T&T bowlers on tri­als for the na­tion­al U-17 crick­et team im­pressed in the first tri­al match to se­lect the na­tion­al U-17 team for the up­com­ing Crick­et West In­dies (CWI) Re­gion­al U-17 crick­et tour­na­ment.

Bat­ting first Team A led made 174 as pac­ers Sion Hack­ett and Liam Mam­chan re­duced them to 31/4. Hack­ett sends back Je­re­mi­ah Cruick­shank and Tariq Mo­hammed while Mam­chan sent back fel­low Na­pari­ma Col­lege and South Zone play­er Kendall Poo­choon for a ‘duck’ and fol­lowed by rat­tling the stumps of for­mer na­tion­al U-15 cap­tain Ra­jeev Ram­nath.

An­drew Ram­baran the T&T win­ning U-15 cap­tain with 31 and Isa­iah Gomez with 26 stead­ied the in­nings but the 174 was nev­er go­ing to be enough for Team B. Hack­ett end­ed with 2/15, while Mam­chan took 2/33 and spin­ner Vas­ant Singh 2/7.

Team B then got runs from a num­ber of bats­men as they passed the score and then con­tin­ued bat­ting reach­ing 234 for sev­en. The lead­ing bats­man was Rod­ney Be­har­ry who made 47, while Dar­ren Sam­lal got 36, Kyle Kissoon­dath 32 and A Ma­hase 35 not out. The best of the bowlers was Kendall Poo­choon with 2/6.

TRI­AL SCORES

Team A 174 all out (An­drew Ram­baran 31, Isa­iah Gomez 26, Sion Hack­ett 2/15, Liam Mam­chan 2/33, Vas­anth Singh 2/7) vs Team B 234/7 (Rod­ney Be­har­ry 47, Dar­ren Sam­lal 36, Kyle Kissoon­dath 32, A Ma­hase 35no, Kendall Poo­choon 2/6).

Em­rit strikes in Biche

Na­tion­al all-rounder Rayad Em­rit has been cre­at­ing waves with his bowl­ing at the an­nu­al Seenath’s Au­to Biche T20 tour­na­ment.

The Guyana Ama­zon War­riors play­er grabbed 3/13 in his lat­est burst to give Biche a four-wick­et win. Play­ing against Plum Mi­tan Strik­ers, Em­rit was ex­cel­lent as he was able to re­strict the op­po­nents to 142 all out. Al­so bowl­ing well were Ar­ron Ali 3/26 and Ravin­dra Singh 3/27. Biche in re­sponse got a blaz­ing 50 from Stephen Whar­wood and 34 from the young im­pres­sive open­er Navin Bidaisee.

In an­oth­er clash, fast bowler An­der­son Phillips turned bats­man to lead Cen­tral to a four-wick­et win over Cushe. Lendl Sim­mons slapped 35 and Aman­do Pat­ter­son 32 to lead Cushe to 110 all out. James Dun­can was in form with the ball tak­ing 3/24. Phillips then smacked a whirl­wind 41 to lead Cen­tral to 113 for six and vic­to­ry.

Akeal Ho­sein and Yan­nic Car­ri­ah al­so added to the ac­tion in the last round by tak­ing Raiders to vic­to­ry over BFL. Spin­ner Ho­sein took 2/14 and Car­ri­ah 3/11 to crip­ple BFL to 112/9, de­spite 48 from Wen­dell George and 26 from San­jiv Gool­jar. Deep­ak Ku­mar then scored an ag­gres­sive 66 to lead the vic­to­ry charge which end­ed at 115/3. Gool­jar came back with the ball to take 2/8 but it was too lit­tle too late.

BICHE T20 SCORES

Game 8

Hur­ri­cane 117 all out (Ri­car­do Her­nan­dez 24, Ash­mir Mo­hammed

44, Teshon Cas­tro 2/7, Deion Fer­ri­er 2/7) vs No­to­ri­ous 118/2 (Kevin Williams 27, Bri­an Christ­mas 66) - No­to­ri­ous won by 8 wk­ts.

Game 9

Cushe bat­ting 110 all out (Aman­do Pat­ter­son 32, Lendl Sim­mons

35, Chris Vin­cent 2/10, James Dun­can 3/24) vs Cen­tral 113/6 (Christo­pher Vin­cent 30, An­der­son Phillips 41, Omar Daniel 2/19, Alexo Pe­gus 3/27. - Cen­tral won by 4 wk­ts.

Game 10

Plum Mi­tan Strik­ers 142 all out (El­lion Lewis 29, Akel Clarke

29, Ar­ron Ali 3/26, Ravin­dra Singh 3/27, Rayad Em­rit 3/13) vs Biche bat­ting 143/6 (Navin Bidaisee 34, Stephen Whar­wood 50, Richard Ali 2/21) - Biche won by 4 wk­ts.

Game 11

BFL bat­ting 112/9 (San­jiv Gool­jar 26, Wen­dell George 48, Akeal

Ho­sein 2/14, Yan­nick Car­ri­ah 3/11) vs Raiders 115/3 (Michael Har­ry 22, Deep­ak Ku­mar 66, San­jiv Gool­jar 2/8) - Raiders won by 7 wk­ts.

Match 12

Young Guns 174 for 8 (Philton Williams 31, Sachin Seecha­ran 27, Fer­az Mo­hammed 4/40) vs Cen­tral

Em­pire 178 for 5 (Christo­pher Vin­cent 68, An­der­son Phillip 29 not out, Jahron Al­fred 1 for 5) - Cen­tral Em­pire win by 5 wick­ets.

Preysal un­beat­en in Steve & As­soc crick­et

Preysal Crick­et Club U-14 team has played un­beat­en so far in the Steve and As­so­ciates Youth tour­na­ment.

The Steve and As­so­ciates Youth

The tour­na­ment has al­lowed the play­ers in­volved to gain much-need­ed ex­po­sure by play­ing com­pet­i­tive games against oth­er un­der 14 teams. Games start­ed on April 12 and will con­tin­ue un­til May 5 at the Spring Vil­lage Recre­ation ground in Val­sayn South.

Preysal Crick­et Club’s un­der 14 teams have played un­beat­en thus far in the com­pe­ti­tion and has come up against the oth­er clubs, name­ly D Cruz Boys, Ash­mead Ju­madeen Crick­et School, the Daren Gan­ga Crick­et Acad­e­my, South Young War­riors and the host team, Spring Vil­lage Sports Club. The ac­tion con­tin­ues to­day with DG­CA play­ing Spring Vil­lage Sports and South Young War­riors vs AJ Crick­et School. To­mor­row South Young War­riors play DG­CA and D Cruz Boys bat­tles Preysal.