Left-arm spinner Dane Teelucksingh ran through the Preysal batsmen yesterday to hand Caldrac victory inside two days in round two of the Shanghai Construction Group Premiership One National League at California.
Chasing 210 for the win, Preysal folded for 78 as Teelucksingh ended with 7/42, while Eugene La Fleur top-scored for Preysal with 20. Earlier, Caldrac was dismissed for 160 in its second innings after resuming on 11/0. Guyanese Royston Crandon struck 34 and Ancil Nedd pitched in with 29. Bowling for Preysal, Ryan Austin (3/34) and Bryan Charles (3/54) took three wickets apiece and Anthony Adams grabbed 2/22.
In other matches, national cricketers Kieron Pollard and Nicholas Sookdeosingh cracked hundreds for Queen's Park and Powergen, respectively.
At Barrackpore West Secondary, right-handed Pollard showed his usual aggression slamming an unbeaten 128 (114 balls), which included 15 sixes and five fours. Pollard's innings took Queen's Park to 301/7 declared, a 174-run lead over Victoria on first innings. Victoria was showing some fight in the second innings closing on 150/4.
At Diego Martin Recreational Ground, left-handed Sookdeosingh struck 130 off 210 balls, lashing nine fours and two sixes. His knock helped Powergen to 267/9 in its second innings at the close of day two, an overall lead of 305 runs.
Action continues today on day three.
Scores
AT DIEGO MARTIN: Powergen 157 (Riral Patel 52, Badree 45, Kashtri Singh 6/39, Keon Issac 2/34) and 267/9 (Nicholas Sookdeosingh 130, Gregory Mahabir 59, Gibran Mohammed 31, Aneil Kanhai 4/106, Ryan Hinds 2/38) vs Merry Boys 119 (Aneil Kanhai 60, Samuel Badree 3/32, Strassark Sankar 4/38)
AT CALIFORNIA: Caldrac 158 (Ancil Nedd 33, Neil Williams 33, Dane Teelucksingh 25 not out, Philton Williams 4/52, Anthony Adams 4/44) and 160 (Royston Crandon 34, Ancil Nedd 29, Ryan Austin 3/34, Bryan Charles 3/54, Anthony Adams 2/22) vs Preysal 109 (Philton Williams 40, Eugene La Fleur 21, Jon-Russ Jagessar 5/31, Allen Laurent 4/43) and 78 (La Fleur 20, Dane Teelucksingh 7/42) Caldrac won by 131 runs
AT PIERRE ROAD: Alescon Comets 327/7 dec (Faaiq Mohammed 111, Carlo Morris 53, Richard Kelly 46, Akiel Cooper 2/26, Amir Khan 2/34) and 58/1 (Adrian Ali 30) vs Jenexcon Tableland 181 (Adrian Cooper 54, Al Small 46, Marlon Bharath 4/21, Anthony Simmons 3/49)
AT WILSON ROAD: Clarke Road 242 (Mark Deyal 61, Kerwin Sirju 3/73, Uthman Mohammed 2/40, Bryan Boodram 2/35) and 156/4 (Mark Deyal 54, Boodram2/20) vs Esmeralda 138 (Shimroy Barrington 55, Hakeem Mitchell 26, Kyle Mayers 6/30)
AT BARRACKPORE: Victoria 127 (Kenton Thompson 57) and 150/4 (Romario Sheppard 34, Daren Ganga 30 not out, Sunil Narine 2/21) vs Queen's Park 301/7 dec. (Kieron Pollard 128 not out, Marlon Barclay 56, Garey Mathurin 6/107)