Couva Sports whip MerryBoys

A BRILLIANT all-round performance by Andrew Gonsalves enabled TransBrokerage Couva Sports to register a convincing nine-wicket victory over Ceramic MerryBoys in their Fruta Cricket Festival Group Two first round match at the Ato Boldon Stadium on Wednesday night.

The Guyanese opener, who set a new Carib NCL Division Two record individual score of 245 against Caroni Wanderers and also helped Couva Sports to gain promotion to Division One for the new season, set the crowd alight with his power-hitting as he smashed four mighty sixes and six fours as he raced to an unbeaten 65, and featured in an 84-run opening partnership with Deonarine Deyal who made 39. Later, Gonzales captured two wickets for 18 runs which helped restrict defending BCL Division One champions MerryBoys to 111 for four wickets off their allotted 15 overs.

In the second match of the double header on Wednesday night, last season’s runners-up FCB Clarke Road United romped to a six-wickets victory over newcomers Low Cost Munroe Road with three balls to spare. Munroe Road totalled 115 for eight off their 15 overs with national under-19 captain Alan Mahabir being the main wicket-taker with three for 19. Police allrounder Robert Mahabir, appearing as a guest player for Clarke Road, rallied the Penal-based team with a hurricane undefeated 41, with  three sixes and five fours, while West Indies B team batsman Gregory Mahabir made 31 with one six and four fours.