Central Sports squeak into Carib Cup

TILE IT Central Sports edged out Caroni Wanderers and Transbrokerage Couva Sports for the final berth in the Carib Cup quarter-finals.

The Chaguanas-based club nosed ahead of Wanderers by 0.04 point after they concluded their Group C match against CLICO Preysal on Wednesday. They lost by 22 runs and completed three rounds with one victory with a net run rate of .17.  Wanderers and Couva Sports also ended with one win each and three points.  They finished with an overall net rate of .21 and .51 respectively. Central Sports eventually placed second to Preysal in Group C and they will clash with Group D leader FCB Clarke Road United in the quarter-finals carded for March 25 and 26.

Preysal, Group C winner, will do battle with defending champion PowerGen Sports which finished as Group D runner-up. Ceramic MerryBoys, Group A leader, will tangle with S&J Endeavour Sports (Group B runners-up) while former champions Alescon Comets (Group B winners) play Queen’s Park,  Group A runner-up. MerryBoys, Comets, Preysal and Clarke Road played unbeaten in the three rounds and finished with maximum nine points each. Semi-finals are scheduled for April 1 and 2 and April 8 and 9. The grand final will be contested under floodlights at Guaracara Park, Pointe-a-Pierre on May 2.