Five battle for North batting prize

THE RACE is on for the top run scorer in the TTCBC North Zone competition. With the seventh and final round underway, several batsmen are involved in a close battle for top honours. Two weeks ago, Newsday featured Rudolph Moore who scored 259 not out for Barataria Ball Players against Sweet Revenge at the Queen’s Park Savannah ri bolkster his aggregate to over 500 runs.

But Kapil Dev Singh of Riversdale has made himself a leading contender. Two weekends ago he scored 207 not out against Sweet Revenge, and also has scores of 117 against Ebony, 104 against UWI, 111 vs Mico and 72 against PAS Wanderers. Clevion Frederick, of PAS Wanderers is closing in on 500 runs with a  highest score of 170 against Ebony at Morvant. He also scored 95 against Barataria and is currently is averaging  67.5.

Another in contention and approaching 500 runs is Troy Cornelius also of PAS Wanderers. And Luke Latiff of Riversdale scored 143 not out against Sweet Revenge at two weekends ago to be another challenfger. Singh, Frederick, Latiff, and Cornelius, are members of the North team in the Courts Senior Inter-Zone series.