Tile It Central reach Guillen U-21 final

Tile It Central Sports scored a convincing victory over First Citizens Clarke Road United yesterday to book a place in the semi-finals of the Noel Guillen Under-21 cricket series for the third successive year.

In the previous two seasons when the tournament was sponsored by Patrick Rampersad, Tile It Central Sports also reached the semi-finals. However the Central lads have been unable to emerge victorious. There performance against last year’s runners-up however will give them a lot of confidence and belief that they can go all the way this year. After bowling out Clarke Road for 129 yesterday they raced to victory at 130 for the loss of only one wicket. Randy Ramnanan, the inform batsman this season, got an unbeaten 41 and Greg Yacoob was 40 not out at the end. Opener Satish Nadioo got Central Sports off to a great start with a flurry of boundaries in his flambouyant knock of 36. Team manager Vonnie Roberts said after the victory yesterday he was very happy with the performance. “This win has given the boys the confidence to win the title for the first time,” Roberts said.
SCORES

At Presentation College: FCB Clarke Road 129 all out (37.1)(Alan Mahabir 37, Reynold Sankersingh 31, Devindra Krishna 2/28, Narendra Bridgelal 2/14, Clinton Glasgow 3/15) lost to Tile It Central Sports 130/1 (Satish Naidoo 36, Randy Ramnanan 41no, Greg Yacoob 40 n.o.) — By 9 wkts. At Cunupia: Munroe Road 123 all out (Manoj Sirju 45, Brent Beharry 20, Rishard Harris 2/23, Sanjeev Maharaj 3/25) lost to QPCC 125/3 (Earnil Ryan 63 n.o., Jerome Beepath 31) — By 7 wkts. At Diego Martin: Ceramic Trinidad Merryboys 186 all out (Mario Belcon 74, Ryan Best 55, Nicholas Ramjass 3/28, Avinash Jaggernauth 3/36) lost to Alescon Comet 188/4 (Imran Khan 81 n.o., Kapil Harry 36, Ryan Best 2/49) — By 6 wkts. At Syne Village: PowerGen 168 all out (Keshava Ramphal 42, Sherwin Ganga 25, Jason Mohammed 35, Aaron Ragoonath 4/31) lost to Clico Preysal 169/6 (William Perkins 75, Dinesh Ramdin 25, Aaron Ragoonath 25, Keshava Ramphal 2/24) — By 4 wkts.