A brilliant century from Berbician Jonathon Foo may have impressed the selectors present but came a tad too late to save his team in their second inning.
Royston Alkins’s side after resuming from their overnight score of 85 – 5 reached to 140 all out before lunch in the second Under-19 Trial match at Police Sports Club Ground, Eve Leary yesterday.
Alkins’s side was rooted out 44 minutes before lunch losing by an inning and 30 runs and the selectors decided to send them out to bat again and they reached 262 – 8 at the shelving of the match two minutes before four o’ clock.
Balbindra Persaud resuming from his overnight score added three runs to reach 30 before being dismissed and he received support from Alex Amsterdam who contributed 19.
Dennis Legay with 4 – 10 was the most successful bowler for Royan Fredericks’s Side while Foo and Delon Heyliger followed with 3 – 17 and 2 – 6 respectively.
Foo played brilliantly in the superfluous inning for his 127 which included thirteen fours and four sixes as he batted for two hours and 43 minutes.
During the 139 balls he faced he made one mistake when he edged to slip and was dropped on 21 off an Andre Stoll delivery.
Bavindra Parasram also played a part with his 35 that was laced with six fours and contributions also came from Heyliger 21, Calvin Sookraj 19 and Anthony Bramble 18.
At the conclusion of that inning Treston Messiner, Keon Fraser and Ameer Khan had two wickets a piece for 17, 30 and 27 runs correspondingly.
The third and final three day trial match is set for the 13 – 15 May, 2008.
