Stating that he stood by his EBC Report, Chairman of the Commission of Inquiry Justice Lennox Deyalsingh yesterday also stressed that he took “full responsibility for the outcome” of the Report. The Report was challenged by the EBC and on Wednesday several of its recommendations were quashed by Justice Allan Mendonca. While Mendonca agreed with some of the findings and conclusions of the Commission of Inquiry — conceding that the EBC lacked vision and that it did not quickly investigate, properly, complaints of irregularites, the judge felt that the Commission of Inquiry was not empowered to make several of the recommendations that it made. Deyalsingh said that he accepted the decision of the Court even though he did not totally agree with it. He said that as Chairman of the Commission of Inquiry and the one who guided the Commission on legal matters, he took full responsibility. The other members were not at fault in any matter, he stressed. But stating that the court matter involved ‘procedure’ and not ‘substance’, Deyalsingh said the society had suffered from the emphasis of ‘procedure’ over ‘substance’. “And it would continue to do so unless we see that a decision on procedure should not ipso facto abort or nullify a finding in substance,” he said. “The Commission was given a job to do. We did it honestly, without fear or favour. That is the most anyone could have expected of us,” he said.
Deyalsingh stated that he had always worked on the principle that it was far better to tell the truth and be rejected than to hold back and be accepted. “That Report contains my ‘inner truths’ and I stand by it”. Noting that the Commission of Inquiry was not a court of law “concerned only with the issues waved by the parties before it”, Deyalsingh said the Commission of Inquiry’s mandate was to inquire into the workings of the EBC within its terms of reference. That, he said, involved an approach which went beyond what he termed ‘the information mode’ and took the Commission of Inquiry into ‘the wisdom mode’. The ‘information mode’ entailed the acquisition and evaluation of information, while the ‘wisdom mode’ called not merely processing information, analytically and sequentially, but the “emptying and quieting of the mind, the application of the heart and the alchemy of reason and feeling. You are standing back and viewing the whole, disconcerting what matters and what does not, weighing the meaning and depth of things,” Deyalsingh opined. He said this was the approach that the Commission of Inquiry adopted and if it was held to be wrong in any way, then “so be it”. He added that what “we were seeing” was democracy at work. There was public concern about the EBC, a Commission of Inquiry was appointed, the EBC disagreed with the Commission of Inquiry’s report and it exercised its right to go to the Court for a review, the Court adjudicated on the matter. “I accept the decision even though I may not totally agree with it,” he said.
Deyalsingh stressed that while those affected by the Commission of Inquiry’s report may feel vindicated by the Court’s decision, it was never a matter of winning or losing. “Nothing is either/ or,” he said, adding that it didn’t concern him who won or lost in people’s view. “At the end of the day these exercises are beneficial to the people of Trinidad and Tobago as a whole because what flows from them helps to make people more aware. Asked why, having regard to the fact that there was a specific constitutional mechanism for the removal of an EBC Commissioner, that the Commission of Inquiry via its recommendations sought to impose on the EBC Commissioners an unimplementable requirement, that is, they all resign, Deyalsingh said he was fully aware that the Constitution “protected” the EBC. But, he said, the Commission of Inquiry felt its job was to make recommendations which it saw fit, and it was not about implementability. Asked whether in the light of the censure of the EBC by his Report and to some extent by the observations of Mendonca that the Commission lacked vision, whether the constitutional mechinism for discharging the Commis-sioners should be invoked, Deyalsingh said he had no views on that. “That is a matter for the authorities (the President). We have done our job and what follows is for the relevant authority,” he stated.
FORMER WEST Indies Cricket Board (WICB) president Pat Rousseau has warned that regional cricket will be plunged into a state of crisis if, as expected, Guyana’s Chetram Singh is elected president by the executive committee today. Singh is the only nominee for the post being vacated by Rev. Wes Hall but would be unable to sit on any International Cricket Council (ICC) committee or even enter the West Indies’ dressing rooms due to the fact he is a bookmaker in his South American homeland. The ICC’s code of conduct forbids such access to people associated with gambling. Rousseau, in a letter to The Gleaner, said: “The executive committee of the West Indies Cricket Board is about to plunge West Indies cricket into the worst crisis it has faced and will cause serious long-term damage to our beloved game and to our administration. “The election of Chetram Singh … by the executive committee will cause major damage to the reputation of the WICB leading up to and beyond the 2007 World Cup. “I have known Chetram Singh for many years and I regard him as a friend and I am writing this in the spirit of friendship and because of my paramount interest in West Indies cricket,” the Jamaican continued. “ … the board members have little choice but to vote against the election of Chetram Singh this weekend and achieve a majority vote against his appointment.
“The question I have to ask is? Are these gentlemen, Wes Hall, Val Banks, Richard DeSouza, Stephen Alleyne and Chetram Singh himself, interested enough in West Indies cricket to avoid the damage or is their only interest their desire to continue to control the WICB? “I know as a fact that Stephen Alleyne was reminded of the ICC’s position re Singh when he attended the ICC annual conference a couple of weeks ago. I am sure the Rev. Wes Hall is fully aware of the ICC structure and must consider the situation he is about to put the WICB into at the ICC. Is the Rev. Wes Hall armed with this knowledge going to vote for Singh or like Pontius Pilot, wash his hands of the whole affair?” He also said: “I cannot believe that the ambition of Chetram Singh is so all-powerful and illogical that he would occupy a prestigious post and be unable to fulfil his international obligations. To be viewed by the international governing body as a ‘pariah’ because of the exclusion, can only diminish his post not only at the ICC but in the West Indies and will not be to his credit. “Even if some of his colleagues can only see the opportunity to attend the ICC as the fulfilment of their ambitions, Chetram Singh should look beyond them at the bigger picture and do the correct thing by withdrawing as a candidate for the post of president before any election takes place on Saturday. Only by this action will the West Indian fan and history remember him favourably. I appeal to him to do the honourable thing.” Singh became the sole nominee for the post after Trinidad’s Willie Rodriguez, who it appears would have been endorsed by Jamaica and at least one other member WICB country, withdrew his candidacy earlier this month.
W CONNECTION will face a tough challenge when the 10th round of the T&T Pro League takes place from 4 pm today. Connection, who were the season’s early pace-setters are currently third on the standings and, at the Marvin Lee Stadium, Macoya, will face the unbeaten Joe Public who are sixth with 13 points, four behind Connection. National midfielder Arnold Dwarika will be missing from the Connection lineup, as he is in China undergoing a week-long trial stint with Beijing Guoan. But the Leroy Spann-coached outfit can expect strong performances from strikers George Isaac, Earl Jean and Kendall Davis, as well as midfielders Silvio Spann, Gefferson Goulart, Kerwyn “Hardest” Jemmott and captain Reynold Carrington.
The “Eastern Lions” Joe Public have the dubious record of two wins and seven draws in their nine games, but the youthful squad will rest their hopes on the strike duo of Nigel “Croc” Pierre and Andre Toussaint. League leaders San Juan Jabloteh will host “the Stallions” Caledonia AIA at the Hasely Crawford Stadium while the resurgent Defence Force will travel east to the Sangre Grande Recreation Ground to meet the consistent North East Stars. And, in the clash of the lower-placed teams, South West Institute of Football will face Arima Fire at the Palo Seco Recreation Ground, while the match between Tobago United and Star World Strikers has been postponed.
Current standings:
Seniors
|
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts |
Jabloteh |
8 |
7 |
1 |
0 |
26 |
6 |
22 |
D/Force |
9 |
6 |
0 |
3 |
17 |
16 |
18 |
Connection |
8 |
5 |
2 |
1 |
17 |
8 |
17 |
Strikers |
9 |
4 |
2 |
3 |
17 |
12 |
14 |
N/East Stars |
9 |
4 |
2 |
3 |
12 |
10 |
14 |
Joe Public |
9 |
2 |
7 |
0 |
13 |
11 |
13 |
SWIF |
9 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
14 |
19 |
9 |
Caledonia AIA |
9 |
1 |
3 |
5 |
8 |
13 |
6 |
Arima Fire |
9 |
1 |
2 |
6 |
5 |
18 |
5 |
Tobago Utd |
9 |
0 |
2 |
7 |
2 |
19 |
2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Under-20 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts |
Strikers |
9 |
6 |
1 |
2 |
21 |
12 |
19 |
Jabloteh |
8 |
6 |
1 |
1 |
18 |
4 |
19 |
Caledonia AIA |
9 |
4 |
3 |
2 |
18 |
10 |
15 |
Connection |
8 |
4 |
2 |
2 |
20 |
9 |
14 |
Joe Public |
8 |
3 |
4 |
1 |
17 |
9 |
13 |
Arima Fire |
9 |
4 |
1 |
5 |
15 |
18 |
13 |
D/Force |
9 |
3 |
1 |
5 |
20 |
21 |
10 |
N/East Stars |
8 |
2 |
1 |
5 |
7 |
14 |
7 |
SWIF |
9 |
1 |
3 |
5 |
7 |
19 |
7 |
Tobago Utd |
9 |
1 |
1 |
7 |
5 |
28 |
4 |
KINGSTON: Trinidad and Tobago Calypso Girls netballers were handed a humiliating 59-goal beating by arch-rivals and hosts Jamaica, the Sunshine Girls, as they opened their quest for honours at the 11th Cable & Wireless World Netball Tournament at the new National Sports Centre here on Friday night. Watched by Jamaica Governor General Sir Charles Cooke, Prime Minister PJ Patterson, Opposition Leader Edward Seaga and IFNA President Sherryl Davidson, and following a spectacular opening ceremony, the Sunshine Girls proceeded to give their Trinidad and Tobago rivals a thorough licking. At the end of the first quarter the Sunshine Girls held a comfortable 18-9 lead, and by the halftime interval the game was over as a contest as they stretched their lead to 41-16. The Calypso Girls were given a thorough netball education in passing and positional play, and were made to look very inept, with many passes going astray and intercepted by the very agile and alert Jamaican players. Declaring the series open, Prime Minister Patterson urged all to “Catch de riddim,” official slogan of the championships, but the Calypso Girls netballers seemed to miss it completely.
Judging from the manner of their warm-up routine, the Trinidad and Tobago team looked sluggish. Call it opening game nerves or the fact that we were up against the hosts in an air conditioned arena packed with a sea of yellow, black and green and almost deafening chant- ing, the Calypso Girls netballers never looked the part of co-champions with Australia and New Zealand they were in 1979. The Calypso Girls netball shoots Janelle Barker and Simone Morgan were quite accurate, but the centre court players wing-attack Tricia Liverpool, centre Carlette Nurse and wing-defence Rhonda John found difficulty in getting passes in to them. From the start of the third quarter, coach Veronica McDonald rang in the changes introducing Stacy Sparks at wing-attack, Denesha Moses (wing- defence) and Sojourner “Suzie” Hyles (goal-defence) but to no avail, despite Jamaica too using several substitutes it was more of the same as the Sunshine Girls left their opponents looking bewildered, and the quarter ending 68-22. Barker ended with 21 goals from 24 attempts and Simone Morgan nine from 11 attempts. Young substitute goal-shoot Carla Williams had 40 goals from 43 attempts for the Sunshine Girls, Elaine Davis 28 from 32, Tiffanie Wolfe 11 from 15, Connie Francis 10.
Teams: JAMAICA: Elaine Davis (GS) Simone Forbes (GA), Nadine Bryan (WA), Althea Byfield (GD), Sharon Wiles (C), Nacahla Gibson (WD), Oberon Pitterson (GD), Kasey Evering (GK).
Substitutes: Carla Williams (GS), Tiffanie Wolfe, Connie Francis (GA).
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO: Janelle Barker (GS), Simone Morgan (GA), Tricia Liverpool (WA), Carlette Nurse (c), Rhonda John (WD), Anika La Roche (GD), Anastascia Wilson (GK).
Substitutes: Stacy Sparks (WA), Denesha Moses (WD), Sojourner Hyles (GD).
THE West Indies Under-19 cricket team will play in the Red Stripe Bowl regional limited overs cricket series in October. This was revealed by a source close to the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) yesterday, who said: “The WICB will ask the Windwards to join forces and this will leave one place available in group B, which will be taken by the West Indies Under-19 cricket team.” The Windward Islands were split into two teams for the last tournament, with the Northern Wind-wards and Southern Windwards competing in different zones during the preliminary rounds. The Leewards also made a split with Antigua and Barbuda playing as a separate entity and the rest of the Leewards making up the other team. The source continued: “The thinking at the Board level is that the Windwards splitting affected the standard of the competition. “The perennial whipping boys of regional cricket is not a strong territory and by splitting into two, the standard of the teams was even lower. This led to a water-down of the tournament.
“The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) has decided that it is better to introduce the Under-19 team to the top flight of regional cricket with the youngsters gaining valuable experience ahead of the MTN Under-19 World Cup in 2004.” The WICB will choose the West Indies Under-19 team after the regional Under-19 cricket series next month in Guyana. “Last year the University of the West Indies cricket team were allowed to play and this further diluted the standard of the series and the WICB is seriously looking at the possibility of not inviting the students to take part this time around.” The Canadians who played in the International Cricket Conference (ICC) World Cup tournament in South Africa last year, will again be making an appearance in the tournament.
THERE is a case going on at the moment in which the West Indies Cricket team is being sued by various members of the public who claim to have been scalded by tea and coffee when in anger they watched the West Indies play in the Caribbean recently. This has distracted attention from another even more damaging case in which the West Indies Cricket team is being sued by people who are trying to get this team to change its name from West Indies to something else… Perhaps this brief extract from the case will give a clearer idea of what is at stake.
Counsel: Next witness, please. And your name is..?
Witness: West Indies.
Judge: Just a minute, if you please. I can’t help noticing that all the witnesses so far have been called West Indies. That is rather a remarkable coincidence.
Counsel: Not exactly, my Lord. The case is being brought by a bunch of people who are all called the West Indies public and who claim that their life has been made a misery by their name being used by a consortium of purveyors of fast talk under the name of West Indies cricketers.
Judge: I see. Will all your witnesses be called West Indies?
Counsel: No, my Lord. I intend to call among others Mr Wavell Hinds, a one time West Indies vice-captain.
Judge: Hinds? Or Heinz? Don’t tell me he objects to having Heinz’s Tomato Soup named after him!
Counsel: No, my Lord. I intend to find out if the Hinds and the West Indies opening position can now make common cause and are prepared to bury the hatchet after the massacre of Guyana and Barbados.
Judge: Good Lord. Thankfully the Caribbean football season has started again already?
Counsel: I believe it has my Lord.
Judge: Then we should all be very careful. Carry on with your witness.
Counsel: Your name is West Indies?
Witness: It is. Proud West Indies.
Counsel: Not the same as the tough and strong figures of the past such as Vivian Richards, Gordon Greendige and Andy Roberts….?
Witness: Yes, I am afraid so.
Counsel: May I offer my condolences?
Witness: You may, although it is far too late. Why oh why did this team in first South Africa for the World Cup and then against Australia in the Caribbean have to call itself West Indies and thus blight an entire surname? Australia never made this mistake. There is nobody called Mr Australia whose life has been ruined. There is, I hazard, no Mr England who had to change his name, and probably no India who had to do likewise. But what of all us West Indians whose lives have already been ruined by association with the maroon cap? My life has already been ruined. My footsteps are symbolically dogged by greasy litter bearing the name West Indies cricket. My nostrils are filled with the smell of instant charring and grilling in cheap cooking fat of teams do inferior to walk with us West Indians in the past…
Man in Public Gallery: Watch it!
Judge: Who said that?
Man in Public Gallery: I did! I am a troubleshooter for the West Indies Players Association lawyers, the most feared bunch in the Caribbean, who spend all our time watching for possible libel cases, and I want to confirm, as you all know, that West Indies does not use cheap cooking oil but only the finest ingredients, garnered throughout the world from hand-selected sources…
Judge: Get that man out of here!
The man is removed.
Thank you. I must warn the rest of you not to interrupt. I speak as a man who once ejected three lawyers defending the name “Champagne” from a court, and they don’t come tougher than that.
Man In Public Gallery: Yes they do!
Judge: Who said that?
Man: I did! I am a lawyer representing the sanctity of the trade name Coca-Cola in West Indies sponsorship! If anyone writes “Coke” with a small c, as in “coke”, I am right in there, guns blazing!
Judge: Then go and do it somewhere else! Remove him! After a titanic struggle, he is ejected.
Now please continue examining your witness, Mr Radish.
Counsel: Thank you, my Lord. Now, Mr West Indies, you object to the players who were in South Africa in February sharing the same name as you, but you surely cannot maintain that a group should remain anonymous. It must have a name of some kind. Do you think a man called Macintosh should go to court simply because a raincoat is called a Macintosh? Should a man called Burberry feel offended? Were a man to be called Mr. Rubber, should he?
Man in Public Gallery: Excuse me! I represent the only rubber company…
Judge: This may be a good place for an adjournment.
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THE stage is set for battle royale when the Trinidad and Tobago senior badminton stars take on their Barbadian counterparts for the coveted Caribbean Regional Badminton Confederation (CAREBACO) crown at the Jean Pierre Sports Complex today from 4 pm. Led by outstanding performances by triple-crown champion Anil Seepaul, eight-time national doubles champion pair Sabrina Cassie and Zeudi Mack and Kesma Bonito allowed Trinidad seniors and their loyal supporters to celebrate a hard-fought 3-2 victory over powerful Suriname on Friday night. Yesterday, the Barbadians led by three-time champion Ryan Holder, three-time women champion Dionne Forde and Miriama Eastmond edged out Suriname by a similar 3-2 margin. While TT secured victory before the final match , the mixed doubles contest, on Friday evening, Barbados prevailed in the decisive third set in the final match of their encounter with their Surinamer rivals yesterday. Barbadians Holder and Forde combined to register a 15-7, 6-15, 15-6 victory over Suriname’s Oscar Brandon and Stephanie Jadi. According to the CAREBACO president Joseph Clarke, who is also the 2003 tournament chief umpire, “The gold medal clash between TT and Barbados will be very exciting and hopefully we will have a very good crowd to see two evenly matched teams battle for regional supremacy. “All the matches will be exciting and fans would enjoy the thrills of this fast-paced sport. Both teams have experienced and talented players and everything depends on how well you play on the day. Trust me, the action will be riveting.”
Seepaul set the tone for TT’s triumph over Suriname when he overpowered promising 18-year-old Virgil Soeroredjo 15-9, 12-15, 15-10. But Suriname’s 10-time singles champion and 1999 Pan-American champion Oscar Brandon combined with Pan-American youth doubles runner-up Mitchell Wonsodrikomo to level the score 1-1, when they outplayed the TT doubles pair of Canadian-based Glendon Thomas and Cuban-based Darron Charles 15-6, 15-3. However, the tension eased for local supporters and players when eight-time national winning pair Sabrina Cassie and Zeudi Mack disposed of Caroline Davids and Stephanie Jadi 15-4, 15-10 in the doubles and Kesma Bonito turned back the challenge of Davids in the singles encounter, winning 11-4, 4-11, 11-6. Playing with an injured leg sustained on Sunday last, Cassie was forced to miss the singles. In the Barbados vs Suriname clash yesterday, 27-year-old Holder held off the challenge of Redon Coulor 15-9, 17-15 in the singles, then teamed with 24-year-old Forde to clinch the mixed doubles match against the experienced and skilful Brandon and Jadi in the fifth and final match yesterday winning 15-7, 6-15, 15-6. Forde partnered Mariama Eastmond to defeat Davids and Jadi in the womens doubles at 15-6, 15-11. Brandon and Coulor were too good for Kevin Wood and Andre Padmore in the men’s doubles, romping home 15-13, 15-6, while Davids conquered Eastmond 7-11, 11-6, 11-1 in the women singles.. TT juniors lost to Barbados 1-4 margin on Friday night and were again beaten 0-5 by Jamaica who will face Suriname in the gold medal match today. Only Rahul Rampersad distinguished himself with a comprehensive 15-0, 15-0 win over Barbados’ Carlos Barrow and played in the most absorbing and thrilling encounter so far in the tournament when he was narrowly edged out by Jamaica’s Casif Bernard 15-13, 13-15, 12-15.
ACE NATIONAL swimmer George Bovell won the boys 15-and-over 100-metre freestyle and 50m butterfly as the National Long Course Age Group Swimming Championships continued at the Marlins Swim Pool, Westmoorings. The 19-year-old Bovell, preparing for the FINA World Championships in Spain, claimed the 100m free in 51.59 seconds on Friday night, defeating Marlins’ Ryan Yearwood 54.35 and brother Nicholas 54.74. And the 2002 Swimmer of the Year also whipped Yearwood and younger brother Nicholas in the 50m butterfly, with George timed in 25.90, Yearwood 26.10 and Nicholas 26.68. Another Piranha swimmer claiming double gold was Sharntelle McLean. The lanky McLean won the girls’ 15-and-over 100m free in 59.34, ahead of Marlins’ Linda McEachrane 1:01.87 and fellow Piranha Ayeisha Collymore 1:02.41. McLean later took the 50m butterfly in 28.84, followed by the Marlins duo of Sobenna George 31.91 and Melanie Charles 32.72.
Other results: Boys 9-10 100m freestyle: 1.Cadell Lyons (Sting-rays) 1:06.91; 2.Christian Homer (Stingrays) 1:08.47; 3.Abraham McLeod (Piranhas) 1:10.63.
Girls 13-14 100m freestyle: 1.Chantal Redon (Marlins) 1:04.93; 2.Whitney Wint (Piranhas) 1:05.10; 3.Kimba Collymore (Piranhas) 1:05.28.
Boys 13-14 100m freestyle: 1.John Ross Andrews (Piranhas) 57.96; 2.Andre Schamber (Piranhas) 59.51; 3.Jules Graham (Marlins) 59.70.
Girls 8-and-under 100m freestyle: 1.Kimberlee John-Williams (Piranhas) 1:16.06; 2.Cardesha Lyons (Stingrays) 1:17.25; 3.Khadija Thornhill (Stingrays) 1:27.15.
Boys 9-10 50m butterfly: 1.Cadell Lyons 31.24; 2.Christian Homer 31.87; 3.Aaron Smith (La Joya) 34.11.
Girls 13-14 50m butterfly: 1.Kimba Collymore 32.13; 2.Zahra De Four (Marlins) 33.32; 3.Whitney Wint 33.87.
Boys 13-14 50m butterfly: 1.Jules Graham (Marlins) 28.86; 2.Andre Schamber 29.24; 3.John Ross Andrews 29.78.
Girls 8-and-under 50m butterfly: 1.Kimberlee John-Williams 36.33; 2.Cardesha Lyons 38.45; 3.Khadija Thornhill 47.19.
Boys 11-12 100m breaststroke: 1.Joel Sankar (La Joya) 1:25.13; 2.Christian Bocage (Flying Fish) 1:25.66; 3.Deronn Samlalsingh (La Joya) 1:27.05.
Girls 13-14 100m breaststroke: 1.Shannon Duval (Marlins) 1:18.23; 2.Kimba Collymore 1:25.19; 3.Charese McDonald (Flying Fish) 1:30.33.
Boys 13-14 100m breaststroke: 1.Shane Gillette (Marlins) 1:17.85; 2.Carlisle Abbott (Piranhas) 1:18.18; 3.John Ross Andrews 1:18.57.
Boys 15-and-over 100m breaststroke: 1.Tron Johnson (Marlins) 1:11.18; 2.Orlando Thom (Tidal Wave) 1:11.62; 3.Carlo Jacob (Marlins) 1:14.48.
Boys 11-12 200m butterfly: 1.Joel Sankar 2:41.11; 2.Ikenna Ward 2:59.38; 3.Osei Campbell (Flying Fish) 3:01.14.
Girls 13-14 200m butterfly: 1.Kimba Collymore 2:46.07; 2.Whitney Wint 3:00.38; 3.Ordessia Charran (Marlins) 3:08.89.
Boys 13-14 200m butterfly: 1.Jules Graham 2:33.21; 2.Andre Schamber 2:37.69; 3.Adam Andalcio (Marlins) 2:54.69.
Girls 15-and-over 200m butterfly: 1.Melanie Charles (Marlins) 2:38.84; 2.Collette Joseph (Piranhas) 3:05.94; 3.Samra Conliffe (Flying Fish) 3:35.42.
PRUDENTIAL Printers Awesome continued their title chase in the Motor and General Insurance Comp-pany/Caribbean Glass Savannah Boys Windball Cricket League with a convincing six-wicket victory over Magic Savannah Boys. Sheldon Balroop 54, his second half century in as many innings, led the Awesome charge to victory in just 11 overs. Jerome Hardial took three wickets for 18 runs and Romeo Alexander two for 15 to restrict Savannah Boys to 94 for seven wickets in their 15 overs. Replying, Awesome reac-hed 98 for four, despite Naresh Sookhai taking three for 12. Flames burnt Evergreen in a thriller, while Powerplay ove-rpowered Villians, Winners crushed NFM and Paradigm eked past Anthrax in other games.
Here are the summarised scores: EVERGREEN 143/6 – Newlin Paul 34, Ricardo Rajnauth 42, steve McClatchie 18, Suresh Maharaj 3/33 vs FLAMES 148/7 – Suresh Sagewan 30, Moham Ramoudar 36, Vijay Sumairsingh 24, Richard Lubie 3/23, Hamilton Scoon 2/13.
VILLIANS 134/4 – Mustaq Mohammed 34, Saleem Mohammed 34, Amral Ali 20, Indar Persayd 2/15 vs POWERPLAY 135/6 – Jewan Sookdeo 42, Nazir
Phundar 27, Navendra Krishna 20, S Mohammed 2/20, Kayam Ali 2/34.
WINNERS 135/9 – Marvet Cedeno 28, Jerry Beckles 43, Jason Williams 3/16, Andrew Lewis 2/20 vs NFM 98 – Andy Jango 14, Cecil Gangoo 15, Gerry Meijas 2/16, J Beckles 2/8, J Meijas 2/28.
ANTHRAX 91/7 – Reeza Mohammed 20, Azad Ali 3/13 vs PARADIGM 94/7 – Isa Emamdeen 27, Brian Rambaran 25, Simon Persad 2/13.
TEENAGE batsman Keon Isaac scored an unbeaten 102 as Misons Mico EYM Second XI defeated Paragon reserves by an innings and 123 runs in the North Zone of the Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board (TTCB). The 13-year-old struck seven fours in his knock, with Bharath Rampersad adding 44 and Shameer Mohammed 23, as Mico EYM reached 284 for seven wickets declared. Paragon batting first totalled 123, and in their second turn at the crease were skittled out for 38. Neal Hassim was the main destroyer taking four wickets for 12 runs, while Wallace Leslie got three for 13.
