TCL Group Regional Under-19 Cricket Challenge
Round 2 Day 1
July 13, 2009

Cariah cracks century against Windwards

T&T’s led by a stroke-filled century from Clico Preysal’s middle-order batsman, Yannic Cariah, tallied a competitive 325 against the Windward Islands on the opening day of Round Two, in the TCL Group Regional Under-19 Challenge yesterday at Jamaica Broilers Ground in the City of Kingston in Jamaica.
In reply, the Windwards closed on 12 without loss.

The 17-year-old  left-handed batsman, who attends the El Dorado Secondary School and went through all of the Age-Group cricket programmes under the guidance of  the Clico Preysal team, showed grit and determination against the opposition inconsistent bowling attack.

Cariah, a resident of Coalmine,Tamana lashed 106 off 136 balls which was enriched with nine fours and a six.

Cariah  was the main architect in his team’s innings and 64 run-win against hosts Jamaica with match figures of eight for 77, in the opening game  of the series.  He shared in a vital third wicket partnership of 137 with the left-handed Evin Lewis who registered his fifty of the tournament with an aggressive 77 laced with nine fours and four sixes.

The stand ended when Lewis was caught by Audie Alexander off Kaveem Hodge’s bowling, with T&T on 169 for three, while Cariah was the fifth to go at 258 caught by Rudolph Paul off Alexander’s bowling.
Another good contribution came from allrounder Akiel Cooper who made 37.

The T&T ‘s innings thereafter folded.

Leading bowler for the Windwards was Alexander with three for 44, while there were two wickets apiece for John Fabien (2-41), Josh Thomas (2-49) and Dalton Polius (2-89).

Earlier, T&T fielded the same combination that played against Jamaica.

Asked to take first strike, T&T lost their two openers and were soon reduced to 32 for two inside the first hour of play.

Nicholas Alexis was caught by Dalton Polius off John Fabien’s bowling for eight, while Marc Panchu was caught by  Paul for 16.

The exciting Cariah and Lewis then figured in their face-saving partnership with a wide array of shots blended with sensible running that took the sting out of the Windwards’ bowling attack.

SCOREBOARD

At Jamaica Broilers
T&T v Windward Islands
T&T 1st Innings
N Alexis c Polius b Fabien*8
M Panchu c Paul b Thomas*16
E Lewis c Alexander b Hodge*77
Y Cariah c Paul b Alexander*106
Y Ottley c George b Polius*9
A Cooper c Hodge b Alexander*37
S Boodram not out *29
R Maniram c Fabien b Polius*1
T Castro b Alexander*22
J Boodram c wkpr Benjamin b Thomas*11
K Magram b Fabien*0
Extras (1w, 6nb, 2lb)*9
TOTAL (all out 87 overs)*325
Wkts: 24,, 32, 169, 195, 258, 262, 263, 295, 319, 325.
Bowling: Josh Thomas 13-2-49- 2, John Fabien 9-2-41-2, Dalton Polius 26-2-89-2, Audie Alexander 14-1-44-3,  Oscar George 9-2-35-0, Kaveem Hodge 16-0-65-1.
Windward Islands 1st Innings
H Joseph not out*10
A Cooper not out *2
TOTAL ( for no wkt 5 overs)*12
Bowling: Teshawn Castro 3-0-10-0, Akiel Cooper 2-11-2-0.