Vin­ode Mam­chan

The T&T Sec­ondary Schools crick­et team cre­at­ed his­to­ry yes­ter­day by win­ning the 2nd In­ter­na­tion­al Schools Crick­et Pre­mier League T20 ti­tle in Loc­know, In­dia yes­ter­day. The T&T boys, who left home a week ago, played un­beat­en at the tour­na­ment and yes­ter­day grabbed the ti­tle with a 53-run win over City Montes­sori School, Luc­know at the CMS ground.

Bat­ting first, the T&T boys made 195 all out in ex­act­ly 20 overs with Joshua Ram­doo top­scor­ing with a hard hit­ting 58. Lend­ing good sup­port was Sha­keel Mc­David with 24 and the in­form na­tion­al un­der-19 play­er Je­re­my Solozano 23. When the home team took to the crease, they were al­ways up against it, chas­ing 196 at 9.85 runs per over.

De­spite sup­port from a very noisy crowd at the CMS ground, the hosts bat­ting failed to live up to the lofty ask­ing rate and in the end they were re­strict­ed to 142/8 in their 20 overs.

North Zone's Camil­lio Carim­bo­cas grabbed 3/17, while Solozano re­turned with the ball to take 2/27. Sec­ondary Schools Crick­et Coun­cil (SS­CC) of­fi­cial Ravi Ram­nanan who ac­com­pa­nied the team to In­dia said he was thrilled with the guys per­for­mance. "We are thrilled with the per­for­mance of this young team we brought up here. They were play­ing in for­eign con­di­tions and han­dled the ad­just­ment well and they have made their coun­try proud.

"Win­ning this ti­tle meant a lot to the play­ers and they will all be tak­ing all the pos­i­tives out of this trip to aid in the fur­ther­ance of their crick­et­ing ca­reers." The pres­i­dent of the Sec­ondary Schools Crick­et Coun­cil, Son­ny­lal Sookoo al­so ac­com­pa­nied the team to In­dia.

FI­NAL SCORES: T&T Schools 195 all out (20ovs)(Joshua Ram­doo 58, Sha­keel Mc­David 24, Je­re­my Solozano 23) vs City Montes­sori School 142/8 (Camil­lio Carim­bo­cas 3/17, Je­re­my Solozano 2/27) - T&T Schools won by 53 runs.