National League leaders clash with Preysal

Carib National League cricket leaders First Citizen’s Clarke Road United, newly crowned Carib Cup champions tackle Clico Preysal at Wilson Road, Penal today in the penultimate round of the Division One series.

Clarke Road are atop the standings with 92 points, just five ahead of Sunday League champions Clico Preysal. As has been the case for the past couple seasons the championship is wide open with six teams still in the hunt. Alescon Comet who have played consistent cricket all season under the astute leadership of Suruj Ragoonath have collected 83 points and are third at the moment. They come up against a confident PowerGen cricket team that whipped Queen’s Park in the last round. The match originally scheduled to be a three-day affair was organised as a two-day match by officials of both clubs and will get underway at 10 am today at Pierre Road, Charlieville, Chaguanas.

PowerGen are on 80 points and will have to play Police in their last round to a decent showing, against Comet, can put them in with an excellent chance of carting away the title. Police have been the whipping boys all season with only Queen’s Park drawing their encounter against them. The Parkites who are locked on 49 points will come up against Tile It Central Sports (73 pts) the early pace-setters. The other clash will see defending champions Ceramic Merryboys tackling Police at Diego Martin. Merryboys are in sixth spot with 69 points and a big win against Police will see them playing an off-form Queen’s Park in their last clash that can go either way.