Simmons, Rampaul pave TT victory road

GEORGETOWN: The Windward Islands gave another listless batting performance and were facing defeat at the hands of Trinidad and Tobago, at the end of the second day’s play in the TCL West Indies Youth Challenge three-day championship at Bourda here yesterday. In arrears by 188 runs, the Windwards lost seven wickets in the last session for 111 runs in their second innings, as pacer Ravi Rampaul ripped apart the top-order batting to end with the impressive figures of four for 11 from six overs. Skipper Liam Sebastien is unbeaten on 40, while Earvin Frederick is not out on five. Middle-order batsman Mervyn Noel also contributed 40.

At one stage the Windwards were tottering on 20 for five, but were let off the hook by two spilled catches from TT’s first innings bowling hero, Magnum Nanan and off-spinner Kapil Subran respectively. Both dropped return chances from the bat of Sebastien. The Windwards still need a further 77 runs to avoid an innings defeat with only three wickets remaining. Earlier, TT resumed on 121 for two and led by a polished 103 from West Indies “A” team batsman Lendl Simmons reached an imposing 322. Simmons’ innings lasted 185 minutes and 155 balls and contained 11 boundaries. He received good support from his skipper Denesh Ramdin who made 75, adding just five to his overnight score and Aaron Ragoonath who contributed 42. Simmons and Ragoonath added an entertaining 109 in 93 minutes for the fourth wicket partnership. Medium-pacer Mervyn Mathews grabbed four wickets for 53 runs, while Craig Emmanuel and Ash Edwards captured two wickets apiece.

 BOURDA SCOREBOARD

TT v WINDWARD ISLANDS
Windward Islands 1st Inns 134
Trinidad and Tobgo 1st Inns
(Overnight 121/2)
T Maraj LBWEmmanuel 12
D Ramdin LBW Emmanuel 75
P Nicholas LBW Mathews 4
L Simmons LBW Edwards 103
A Ragoonath LBW Edwards  42
J Augustus LBW Mathews 28
R Rampaul c Emmanuel b Simmons 2
K Subran c James b Mathews 13
R Bachan c (sub) George b Fredericks 10
K Roy not out 0
M Nanan LBWMathews 0
EXTRAS (B16, LB4, W1, NB2) 23
TOTAL (All out —- 105.3 overs) 322
Fall of wkts: 27, 93, 146, 255, 272, 275, 303, 322, 322, 322.
BOWLING: Jean Paul 11-3-37-0, Mervyn Mathews 22.3 - 7-53-4, Earvin Frederick 9-1-46-1 (2nb), Craig Emmanuel 12-2-45-2, Ash Edwards 21-2-44-2 (1w), Liam Sebastien 25-9-57-1, Delroy Charles 5-0-20-0.

Windwards 2nd Inns
C. Emmanuel b Roy 0
L. Brown LBW Rampaul 0
M. Bascombe c Nanan b Rampaul 7
M. Noel c Augustus b Subran 40
L. James c Simmons b Rampaul 0
D. Charles LBW Rampaul 0
M. Mathews b Simmons 11
L. Sebastien not out 40
E. Frederick not out 5
EXTRAS (B5, LB2, NB1) 8
TOTAL (For 7 wickets —- 34 overs) 111
Fall of wkts: 1, 1, 9, 20, 20, 44, 85.
BOWLING: Ravi Rampaul 6-2-11-4, Kwesi Roy 5-1-18-1, Magnum Nanan 9-1-33-0, Lendl Simmons 1-0-4-1, Kapil Subran 8-1-25-1, Rishi Bachan 4-0-10-0, Jonathan Augustus 1-0-3 0.