Je­lani Beck­les

For­mer West In­dies bats­man Lin­coln Roberts struck a half cen­tu­ry for Jailal En­ter­prise Vic­to­ria against Mer­ry Boys on the first day of the sec­ond round of the T&T Crick­et Board (TTCB) Pre­mier­ship One three-day com­pe­ti­tion, yes­ter­day.

Roberts, now 41 years old, top-scored with 84 for Vic­to­ria to lead Vic­to­ria to 251 all out bat­ting first at the Bar­rack­pore West Sec­ondary School Ground. Roberts, who played one Test match for the West In­dies in 1999, was sup­port­ed by Ran­ga Latchana, who scored 72.

Philton Williams (3/85) and Javed Ramd­hanie (3/60) both snatched three wick­ets to help re­duce Vic­to­ria's to­tal.In re­ply, Mer­ry Boys closed on 137/3 with the in-form Isa­iah Ra­jah top scor­ing with 75 and Mario Bel­con pitch­ing in with 61. Ra­jah slammed 138 in the first round against Pow­er­gen.

The same fix­tures will take place to­day in the TTCB 50-over com­pe­ti­tion, while round two of the three-day com­pe­ti­tion will con­tin­ue on Sat­ur­day and con­clude next Sun­day.

SCORES

AT QUEEN'S PARK OVAL: Pow­er­gen 206 (Roys­ton Cran­don 70, Gre­go­ry Ma­habir 53, Ravi Ram­paul 23, Seales 5/46) vs Queen's Park 118/3 (Justin Guillen 65 not out, Tion Web­ster 26, Ram­paul 2/35)

AT WIL­SON ROAD: Jenex­con Table­land 221 (Al Small 59, Akiel Coop­er 43, Steven Ram­dass 30, Ker­win Sir­ju 4/39, David Latchaya 2/9, Kisoon­dath Ma­gram 2/71) vs FC Clarke Road 164/2 (Ker­ry Hol­ness 55, Adri­an Ali 53)

AT PIERRE ROAD: Pris­ons 117 (Adri­an Daniel 30, Mike Smith 23, Bryan Charles 4/40, Stephan Solomon 3/29) vs Ale­scon Comets 338/8 (Ros­ton Primus 64 not out, Richard Kel­ly 55, Ken­roy Williams 48, Idrees Mo­hammed 4/64, Javed Boodram 2/79)

AT BAR­RACK­PORE WEST: Jailal En­ter­prise Vic­to­ria 251 (Lin­coln Roberts 84, Ran­ga Latchana 72, Philton Williams 3/85, Javed Ramd­hanie 3/60, Ricky Jaipaul 2/28) vs Mer­ry Boys 137/3 (Isa­iah Ra­jah 75, Mario Bel­con 61)