National Super League
March 1st and 2nd 2008

Clement, Baksh, Mangra hit centuries

THREE centuries were scored in the opening round of the Central Super League competition at the weekend. Leading the way was Deonath Baksh who notched an unbeaten 126 for Black and White Calcutta Sports in a drawn encounter.

Also among the runs were Devon Clement who scored 147 for Ihsan Milton Valley Boys Sports against HCL Caroni Savannah Road, and Adrian Mangra who registered 112 not out for Caldrac Sports Club against Old Mac Agro Exchange Sports.

Round two action will take place on Saturday and Sunday.

Central Super League Round One - March 1 & 2
Summarised Scores

Sheffield Sports 217 all out & 160 for 5 Black & white Calcutta 406 for 9 dec.(Deonath Baksh 126 not out, Randy Ramanan 80). Match drawn. Black & White Calcutta 19 pts, Sheffield Sports 9 .

Ihsan Milton 317 - 7 dec. & 252-8 (Devon Clement 147, David Livinston 88) v HCL Caroni Savannah Road 262 all out (Noel Polliah 6-101).Match drawn Milton 19 pts, Caroni Savannah 10.

Brand Source Spoilers 126 all out & 101-5 (Anthony Bedeau 6-31) v Roadstar Alico Esperanza 153 for 9 dec. Match drawn. Esperanza 14 pts, Spoilers 6.

Caldrac Club 330 -7 dec. & 120 -2(Adrian Mangra 112 not out, Azard Mohammed 57) v Old Mac Agro Exchange Sports 245 all out (Shawn Lall 81, Surajpaul Deosarran 3-60, Javid Ramdhanie 3-41). Match drawn. Caldrac 16 pts, Exchange 6. Point standings: Milton 19, Calcutta 19, Caldrac 16, Esperanza 14. Caroni Savannah 10, Sheffield 9, Exchange 6, Spoilers 6.

Wintz hits another hundred

PAUL WINTZ, the tall-scoring Laing Woodland United batsman continued his fine form with the bat, when he scored an unbeaten 130 against Victoria United in the opening round of the Southern Super League at the weekend.

Wintz splendid innings enabled Woodland to secure first innings points against the Rajindra Dhanraj-led team in the contest which ended in a draw.

Round One - Summarised Scores - March 1 & 2 Laing Woodland United 343-9 dec. (Paul Wintz 130 not out, Keon Celestine 78, Raffick Hosein 3-106, Kerwin Sirju 2-45, Rajindra Dhanraj 2-90) v Victoria United 223 & 209-8 ( Rajindra Dhanraj 44 & 38, Darron Beekha 42, Veejai Heeralal 71, Hansraj Rampersad 5-62, Paul Wintz 3-64, Wazir Bally 4-30, Ramjass Nagessar 2-22). Match drawn. Woodland 20 pts, Victoria 10.

Rahamats Evergreen 277-9 dec. (Hollister Pajotte 62, Vishnu Narine 55, Syed Mohammed 87, Ranga Latchana 4-81, Anand Adjodha 5-56) v F & E Diamond United 201 & 151-6 (Winston Duncan 41 & 31 not out, Gregory Collins 62, Ranga Latchana 24 & 47, Damodar Daesrath 5-67 & 2-38, Garvin Sookhansingh 2-33, Syed Mohammed 2-50). Match drawn. Evergreen 17 pts, Diamond 9.

HYO 319 (Keegan Jagessar 79, Krishna Narine 78, Bevon Duncan 47, Junior Ramoutar 4-76, Rohan Mangal 3-32) v Cosmos 361 (Rohan Mangal 138, Junior Ramoutar 64, Rajiv Seecharan 58, Keegan Jagessar 3-46, Ricardo Beekie 2-34). Match drawn. Cosmos 17 pts, HYO 10.

CSP Valiants 147 & 213-6 (Grayson Alexis 30 & 59, Darren Soogrim 71, Nazim Ali 7-39 & 2-42) v Yorkshire 371-6 dec. (Stevie Reveiro 100 not out, Ashmead Mohammed 87, Trevor Henry 50, Rajib Ivan 2-49, Ravi Seeraj 2-33). Yorkshire 19 pts, Valiants 6. Point standings: Woodland 20, Yorkshire 19, Evergreen 17, Cosmos 17, HYO 10, Victoria 10, Diamond 9, Valiants 6.

Klondykes bowls off on Sunday

The 2008 edition of the Klondykes Sports Club Annual Windball tournament will get underway on March 9 at the Aranguez Savannah.

Close to $30,000 in cash incentives and prizes will be at stake in this year’s tournament.

Teams desirous of taking part in this year’s tournament are asked to contact Ricky “Ice Man” Ramcharan 783/6897, Richard Ramoutar 372/3024, Ramnanan Ram 374/9206 Rameshwar Narine 725/4856. Entries close on Saturday.

T&TCB to launch website soon

THE T&T Cricket Board will be launching their website (T&T Cricket Board) very shortly. At present, cricket lovers can log on to view photos of the Stanford 20/20 tournament and get updates of most of the local domestic competitions.