Tile It Central Sports ground Comets

TILE IT Central Sports sent a warning to the opposition in this season’s Carib National Cricket League with a comprehensive nine-wicket hammering of Alescon Comets at Pierre Road yesterday. Needing 159 to win in 33 overs, the “Tile Men” reached the victory target losing only one wicket with eight balls to spare. Leading the charge was Guyanese import Lennox Cush who smashed an unbeaten 66 and Satish Naidoo who scored 55 not out. Earlier, Central Sports resuming on 102 for six wickets in pursuit of Comets first innings171, rallied to reach 187 all out, for a narrow 16-run lead and first innings points with Rayad Emrit scoring 35 not out and veteran James Dodds scored 34. Nicholas Ramjass took six wickets for 43 runs. Batting a second time Comets again totalled 171 with Imran Khan getting 38 and Suruj Ragoonath 29. Cush who took two wickets for one run in the first innings, claimed another three wickets for 19.

At Diego Martin, defending champions Ceramic Trinidad Merryboys had to be satisfied with first innings points against CLICO Preysal in their  drawn match. After reaching 286 on the opening day, Merryboys bowlers restricted Preysal to 176 all out. Aaron Ragoonath batted stubbornly and took the fight to the Patna Boys with 52 but it was not enough. Merryboys skipper Aniel Kanhai took four wickets for 15 runs. Preysal were on 38 for three wickets at the close. At Wilson Road, FCB Clarke Road grabbed first innings points over neighbours PowerGen by 20 runs. PowerGen were bowled out for 181 in response to Clarke Road’s 201. Denzil James struck an enterprising 72, while Sherwin Ganga got 38 for the PowerGen men who struggled against Mukesh Persad who took seven wickets for 59 runs. In their second knock, Clarke Road reached 203 for nine declared with half centuries from Mahadeo Bodoe and Damodar Dasrath.

Summarised scores: At Pierre Road: COMETS 171 and 171 - I Khan 38, S Ragoonath 29, L Cush 3/19, Kyron Lynch 2/34, Devindra Krishna 2/35 vs  TILE IT CENTRAL SPORTS 187 - S Naidoo 51, J Dodds 34, R Emrit 35 not out, N Ramjass 6/43 and 159 for one - S Naidoo 55 not out, L Cush 66 not out.
TILE IT CENTRAL SPORTS 26 pts; COMETS 6 pts.
At Wilson Road: FCB CLARKE ROAD 201 and 203/9 - Mahadeo Bodoe 59, Damodar Dasrath 65, Sean Siloch 36, Jason Mohammed 3/23, S Ganga 2/29, Samuel Badree 2/53 vs POWERGEN 181 - D James 72, S Ganga 38, Joel Surujbally 28, M Persad 7/59.
CLARKE ROAD 16 pts; POWERGEN 11pts.
At Diego Martin: CERAMIC TRINIDAD MERRYBOYS 176 and 109/6 - Mario Belcon 34, Richard Kelly 27 not out, Ryan Hurley 4/27 vs CLICO PREYSAL 176 - A Ragoonath 52, Hollister Pajotte 28, Ryan Hurley 24, A Kanhai 4/15, Ryan Best 2/45 and 38/3 - R Best 2/10.).
MERRYBOYS 15 pts; PREYSAL 9 pts.
At the Oval: COUVA SPORTS 282 and 89/5 - Richard Harris 2/23 vs QUEEN’S PARK 206 - Samuel Felix 59, Deepak Kumar 47, Mervyn Dillon 29, Vinood Ramdhanie 4/64.
COUVA SPORTS 15 pts; QUEEN’S PARK 12 pts.