Badree, 121, blazes Wanderers

Samuel Badree finally got a chance to prove himself when he battered W-Connection Wanderers bowlers for an impressive 121, which carried PowerGen Sports to first honours in their Carib National Cricket League fourth round match at Syne Village yesterday. Wanderers had made 239 in their first with the aid of an exact hundred by  40-year-old veteran Narine Bidhesi and they had the PowerGenBoys in serious trouble at 55 for four at the close of play on Saturday.

But Badree demonstrated that PowerGen posses the talent to match their opponents. Defending champions FCB Clarke Road also found a new batting hero in Ryerson Bhagoo who belted Alescon Comet for a brilliant unbeaten 129 at Wilson Road yesterday. Bhagoo, a University of the West Indies graduate was scoring his maiden Division One century with one six and thirteen fours off 178 balls.  Clarke Road were in total disarray at 103 for the loss of seven wickets. But Bhagoo featured in two century partnerships for the eighth and ninth wicket. With skipper Mahadeo Bodoe (46) propped up the team with a 101-run eighth wicket partnership and then found Mukesh Persad (48) a valuable partner for 103-run which carried them beyond Comet’s first innings of 261.

Summarised Scores —
At Syne Village: W-CONNECTION WANDERERS 239 (Narine Bidhesi 100, Looknath Ramsuchit 42, Joel Pamphille 26, Keno Mason 22,; Dave Mohammed 5 for 61, Rishi Bachan 2 for 42) and 121 for 6 (Brent Lezama 29, Narine Bidhesi 27 not out; Brent Harriot 2 for 14, Dave Mohammed 2 for 11) vs PowerGen SPORTS 281 (Gibran Mohammed 49, Jason Mohammed 20; Samuel Badree 121; Rondell Ramlochan 38; Kishore Lalchan 5 for 74, Sanjiv Gooljar 3 for 111).
Result: First Innings to PowerGen
Points: PowerGen Sports 17; W-Connection Wanderers 8.
At Wilson Road: Alescon Comet 261 all out (Travis Dowlin 76, Avidesh Samaroo 58 not out, Rayad Emrit 26; Mukesh Persad 5 for 94, Damodar Daesrath 2 for 53) vs FCB CLARKE ROAD 336 (Ryerson Bhagoo 129 not out, Adrian Barath 42, Mahadeo Bodoe 46, Mukesh Persad 48, Gregory Mahabir 19; Avidesh Samaroo 3 for 25, Rayad Emrit 2 for 54).
Result: First Innings to Clarke Road
Points: Clarke Road 16; Alescon Comet 9.
At Diego Martin: QPCC 273 (Kierron Pollard 58, Justin Guillen 43, Deepak Kumar 36, Ricardo Paty 30, Mervyn Dillon 36; Ryan Best 5 for 28, Ken Hazel 2 for 51) and 67 for 4 declared vs CERAMIC MERRY BOYS  263 (Mario Belcon 26, Lincoln Roberts 67, Kenton Thompson 48, Richard Kelly 40; Vasbert Drakes 4 for 48, Dwayne Bravo 2 for 78).
Result: First Innings to QPCC.
Points: QPCC 15; Merry Boys 10.
At Inshan Ali Park: CLICO PREYSAL 214 (Denesh Ramdin 78, Andy Jackson 44, Satish Naidoo 36; Davindra Krishna 4 for 82, Lennox Cush 3 for 36) and 150 for 5 (Satish Naidoo 45) vs TILE IT CENTRAL SPORTS  401 for 8 wickets declared (Lennox Cush 214, Sanjeev Maharaj 119 not out; Shazam Babwah 3 for 115, Anderson Bryce 2 for 98, Eugene Antoine 2 for 57).
Result: First Innings to Central Sports
Points: Central Sports 19;  Clico Preysal 7.