LOCAL CRICKET ROUND-UP
February 19th 2009

East and North-East meet in BGTT U-15 opener

Reigning champions East Zone will come up against North-East in the feature attraction of the opening round of the BGT&T and the Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board Under-15 tournament, today, at Honeymoon Park, College Road, Tunapuna, from 9.30 am.

An official opening ceremony has been planned just before the scheduled start, with short addresses from Candace Clarke-Salloum of main-sponsor BGTT and Forbes Persaud, CEO and General Secretary of the T&TCB. Two other matches have been scheduled for today, with Central hosting South-East at Invaders Ground in Felicity.

The game between South-West and South was played yesterday at the Rousillac Recreation Ground, while the match between Tobago and North has been re- scheduled to March 2, since the young Tobagonians are experiencing flight problems.

Matches are 50 overs per-side.

BG TT and T&TCB U-15 fixtures

Feb 19
North v Tobago (re-scheduled to March 2); North-East v East; Central v South-East.

Feb 26
North-East v North; South-East v South; Central v South-West.

Feb 27
Tobago v East.

March 5
East v North; Tobago v North-East; South v Central; South-West v South-East.

March 12
-Semi-Finals
Winner ‘A’ v Runner-up ‘B’
Winner ‘B’ v Runner-up ‘A’

Final - March 19.

TEAMS:

East: Isaiah Rajah (Captain), Vikash Mohan, Stephan Wharwood, Jeremy Solozano Ewart Nicholson, Anthony Simmons, Sachindra Roopnarine, Christian Roberts, Tristan Singh, Derian Mairam, Anthony Jaikaran, Brian Christmas, Kareem Hamilton, Clinton Changar, Lendell Nelson, Antonio Alleyne.

North-East: Brandon Ramdial (captain), Vir Sieunarine (vice-captain), Brandon Bharath, Savian Campbell, Curtly Francis, Shaquille Katwaroo, Akash Maharaj, Israel Modeste, Nicholas Nancoo, Warren Phillip, Amit Ramlal, Randy Ramlogan, Sanjiv Singh, Brian Solozano, Jimmy Thomas. Manager - James Singh. Coach - Mitra Ragoonanan.

Central: Andy Gobin (captain), Amrish Seepersad, Jeremy Ramdass, Keeran Manohar, Aleem Khan, Stephen Ramgoolam, Kamil Pooran, Bryan Charles, Musa Mohammed, Mathias Ramcharran, Kieron Alexander, Justin Joseph, Nicholas Pooran. Manager - Boya Sahadeo. Coach - Debideen Mannick.

South-East: Chris Mohammed (captain), Al Small (vice-captain), Trevon James, Adrian Cooper, Jason Henry, Christian Dean, Wasim Ali, Videsh Ramoutar, Darren Sallick, Kevin Robertson, Anton Morales, Jonathan Singh, Daniel Ramkissoon. Manager - Sheldon Williams. Coach - Faoud Bassarath.

Carib Twenty20 Series

Sookdeosingh smashes scorching century
... Ramdeen hits blistering hundred

Nicholas Sookdeosingh lashed a blistering unbeaten century to lead PowerGen Sports to a handsome 120- run win against Milton Sports, in the final round of the Carib Twenty20 Series yesterday at Syne Village in Penal. The 19-year-old left-handed smashed two fours and eight sixes in his knock of 104, which came off 61 balls, as the ‘Electricity Boys’ tallied an imposing 175 for five off the allotted 20 overs. He received good support from T&T Under-19 opening batsman, Evin Lewis who made 33.

In response, Milton Sports were bowled out for a meagre 55 in 16 overs, with former West Indies youth left-arm spinner Rishi Bachan picking up three for 13.

Also scoring a big hundred was former Guyana and West Indies youth batsman Richard Ramdeen who slammed 119 with 14 sixes and eights fours off 51 balls to help Invaders beat Caroni Savannah Road by 23 runs at Felicity.

Round Three - Summarised Scores

Group A

AT SYNE VILL.: PowerGen Sports 175-5 (20 overs)(Nicholas Sookdeosingh 104 not out, Evin Lewis 33, Ravi Khan 2-22) v Milton Sports 55 all out (16) (Rishi Bachan 3-13, Farrell Jugmohan 2-5, Varoon Samaroo 2-10, Brent Harriot 2-15), P/Gen won by 120 runs.

AT PLUCK ROAD: CSP Valiants v Rahamuts Evergreen. (Evergreen won by default, Valiants failed to turn up).

Qualifiers - PowerGen & Evergreen.

Group B

AT CALCUTTA: Calcutta Sports 96 all out (19.2) (Andre Mohammed 35, Sanjiv Gooljar 3-15, Nicholas Ramjass 2-20, Rajendra Mangallie 2-19) v W Connection Wanderers 97-4 (13.2) (Kenroy Williams 21). Wanderers won by 6 wkts.

AT CALIFORNIA: Superb Caterers Couva Sports 122 all out (17.5 overs) (Kelly Grant 69, Krishna Deosarran 2-14, Robert Mahabir 2-15, Javed Ramdhanie 2-16) v Caldrac Sports 125-6 (19.4) (Adrian Magram 33 not out, Robert Mahabir 31 not out). Caldrac won by 4 wkts.

Qualifiers - Wanderers & Caldrac.

Group C

AT PIERRE ROAD: Alescon Comets 148-5 (20) (Adrian Ali 44, Vishal Singh 48, Fazil Baksh 20, Dale Hamil 20) v Curepe Sports 107-4 (20) (Andrew Light 70, Kashri Singh 2-21). Comets won by 41 runs.

AT HONEYMOON PARK: UTT 166-7 (20) (Deens Baird 52, Lawrence Francois 29 not out) v Moosai’s Sports 99 all out. (UTT won by 67 runs).

Qualifiers - Comets & UTT.

Group D

AT CHAGUANAS: Clico Preysal 114 -6 (20)(Azeemul Haniff 55, Shazan Babwah 35, Gary Mathurin 3-18, Narendra Bridgelal 2-23) v Tile Depot Central Sports 112-9 (20) (Denzil James 44, Ryan Hurley 2-17, Shannon Gabriel 2-24, Magnum Nanan 2-36). Preysal won by 2 runs.

AT CHAGUANAS: Ihsan Invaders 196 all out (19.4) (Richard Ramdeen 119, Varoon Ramnarine 4-33) v Caroni Savannah Road 173 all out (20) (Varoon Ramnarine 48, Ryan Jaipaul 38, Noel Poliah 3-20, Nicholas Mitchell 3-35). Invaders won by 23 runs.

Qualifiers - Preysal & Invaders.

Group E

AT WILSON ROAD: FC Clarke Road United 127-5 (20) (Mahadeo Moonasar 52, Anand Adjodha 2-17) v F&E Diamond 76-5 (20). C Road won by 51 runs.

AT WOODLAND: Woodland Sports 204-8 (Hansraj Persaud 67, Richard McCleod 41, Keon Celestine 31, Kerwin Sirju 3-24) v Victoria Sports 82 all out (17) (Devon Duncan 3-14, Richard Sieuchan 2-6, Andre Browne 2-25). Woodland won by 122 runs.

Qualifiers - Clarke Road & Woodland.

Group F

AT ARANGUEZ: British/American Aranguez v Queen’s Park. (to be re-scheduled).

AT BARATARIA: Barataria Ball Players v Sweet Revenge. (match abandoned through rain).

Qualifiers - QPCC & Aranguez.

Group G

AT OVAL: QPCC (2) v Ceramic Merry Boys. (to be re-scheduled).

AT ST JAMES: Defence Force 121-7 (20) (Earnil Ryan 50, Amir Khan 3-24) v Police Sports 122-6 (17) (Ryan Jones 40 not out, Lance Lezama 23). Police won by 6 wkts.

Group H

AT BAMBOO: Bamboo Sports 87-4 (15) (Bachan Balram 41 not out, Nikosi Pacheco 24) v Munroe Road 88-5 (14.4 overs). Munroe Road won by 5 wkts.

AT ENDEAVOUR: Endeavour Sports 46 all out (14.3) (Randy Bissoon 4-7) v Spoilers 50-5 (13.2) (Param Rampersad 25 not out). Spoilers won by 5 wkts.

Qualifiers - Munroe Road . The next spot will be either Bamboo Sports or Spoilers.

T&TCB praises Dr Gloudon

Leo Doodnath, 2nd Vice President of the Trinidad & Tobago Cricket Board, & Chairman of the Board's Regional Matches Committee, has lauded and praised officials and staff of UWI SPEC, for all that they have done in hosting the last two of Trinidad & Tobago's regional four day matches, the first against the Combined Colleges & Campuses Team, which started February 6, and the second, back to back, against the Leeward Islands, which ended on Monday.

According to Doodnath "The officers and staff were very professional, extremely diligent, overly co-operative and most dependable."

He stated that SPEC Administrative Director Dr. Iva Gloudon " was especially helpful and ensured that all logistics were expertly worked out through her pro active and hands-on approach."

Doodnath was also high in praise of the ground staff, headed by chief curator Ramnath Persad and including Narendra Maharaj, who he emphasised " went far and beyond the call of duty to ensure that the pitch & ground conditions remained remarkably well prepared."

Doodnath also stated that it was "a joy to witness the thirty odd students removing and laying down the covers," ever so often because of the inclement weather, "with such grace and flow in their movement."