Wanderers, Comet in Carib Shield final

Opening batsmen William Perkins (79) and Looknath Ramsuchit (73) shared the “Man of Match” honours when they blasted PowerGen Sports bowlers in another run-fest to pilot  W-Connection Wanderers into the final of the Carib Shield Midweek cricket competition. The duo featured in an enterprising first wicket partnership of 105 off 11 overs to lay the foundation for a thrilling seven-wicket victory in their semi-final at Inshan Ali Park, Preysal yesterday. Perkins hammered three sixes and eleven fours off only 42 balls as he set the Preysal ground ablaze. His electrifying innings took 43 minutes.

Ramsuchit kept his team on course with six fours off 67 balls. The 21-year-old was dismissed with only four runs required for victory at 210 for three. Together with Brent Lezama (27), they posted 57 runs for the second wicket and then were assisted by skipper Narine Bidhesi (30 not out) in a third wicket partnership which brought 46 runs and the chance to defend their crown. Despite a blazing 84 by all-rounder Ricardo Powell and 47 by Dwayne Bravo, Queen’s Park bowed to Alescon Comet who secured a 27-run victory at Gilbert Park, California. With a challenging 242 runs to get in 30 overs, the Parkites were dismissed for 214 in the 29th over. Powell smashed five towering sixes and nine fours off 52 balls while Bravo stroked five fours off 49 balls.

Summarised Scores—
At Inshan Ali Park: PowerGen Sports 213 for 9 off 30 overs (Ahmed Mohammed 80, Gibran Mohammed 48, Samuel Badree 27, Denzil James 15; Theodore Modeste 2 for 46, Kishore Lalchan 3 for 42) vs W-CONNECTION WANDERERS 214 for 3 wickets off 28.4 overs (William Perkins 79, Looknath Ramsuchit 73, Brent Lezama 27 and Narine Bidhesi 30 not out).
Result: Wanderers won by seven wickets.
Umpires: Khemraj Barrasingha and Debbie-Ann Joseph.
Scorers: Rudy Ramesar (Wanderers), Errol Mohess (PowerGen).
MoM: WILLIAM PERKINS and LOOKNATH RAMSUCHIT (Wanderers) joint-winners.
At Gilbert Park: ALESCON COMET 241 for 5 off 30 overs (Chris Magram 34, Imran Khan 38, Travis Dowlin 37, Suruj Ragoonath 38, Rajendra Mangalie 64 not out; Rishard Harris 2 for 43, Ricardo Powell 2 for 44) vs QUEEN’S PARK 214 all out off 29 overs (Ricardo Powell 84, Dwayne Bravo 47; Rayad Emrit 3 for 25, Dinanath Ramnarine 3 for 29).
Result: Comet won by 27 runs.
Umpires: Harry Rajkumar and Allan Guy.
Scorer: Matthew Rodriquez (QP). Feroze Mohammed (Comet)
MoM: RAJENDRA MANGALIE (Comet).