Spoilers Sports who were bowled out for 207 Batsmen did not take all the honours, however, as Junior Abdool took all five wickets for 28 runs when when Green Arrows were restricted to 169 for five.

But his team Smashers were routed for 145. Rajeev Jailalsingh also grabbed a five-wicket haul for Happy Hits in their victory.

Champions Metronomes made a winning start to their season when they beat Massahood by a comprehensive eight wickets.

SUMMARISED SCORES: Premier Division: TAROUBA SPORTS 174 - Surindra Dookie 53, Shiva Dookie 38, Steffon Rojan 3/43 Nicholas Boochoon 2/27 vs BARRACKPORE ANGELS 179/6 - Irwin Dick 103, Aziz Mahabir 2/30, Romel Rampersad 2/29. BARRACKPORE ANGELS won by four wickets.

SPOILERS SPORTS 201 - Roger Boodoo 60, RonaldB Boodoo 38, Rajeev Jailalsingh 5/36, Imtiaz Esahak 3/32 vs HAPPY HITS 211/4 - Ryan Williams 101, Imtiaz Esahak 41.

HAPPY HITS won by six wickets.

VALLEY BOYS 220/8 - Shannon Seaboo 53, Steve Sankar 50, Vedesh Singh 31, Damraj Singh 2/36 vs UPRISING 172 - Goutam Mahabirsingh 83, Rennie Jangeesingh 40, A Gangoo 4/34, Shannon Seaboo 3/23. VALLEY BOYS won by 48 runs.

BUENTENTO 110 - Denzil 2/10 vs REFORM 111/2 - Karlvin Kissoon 52, Shezan Ali 37.

REFORM won by eight wickets.

JOHN PETER RD SPORTS 172/6 - Ramesh Bajnath 77, Christopher Ramsaroop 38 vs SUPER HARD HITTERS 105 - V Bunsee 44, N Cingh 35. JOHN PETER RD won by 67 runs.

SURVIVORS 174/8 - V Raghunanan 56 A Roopnarine 31 vs RENOWN 179/6 - Rakesh Bissessar 41. RENOWN won by four wickets.

MASSAHOOD 230/8 - Nicholas Ramdass 83, Vicky Oudit 37, Ijaz Ali 30 vs METRONOMES 232/2 - Vikash Ramsawak 78, Naresh Narine 53 Devon Balram 53, Peter McFarlane 32, Satesh Rampersad 2/27.

METRONOMES won by eight wickets.

X-MEN SPORTS 155/8 - Dayne Lall 3/35, Kevin Harracksingh 2/19 vs MANOHAR TRACE 64 - Roopnarine Rampersad 3/15, Harricharamn Kissoon 3/17. X-MEN won by 91 runs.

RELATED 131 - Samuel Jogee 41, Nicholas Ramjit 3/26, M Partapsingh 2/14 vs WOODLAND 135/5 - Keon Celestine 72, , Alvin Ramkhelawan 2/10. WOODLAND won by five wickets.