Comets unbeaten in Sunday League

ALESCON COMET with a thumping 48-run victory over Ceramic Merryboys yesterday, finished the preliminary round of the 2004 Carib Sunday league unbeaten taking away 21 points from their seven games. Playing at Charlieville, the hosts Comet rattled up 250 runs for eight wickets in their allotted 50 overs. Leading the way were former national players Anil Balliram and Rajindra Mangallie. Merryboys in reply were shut out for 202 despite an aggressive 62 from Richard Kelly and 54 from Devon Rogers. In Group B, FCB Clarke Road crushed CLICO Preysal by six wickets to book a place in the quarter-finals. The “Greenbacks” bowled out Preysal for just 123 and replied with 126/4 to take a six wicket win, after their loss to Couva Sports a day earlier.

Summarised scores:
GROUP A — At QP Oval: QUEEN’S PARK 290/7 (50 overs) - Petrock Nicholas 108, Samuel Felix 34 not out, Safraz Lalloo 33,  Emmerson Williams 29, Sunil Boochoon 3/56 vs ARANGUEZ 241 (45.1overs) - John Suraj 61, Michael Brown 53, Imtiaz Ali 39; Shakeel Ali 2/41. QUEEN’S PARK won by 49 runs. Man of the Match — P Nicholas.
At Pierre Road: ALESCON COMET 250/8 (50 overs) — Anil Balliram 72, Rajendra Mangallie 61, Junior Sadhoo 43, Denis Rampersad 4/53, Dale Douglas 3/40 vs CERAMIC MERRYBOYS 202 (43.1 overs) — Richard Kelly 64, Devon Rogers 54; Nicholas Ramjass 5/16, R Mangallie 2/40. COMET won by 48 runs. Man of the Match — R Mangallie.
At Honeymoon Park: MOOSAI SPORTS 113 (31overs) - Stephen Stuart 3/10 vs LAS LOMAS 114/3 (20.2 overs) — Deepak Jattan 42. LAS LOMAS won by seven wickets. Man of the Match - D Jattan.
At the Police Barracks: POLICE 66 (31 overs) — Kyron Lynch 3/23, Narendra Bridgelal 2/7 vs TILE IT CENTRAL SPORTS 71/1 — Dion Bennett 26 not out, Derwyn Christian 20 not out. CENTRAL SPORTS won by nine wickets. MOM: K Lynch.
GROUP B — At Wilson Road: CLICO PREYSAL 123 (38.2 overs) — Navin Stuart 32, Mark Ramprakash 22, Kenton Thompson 2/9 vs FCB Clarke Road 126/4 (32.1overs) — Alan Mahabir 34 not out, Mahadeo Bodoe 23 not out. CLARKE ROAD won by 6 wickets. Man of the Match — A Mahabir.
At Munroe Road: W CONNECTION WANDERERS 269/8 (50 overs) — Looknath Ramsuchit 122, Brent Lezama 67; Gopaul Nanan 3/48 vs MUNROE ROAD 168 (45.3 overs) — G Nanan 44, Adrian Bharrat 38; Afzal Dean 3/29. WANDERERS won by 101 runs. Man of the Match — L Ramsuchit.
At Union Hall: COUVA SPORTS 244/7 (50overs) — Deonarine Deyal 67 vs MAYO 152 (33 overs) — Fareed Hosein 4/35. COUVA won by 92 runs.
At Iere Village: GREEN ARRO 127 vs POWERGEN 131/4.
Points standings: GROUP A — Comet 21; Queen’s Park 15; Central Sports 15;  Merryboys 12; Las Lomas 9; Police 7; Aranguez 4; Moosai 0.
GROUP B: PowerGen 18; Wanderers 18; Clarke Road 15; Preysal 12; Munroe Road 7; Couva 7;  Mayo 3; Green Arrow 0.