Middle-order batsman and South skipper Jason Mohammed, scored a wonderful 84 to take his team to a 30-run victory over North in the North/South Super50 trial match at the Queen's Park Oval on Friday night.Batting first, South made a very competitive 245 all out from 49.5 overs. They got off to an excellent start from openers Evin Lewis and Adrian Barath. The left/right combination posted 115 runs for the first wicket and while they were at the crease, the Northern bowling looked unpenetrative.
Lewis was his explosive self hitting everything out of sight, which thrilled the sparse crowd at the Oval. He was the first to be dismissed, falling for 73 off 87 balls with three sixes and nine fours. After his dismissal North came back into the game with the scalps of Imran Khan (0), Barath (47) and Denesh Ramdin (8). Barath played well and got his runs off 69 balls with one six and six fours. Soon, South had slipped from 115 without loss to 135 for four and it took a very mature innings from the inform Mohammed, to set a good target for the North team.
Mohammed finally fell for 84 off 77 balls with five sixes and four fours. The pick of the bowlers for North were Rayad Emrit 3/40 and Yannic Carriah 3/44.When North batted they lost Lendl Simmons early for 11 but Justin Guillen and Darren Bravo set about re-building the innings. They took the score to 84 when Guillen with a half century in sight, fell for 40. He faced 59 balls, hitting one six and four fours. Darren Bravo soon followed for 29 and despite some men getting starts in the middle and lower order, South was always in control, eventually taking the win.Spinner Derone Davis collected 4/49, while there were two wickets apiece for Khan and Yannick Ottley.
Scores
T&T South
A Barath lbw b L Simmons 47
E Lewis c J Guillen b Y Cariah 73
I khan lbw b Y Cariah 0
D Ramdin+ lbw b Y Cariah 8
J Mohammed
c A Balgobin b R Emrit 84
Y Ottley run out(sub) 4
S Ganga
c R Jaipaul b R Emrit 3
R Lachana c sub b R Jaipaul 11
D Davis
c Y Cariah b K Cooper 6
T Robertson
c A Balgobin b R Emrit 0
S Gabriel not out 3
Extras (5w 1lb) 6
Total (all out) 245
Fall of wickets: 1-115, 2-115, 3-131, 4-135, 5-157, 6-171, 7-198, 8-225, 9-227, 10-245
Bowling: K Cooper 10-2-52-1; M Richards 6-0-35-0; R Emrit 9.5-0-40-3; R Jaipaul 4-0-36-1; L Simmons 10-0-37-1;Y Cariah 10-1-44-3
T&T North
L Simmons
c S Gabriel b T Robertson 11
J Guillen c D Ramdin b I khan 40
D Bravo
st D Ramdin b S Ganga 29
P Nicholas lbw b D Davis 14
J Augustus lbw b Y Ottley 15
K Cooper
c Y Ottley b D Davis 34
Y Cariah
c S Ganga b Y Ottley 26
R Emrit c A Barath b I khan 9
M Richards
c Y Ottley b D Davis 29
A Balgobin+ not out 1
R Jaipaul b D Davis 0
Extras (5w 1lb 1b) 7
Total (all out) 215
Fall of wickets: 1-22, 2-84, 3-84, 4-110, 5-146, 6-153, 7-165, 8-214, 9-214, 10-215
Bowling: S Gabriel 7-1-22-0;T Robertson 5-0-24-1; D Davis 8.5-0-49-4; S Ganga 8-2-36-1;I khan 10-0-44-2;Y Ottley 6-0-38-2
Result: T&T South won by 30 runs
Toss: South, who chose to bat
Umpires: Z Bassarath K Kowlesser