Rain hampers TT cricket trials

THE third trial match for the national senior cricket team, preparing for the 2004 Carib Beer Series, has been reduced to a three-day affair after rain completely washed out play on yesterday’s schedule third day. The players arrived at the National Cricket Centre, Balmain, Couva to see persistent rainfall on the ground and environs, forcing the umpires to call off proceedings for the day. Play resumes at 10 am today, weather permitting, with the Shazam Babwah XI on 97 runs for three wickets in response to the Imran Jan’s XI mammoth score of 521.

Scores: JAN XI 521 - Imran Jan 147, Aneil Kanhai 121, Ricardo Powell 88, Navin Chan 28; Imran Khan 2/26, Marlon Black 2/97 vs BABWAH XI 97/3 - Sherwin Ganga 38 not out, Khan 28.