Merry Boys maintained its perfect record in the closing stages against Caldrac in the National league competition yesterday, as Aneil Kanhai and Aaron Alfred both struck 28 to give them a four-wicket win with 11 balls remaining.
The match changed to T20 mode, as Merry Boys needed 139 to win off 21 overs in fading light. Merry Boys lost six wickets, but got to the target in 19.1 overs. Jon Ross Jagessar tried to contain the Merry Boys batsmen, taking 4/58.
Earlier, resuming on 24/0 in the second innings, Caldrac made 275 behind 93 from Royston Crandon. Atiba Alert (5/53) and Javon Searles (3/48) were the best bowlers for Merry Boys.
Also recording outright wins were Tableland, Clarke Road and Moosai.
SCORES
At Diego Martin: Caldrac 75 (Neil Williams 45 no, Javon Searles 5/25, Atiba Alert 2/19) and 275 (Royston Crandon 93, Sharmarh Brooks 88, Alert 5/53, Searles 3/48) vs Merry Boys 212 (Geetendra Sookdeo 60, Allen Laurent 5/60, Ancil Nedd 3/51) and 139/6 (19.1 overs) (Aneil Kanhai 28, Aaron Alfred 28, Jon Ross Jagessar 4/58) Merry Boys won by four wickets
At Pierre Road: Powergen 320 (Sherwin Ganga 81, Vaaroon Samaroo 65, Marlon Bharath 4/96, Andy Gobin 2/25) and 77/6 (Nicholas Sookdeosingh 27, Davindra Krishna 3/23, Richard Kelly 3/18) vs Alescon Comets 226 (Vishal Singh 77, Gobin 29, Ganga 3/58, Ancil Bhagan 3/58) Match Drawn
At Queen's Park Oval: Esmeralda 259 (Trevon Griffith 114, Rishard Harris 33, Khary Pierre 5/65, Amit Jaggernauth 3/104) and 181 (Anthony D'Andrade 42, Harris 38, Jaggernauth 6/57) vs QPCC 167 (Kevon Cooper 53, Teshaun Castro 3/17, Kerwin Sirju 3/39) Match Drawn
At Wilson Road: Preysal 107 (Videsh Sookhai 32, Kissoondath Magram 5/20, Kyle Mayers 3/21) and 121 (Sookhai 39, Samuel Roopnarine 3/34, Magram 2/24) vs Clarke Road 401/9 dec (Kyle Mayers 103 no, Derone Davis 63, Bryan Charles 3/108, Anthony Adams 3/104) Clarke Rd won by an innings and 173 runs
At Honeymoon Park: Bamboo 154 (Krishna Arjune 36, Shervon Penco 3/35, Nameer Suepaul 2/13) and 55 vs Moosai 255 � Moosai won by an innings and 46 runs
At Tableland: Tableland 299 (Lincoln Roberts 121, Brent Harriot 57, Nishal Gayadeen 4/80) vs Munroe 129 (Derwin Christian 60, Harriot 5/10, Darrel Williams 3/26) and 148 (Kapil Harry 38, Kenton Thompson 5/42, Jerve Cummings 2/12) Tableland won by an innings and 22 runs
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