Central Sports, Couva tie in NCL

TILE IT Central Sports and Couva Sports played to an exciting tie in their Carib National Lea-gue Division I cricket match  at Presentation College, Chaguanas, yesterday. But the “Tile men” maintained their lead atop the standings after yesterday’s second round result. Set 72 to win in 11 overs, Central Sports closed on 71 for six wickets and the game was when balls ran out. 

They gained 20 points, while Couva Sports collected 11. West Indies fast bowler Mervyn Dillon continued his impressive form yesterday taking eight wickets for 28 runs to bowl out Alescon Comets for 97 in reply to Queen’s Park 203. Batting a second time the Parkites declared on 159 for seven, and the game petered out into a draw with Comets on 144 for four at the close,

At Diego Martin, Gregory Mahabir scored 151 to take FCB Clarke Road to 303 after they resumed on 226 for two against Merry-boys.
Summarised scores: At Syne Village: CLICO PREYSAL 233 and 126/6 vs POWERGEN 261 - Sherwin Ganga 77, Kwesi Roy 3/37.
At Diego Martin: FCB CLARKE ROAD 303 - G Mahabir 151, Gibran Mohammed 56, Aneil Kanhai 7/73 vs MERRYBOYS 147 - L Roberts 70, M
Persad 4/50, M Bodoe 3/13 and 208/5 - L Simmons 93, L Roberts 42.
At Presentation College: COUVA SPORTS 94 and 194 - Ashraph Basheer 74, Rodney Sookal 4/73 vs TILE IT CENTRAL SPORTS 219 - R Emrit 49, Vinoo Ramdhanie 4/51 vs 71/6.
At Pierre Road: QUEEN’S PARK 203 and 159/7 declared - Petrock Nicholas 47 vs ALESCON COMETS 97 - Mervyn Dillon 8/28 and 144/4 - Imran Khan 84 not out, S Ragoonath 49, D Bravo 4/37.