TCL Group West Indies U-19 Challenge
Final Day Match Report
July 26, 2008

Bajans win youth title
... T&T ends in third

T&T youth cricketers campaign in the TCL Group West Indies U-19 Challenge league championship came to an end, yesterday, when their final round match against dethroned champions, Guyana, ended in a tame draw at Lester Vaughan in Cane Garden. T&T by virtue of  first innings lead ended in third place on 30 points in six-team-standings, behind Guyana (34 pts) and newly crowned champions Barbados (37). The Bajans captured their first championship league title since 2002, when they copped the coveted trophy in Guyana. Barbados' contest against Jamaica ended in a draw at BET.

Earlier, Adrian Barath declared the T&T first  innings at its overnight position of 336 for nine, lead of 109.

And there was a glimmer of hope of a T&T victory, after the Guyanese were reduced to 69 for three, but a fighting fourth wicket partnership of 89 in 106 minutes by Seon Hetmyer and Jonathan Foo (48) guided them out of any further trouble. The right-handed Hetmyer went on to score his maiden century in the series. His ton was compiled in 279 minutes and 216 balls and contained 10 fours and one six. When the captains decided to call of the match at 4.38 pm, Guyana were 289 for eight. Medium-pacer Akiel Cooper (3-47)  and off-spinner Omesh Ramoutar (3-52) was the top bowlers for T&T.

West Indies senior team manager, Omar Khan was on hand at the playing venue and was quite impressed with the little he saw from both teams.

"Both teams showed some fighting qualities, which is good at this level of the game. However, there is still a tremendous amount of work to be done at our under-19 level, if we are to produce top quality players, who will move on to represent their senior teams and West Indies," Khan said.

Final point standings: Barbados 37 pts, Guyana 34, Trinidad and Tobago 30, Windwards 28, Jamaica 26, Leewards 19.

SCOREBOARD
At Lester Vaughan
Trinidad and Tobago v Guyana
Guyana 1st Inns 227
Trinidad and Tobago 1st Inns (o/n 336-9 dec)
Guyana 2nd Inns
R Frederick c wkpr Maniram b Cooper*31
T Griffith c Cooper b Ramoutar*22
S Hetmyer c Barath b Ramoutar*105
D Heyliger c Mitchell b Cooper*5
J Foo c wkpr Maniram b Cooper*48
R Alkins c Mitchell b Ramoutar*30
+A Bramble c wkpr Maniram b Y Ottley*6
H Latcha run out*5
*E La Fleur not out*8
K Joseph not out*5
Extras (14b, 7lb, 1nb)*22
TOTAL (for 8 wkts - 82 overs)*289
Wkts: 57, 60, 69,158, 228, 243, 255, 277.
Bowling: Sheldon Dogan 10-2-48-0, Hakeem Mitchell 6-0-32-0, Akiel Cooper 12-2-47-3
(1nb), Omesh Ramoutar 14-3-52-3, Yannic Ottley 26-6-59-1, Kjorn Ottley 12-1-24-0,
Adrian Barath 2-0-6-0.
Match result: drawn.
Points: Trinidad and Tobago 6 pts, Guyana 3.
Toss: Trinidad and Tobago
Umpires: Patrick Grazette & Ricardo Harrison.