Defending champions Ceramic Merry Boys Sports crashed out of the Carib Sunday League Limited Overs competition when they were beaten by FCB Clarke Road
Guyanese Homchand Pooran starred in the quarterfinal fixture, at the Wilson Road recreation ground in Penal.
Chasing a revised target of 176 in 35 overs, Clarke Road, led by good knocks from all-rounder Homchand Pooran 52 and former T&T player, Gregory Mahabir 54 not out cruised to 178 for three. Earlier, the visiting Merry Boys team chalked up 252 for nine from 50 overs, with T&T’s Stanford Twenty/20 batsman Mario Belcon scoring a fluent 72. Pooran was the top bowler for Clarke Road with three for 40, while former T&T off-spinner Mukesh Persad bagged two for 38.
Elsewhere, it was the turn of another Guyanese in the person of Gajanand Singh to star as W Connection Wanderers continued their impressive run.
Led by solid knocks from former West Indies “B” player Kenroy Williams with 68 not out, West Indies U-19 batsman Singh, 44, and former T&T national Narine Bidhesi, 44, defeated Munroe Road Sports by seven wickets at Gilbert Park. There were also victories for Alescon Comets and Queen’s Park.
Summarised scores AT WILSON ROAD: Ceramic Merry Boys Sports 250/9 (50
overs) (Mario Belcon 72, Petrock Nicholas 35, Lincoln Roberts 30, Homchand Pooran 3/40, Mukesh Persad 2/38) v FCB Clarke Road United 178/3 (Gregory Mahabir 54 not out, Homchand Pooran 52). Clarke Road won on a faster run rate.
AT GILBERT PARK: Munroe Road Sports 231 all out (49.5) (Manoj Sirju 53, Deonarine Deyal 49, Rajendra Mangallie 43, Junior Sadhoo 29, Sanjeev Maharaj 4/48, Nicholas Ramjass 3/35) v W Connection Wanderers 235/3(46) (Kenroy Williams 68 not out, Narine Bidhesi 44 not out, Gajanand Singh 44, Clifton Halls 36).
Wanderers won by 7 wickets.
AT PIERRE ROAD: PowerGen Sports 162/8 (45) (Denzil James 73, Samuel Badree 29, Timmy Surujbally 25, Magnum Nanan 4/36, David Livingston 2/18) v Alescon
Comets 92/7 (23.4). Comets won on a faster run rate.
AT QUEEN’S PARK OVAL: Queen’s Park 237 all out (49 overs)) Ricardo Paty 51, Rishaad Harris 37, Imran Jan 36, Anil Dattoo 3/44, Ancil Baggan 2/40) v
British/American Aranguez Sports 165 all out (41.2)(Troy Cornelius 27, Michael Browne 22, Darren Deonarine 4/26, Daron Cruikshank 2/29). QP won by 72 runs.