Babwah steers Central Sports past Prisons

Babwah, who will turn 40 later this year, struck 72 and grabbed two for 16 in four overs to lead Central Sports to a 41-run win over Trinidad and Tobago Prisons Service in round two of group three.

Babwah’s knock guided Central Sports to 165 for nine batting first.

Kamil Pooran pitched in with 32, while Johnathan Singh (3/25) and Javed Boodram (3/32) both took three wickets for Prisons.

In reply, Prisons could only muster 124/7 with Ricardo Sam scoring 37, while Deens Baird contributed 23. Babwah restricted the Prisons batsmen along with Rakesh Maharaj (2/24). Central Sports defeated Cane Farm by three wickets in round one. Round three of the group stage will be played tomorrow.

SUMMARISED SCORES: JAILAL ENTERPRISE VICTORIA 171/5 (H Mitchell 39, Andrae Bryce 34, Kareem Hamilton 2/30) vs MOOSAI 111 (16.2 overs) (A Daniel 32, Q Williams 17, Sanjiv Gooljar 3/12, V Rampersad 3/19) Victoria won by 60 runs.

QUEEN’S PARK TWO 118 (Namir Suepaul 30, D Drakes 28 not out, Keon Isaac 3/26, Aneil Kanhai 3/15) vs MERRY BOYS 122/3 (12 overs) (Isaiah Rajah 49 not out, Amir Jangoo 32) Merry Boys won seven wickets.

ALESCON COMETS 152/4 (Steven Katwaroo 48, Rayad Emrit 25 not out, Devendra Krishna 1/15) vs Courts Orangefield 148/8 (Shemroy Barrington 46, Trevon Griffith 42, Kenroy Williams 3/23, Imran Khan 2/20) Comets won by four runs.

CANE FARM 179/3 (Alcindo Holder 70, Romel Nanan 43, Gabriel Blackwell 2/26) vs TABLELAND 162/7 (Al Small 61, Keaton Mahabir 29, Anthony Simmons 2/43, Tevon Jadoo 2/38) Cane Farm won by 17 runs.

CALDRAC 133/8 (Eugene La Fleur 32, Allen Laurent 24, Anderson Phillip 2/15, Jyd Goolie 2/21, Yannick Ottley 2/35) vs CLARKE ROAD 134/1 (17 overs) (Adrian Ali 59 not out, Kyle Hope 35) Clarke Road won by nine wickets.

POWERGEN 185/6 (Evin Lewis 69, Jason Mohammed 34, Antonio Singh 2/35, Jevon George 2/38) vs F&E DIAMIOND 111/7 (Michael Collins 25, Dwayne Charles 25, Delroy Johnson 3/9, Mark Deyal 3/20) Powergen won by 74 runs.

ARANGUEZ 103/7 (19.4 overs) (Safraz Laloo 26, Khary Pierre 2/5, Terrance Hinds 2/15) vs QUEEN’S PARK ONE 104/2 (13.5 overs) (Justin Guillen 37 not out, Akeal Hosein 28 not out) Queen’s Park won by eight wickets.