Preysal oust champs Comets in Sunday league

CLICO PREYSAL led by a brilliant 92 from Dinesh Ramdin overcame two-time defending champions Alescon Comets in the quarter-finals of the 2003 edition of the Carib Sunday Cricket League yesterday. Ramdin’s knock added to aggressive contributions from skipper Shazam Babwah 65 and Aaron Ragoonath 56, enabled Preysal to tally a massive 293 all out.

Comets were well placed on 215 for four wickets with 12 overs to go, but slumped  badly, losing their remaining six wickets for only 23 runs and were dismissed for 238. Opener Imran Khan slammed a quickfire 108 which included 10 fours and two sixes for Comets in a losing cause. At Wilson Road, a century by all-rounder Sean Siloch led Clarke Road United to a seven-wicket victory over Merryboys. Merryboys scored 171 off 47.5 overs with former national wicketkeeper-batsman Keno Mason scoring 44 and Rajindra Dhanraj  32. Mahadeo Bodoe took four wickets for 34 runs and Alan Mahabir two for 26.

Clarke Road then romped to victory reaching 174 for three wickets, thanks to Siloch’s century and a well crafted unbeaten 32 from Bodoe. At St Mary’s ground, Caroni Wanderers defeated Queen’s Park by 29 runs to move on to the semi-finals.  A score of 165 all out by Wanderers would not have looked much at the lunch break, but Kishore Lalchan snapped up three wickets for 24 runs and Narine Bideshi three for 19 to rout the Parkites for just 136. At Syne Village, defending Carib Cup champions PowerGen beat  Police by 82 runs after Guyanese import Hemnarine Chatergoon smashed 111 runs to lead his team to 217, to which the lawmen responded with 135. Summarised scores: At Wilson Road: CERAMIC MERRYBOYS 171 — K Mason 44, R Dhanraj 32, Denis Rampersad 30, A Mahabir 2/26, M Bodoe 4/34 vs  FIRST CITIZENS CLARKE ROAD 174/3 (38.1 overs) — S Siloch 109, M Bodoe 32 not out.

At St Mary’s ground: CARONI WANDERERS 165 (43 overs — Alvarado Bryce 31, Ryan Sieuchan 26, Avalon Cuffy 26, Sanjeev Maharaj 3/25, Shiva Samaroo 2/34 vs QUEEN’S PARK 136 (43.4 overs — Jonathan Augustus 51no, Sanjeev Maharaj 28, K Lalchan 3/24, N Bideshi 3/19. At Syne Village: POWERGEN 217 — H Chatergoon 111, David Williams 37, Robert Neptune 4/38, Syed Mohammed 2/45 vs POLICE 135 — Garvin Apparicio 33, S Mohammed 28, Damian Hanuman 28, Samuel Badree 2/21, Afzal Dean 3/37, Brent Harriot 2/31. At Pierre Road: CLICO PREYSAL 293 — D Ramdin 92, S Babwah 65, A Ragoonath 56, William Perkins 36, Anil Balliram 5/46. Vs ALESCON COMETS 238 — I Khan 108, Suruj Ragoonath 50, Eugene Antoine 2/39, Keith Arthurton 4/32.