The Queen's Park bats­men con­tin­ued their form yes­ter­day on day two of the na­tion­al crick­et three-day tri­al match, led by Petrock Nicholas, as the Yan­nick Ot­t­ley XI bounced back at the Na­tion­al Crick­et Cen­tre in Cou­va.Ear­li­er in the day, re­sum­ing on its overnight 240/8, the Ja­son Mo­hammed XI tail showed some re­sis­tance, get­ting to 276 all out. Yan­nic Cari­ah added ten runs to his overnight 35, while leg-spin­ner Im­ran Khan was the pick of the bowlers, grab­bing 3/31. Queen's Park bats­man Jonathan Au­gus­tus top-scored for the Mo­hammed XI with 85.

In re­ply, the Ot­t­ley XI got off to an ex­cel­lent start thanks to Queen's Park's (Parkite) Adri­an Barath and Pow­er­gen's Evin Lewis. The pair put on 94 for the first wick­et, but both bats­men fell just short of half-cen­turies. Barath scored 47, while Lewis con­tributed 43. Barath and Lewis were both re­cent­ly in­clud­ed in the T&T squad for the up­com­ing NAGI­CO Su­per50 tour­na­ment, which bowls off in T&T on Jan­u­ary 30.

The Ot­t­ley XI was then re­duced to 135/3 when Kjorn Ot­t­ley fell for 29, but Parkite Petrock Nicholas re­gained con­trol for his team, mak­ing 60 as the Ot­t­ley XI closed on 228/5, 48 runs be­hind. Off spin bowler Amit Jag­ger­nauth snatched 2/25.To­day will be the third and fi­nal day of the match.

SCORES

At Na­tion­al Crick­et Cen­tre: Ja­son Mo­hammed XI 276 (Jonathan Au­gus­tus 85, Yan­nic Cari­ah 45, Ja­son Mo­hammed 44, Im­ran Khan 3/31, Kavesh Kan­tas­ingh 2/26) vs Yan­nick Ot­t­ley XI 228/5 (Petrock Nicholas 60, Adri­an Barath 47, Evin Lewis 43, Amit Jag­ger­nauth 2/25)