POWERGEN SECONDARY SCHOOLS CRICKET LEAGUE INTERCOL QUARTERFINALS
May 1st 2009

‘Pres’, ‘El Do’ cruise into ‘semis’

Defending champions Presentation College, Chaguanas cruised into the ‘semis’ of the 2009 PowerGen Secondary Schools Cricket League InterCol competition, when they defeated Toco Composite by 106 runs, yesterday, at Honeymoon Pak in Tacarigua.

‘Pres’ led by good batting and bowling performances from national youth players — Yannick Ottley and Derone Davis respectively overwhelmed their opponents without breaking into a sweat.

Batting first, ‘Pres’ tallied a competitive 195 for nine in the allotted 30 overs, with good scores from Ottley (46) and Keiron Joseph (45).

In reply, Toco folded for 89 with West Indies youth left-arm spinner Davis picking up four wickets for 12 runs. There were two wickets apiece for former T&T and West Indies youth opening batsman - Adrian Barath (2-12) and Qadir Shah (2-18).

At Barrackpore, National league champions - El Dorado Secondary stayed on course for the notable double with a 97-run-win against Barrackpore Secondary Comprehensive.

‘El Do’ were indebted to a match winning allround performance from Travis Karim who made 73 in his team’s innings of 211 for six, and then bagged three wickets for 11 runs.

There were also wins for Princes Town Comprehensive and Hillview College.

In the ‘semis’ carded for Monday, ‘Pres’ will meet ‘El Do’ at Inshan Ali Park, while P Town and Hillview will clash at Inshan Ali Park.

Summarised scores

AT SQUADRON GROUND: Presentation College, Chaguanas 195-9 (30 overs) (Yannick Ottley 46, Keiron Joseph 45, Ameer Khan 25, Clayton Wallace 3-23, Bandet Philbert 3-37, Simon Blake 2-37) v Toco Composite 89 all out (25) (Josiah Emery 17, Derone Davis 4-12, Adrian Barath 2-15, Qadir Shah 2-18). ‘Pres’ won 106 runs.

AT MUCURAPO: Fatima College 114 all out (27) (Dwight Joseph 41, Elijah St Clair 2-14, Navin Kanhai 2-14, Bryan White 2-12) v Princes Town Comprehensive 115-1 (24) (Evin Lewis 44 not out, Naresh Sieunarine 23). P Town won by 9 wkts.

AT BARRACKPORE: El Dorado Secondary Comprehensive 221-6 (30) (Travis Karim 73, Yannic Cariah 51, Nicholas Rampersad 30, Vikash Rampersad 4-50) v Barrackpore Secondary Comprehensive 124 all out (26) (Rixon Maniram 41, Darron Beekha 22, Travis Karim 3-11, Brian Christmas 3-13). ‘El Do’ won by 97 runs.

AT HONEYMOON PK.: Iere High School 159-8 (30) (Sachin Boodram 40, Aneil Harripersad 35, Idrees Mohammed 3-25) v Hillview College 160-6 (28) (Duane Cockburn 44, Anthony Jawahir 28, Isaiah Raja 21, Dion Smith 21, Sachin Boodram 1-17). Hillview won by 4 wkts.