Vin­ode Mam­chan

For­mer T&T and West In­dies leg-spin­ner Ra­jin­dra Dhan­raj was in great form tak­ing Vic­to­ria to vic­to­ry over Pro­gres­sive, as round three match­es in the Colfire South Cham­pi­onship crick­et se­ries was played. Dhan­raj snared 5/22 to bowl out Pro­gres­sive for 132. Al­so among the wick­ets for Vic­to­ria was Mar­celle Jones with 4/33. Jones then turned bats­man and scored an un­beat­en 114 to take his team to 301/7 de­clared. Dhan­raj was then up to his old tricks again tak­ing 4/28 in the sec­ond in­nings to hus­tle out Pro­gres­sive for 91 to give his team full points. A to­tal of five cen­turies were scored over the week­end. Those rais­ing their bat at the cov­et­ed land­mark were Clarke Rochard's Sri Lankan im­port Is­han Mu­tal­iph 115, Di­a­mond Unit­ed's Ri­car­do Jadoonath 132, Vic­to­ria's Mar­celle Jones 114 not out and the York­shire pair of Chid­nand Shiv­wram 113 not out and Chris­t­ian Dean 121 not out.

Shiv­wram and Dean put on record un­beat­en 210 sixth wick­et part­ner­ship that took their team to an in­nings vic­to­ry over St Mary's Su­per­stars at Cun­jal in Bar­rack­pore. Bat­ting first St Mary's made 139 with Shiv­wram tak­ing 6/44 and Naz­im Ali 3/31. York­shire then lost five quick wick­ets in re­ply, be­fore the pair of Shiv­wram and Dean came to­geth­er to take them to 365/5 de­clared. Bat­ting a sec­ond time St Mary's fold­ed for 141 with Isaac Nicholas get­ting 58. Ash­meed Mo­hammed grabbed 5/66 and Naz­im Ali 2/40, to en­sure the win.

SCORES:

At La Ro­maine: Valiants 145 (Den­nis Louis 58) & 159/8 dec (De­von Nel­son 63, Den­nis Louis 37) vs Ever­green 145 (Akiel Tim­o­thy 3/27, Ky­ron Lynch 3/33) – Match drawn.

At Bar­rack­pore: Clarke Rochard 361 for 9 dec (Is­han Mu­tal­iph 115, Dave Ram­se­wak 79, Mar­lon Bricieno 81) vs F&E Di­a­mond Unit­ed 364/9 dec (Ri­car­do Jadoonath 132, Sham Per­sadie 91, Adesh De­onar­ine 3/30) – Match drawn.

At Bar­rack­pore: Pro­gres­sive 132 (Ka­reem Charles 35, Ra­jin­dra Dhan­raj 5/22, Mar­celle Jones 4/33) & 91 (Ra­jin­dra Dhan­raj 4/28, Kr­ishen­dath Ramoo 4/7) vs Vic­to­ria 301/7 dec (Mar­celle Jones 114no, Den­nis An­drew 66, Christo­pher Sankar 25) - Vic­to­ria won by an inns and 78 runs.

At Rousil­lac: Dow Vil­lage 167 (Grayson Alex­is 39, Nigel Fer­ri­era 44, Rafael Teeluck 6/54, Rakesh Maraj 3/60) & 151 (Leon Evans 55, Sais­nar­ine Singh 4/20) vs Rousil­lac 246 (Riguel Brown 78, Arnold Seales 38no) & 74/1 (Keon Ce­les­tine 38, Riguel Brown 29no) - Rousil­lac won by 9 wk­ts.

At Cun­jal: St Mary's 139 (Bran­don Williams 58, Faoud Bas­sarath 48, Chid­nand Shiv­wram 6/44, Naz­im Ali 3/31) & 141 (Isaac Nicholas 58, Ash­meed Mo­hammed 5/66, Naz­im Ali 2/40) vs York­shire 365/5 dec (Chid­nand Shiv­wram 113no, Chris­t­ian Dean 121no, Lar­ry Ram­lakhan 2/35).