Rain wreak havoc with Carib Sunday League

PERSISTENT overnight and mid-day showers forced the abandonment of all eight Carib Sunday League second round matches yesterday. Grounds were either water-logged or too soggy for pitches to be prepared to allow play. National Cricket League secretary Rambhai Patel said clubs will receive one point each for their abandoned matches. And because of  conditions which continue to prevail, there is very little likelihood there will be any play in third round matches today.

The first round scheduled for Sunday last week was postponed to a later date. With three rounds in jeopardy, NCL officials and club representatives will have to meet and decide how teams will qualify for the quarter-finals. Top four teams from both groups are eligible to contest the quarter-finals.

Today’s fixtures: GROUP A: Tile It  Central Sports vs. Las Lomas Sports, umpires Clyde Cumberbatch, R Ramasar; Ceramic MerryBoys vs BA Aranguez, umpires F Shah, Harry Mahabal; Queen’s Park vs Defence Force, umpires Khemraj Barrasingha, P Galindo; Moosai Sports vs. Alescon Comets, umpires L Stoddard, E Johnson.
GROUP B: PowerGen Sports vs. Clico Preysal, umpires Kasso Dowlath, Harry Rajkumar; Couva Sports vs W Connection Wanderers, umpires Zainool Maccum, A Lalchan; FCB Clarke Road vs Invaders Sports, umpire S Gangaram, H Ramjattan; Joe Public Munroe Road vs Mayo Valley Boys, umpires Desmond Geoffroy, K. Rampersad.