Powergen hold nerve in last ball thriller

They were in serious danger of falling short, though, with wickets falling repeatedly but Jeron Maniram’s whirlwind century proved the glue to stick the innings together.

Maniram blazed 137 from 122 balls with 16 fours and three sixes to put his team in position for victory.

But when he was run out with the score on 239 in the 48th over and 16 still needed with two wickets left, all three results were possible.

Another wicket fell with the scores tied which caused panic but pacer Strassack Sankar scrambled a single off the final ball of the match to secure a nerve-wrecking win.

Central Sports captain Shazan Babwah tried his best to rein Powergen in with four wickets for 38 runs.

Earlier, Central Sports had contributions from Babwah (54), Denis Smith (41) and Dave Samooj (30 not out) in compiling 254 for seven from their overs. Adrian Cooper was the pick of the Powergen bowlers with three for 36.

Summarised Scores: QUEEN’S PARK 157 all out (38.3 overs) - Daron Cruickshank 57, I Mohammed 4/11, Rayad Emrit 3/15 vs ALESCON COMETS 104 all out (29.3 overs) - W George 35, Akeal Hosein 3/5, Terrance Hinds 3/30, Kevon Cooper 2/18.

CLARKE RO AD UNITED 108 all out (28.5 overs) - Kerry Holness 40, Aniel Kanhai 3/37, Amir Khan 2/19, Jeetendra Sookdeo 2/7 vs MERRY BOYS 110/4 (25.2 overs) - Rishaad Harris 30, Amir Khan 37 not out, Ahkeel Mollon 4/28.

CENTRAL SPORTS 254/7 (50 overs) - Shazan Babwah 54, Denis Smith 41, Dave Samooj 30 not out. Adrian Cooper 3/36 vs POWERGEN SC 255/9 (50 overs) Jeron Maniran 137, Gibran Mohammed 28, Babwah 4/38.