KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, CMC – Daren Ganga fashioned his 21st first-class hundred to set-up a sensational, come-from-behind, 51-run victory for T&T over Windward Islands in the WICB Regional first-class championship yesterday.
The T&T captain was undefeated on 134 to lead T&T to 255 for nine declared in their second innings on the fourth day of the fourth round match at the Arnos Vale Multi-Purpose Complex.
Rayad Emrit then snared four wickets for 40from 15 overs, and Yannic Cariah grabbed three for 15 from eight overs, as the Windwards, chasing 224 for victory, were dismissed for 172 in their second innings with 36 balls remaining in the match.
Cariah, playing in his first match for T&T, had the privilege of formalising the result, when he trapped tail-ender Delorn Johnson for a duck about 20 minutes before the scheduled close.
The result meant that T&T collected a full 12 points to move to 33, and Windwards settle for four points, having gained the first innings lead, but losing.
The Championship takes a break next weekend, but resumes on March 11, when T&T host Leeward Islands at the National Cricket Centre in Couva, central Trinidad, and Windwards travel to face strugglers Barbados at Kensington Oval in Bridgetown.
Scorebaord
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO 1st Innings 220
WINDWARD ISLANDS 1st Innings 252
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO 2nd Innings
(overnight 127 for four)
L. Simmons c Mathurin b Matthew 0
J. Guillen c Mathurin b Johnson 9
R. Morton c Fletcher b Johnson 9
*D. Ganga not out 134
S. Ganga run out 31
+D. Ramdin c wkpr James b Peters 21
I. Khan c Theophile b Peters 15
R. Emrit b Peters 2
Y. Cariah c Johnson b Peters 15
A. Jaggernauth run out 9
S. Gabriel not out 4
Extras (lb2, w4) 6
TOTAL (9 wkts dec, 80 overs) 255
Fall of wickets: 1-0, 2-9, 3-29, 4-105, 5-143, 6-167, 7-177, 8-212, 9-241
Bowling: Matthew 19-5-55-1, Johnson 17-1-74-2, Peters 21-2-69-4, Mathurin 14-5-26-0, Cottoy 9-2-29-0
WINDWARD ISLANDS (target: 224)
J. Charles lbw b Gabriel 1
T. Theophile b Emrit 6
A. Fletcher c Morton b Cariah 67
K. Lesporis c Simmons b Emrit 8
D. Hector b Jaggernauth 24
*+L. James lbw b Jaggernauth 33
G. Mathurin c wkpr Ramdin b Emrit 6
K. Peters c Morton b Emrit 3
M. Matthew c wkpr Ramdin b Cariah 12
K. Cottoy not out 7
D. Johnson lbw b Cariah 0
Extras (b1, nb4) 5
TOTAL (all out, 58 overs) 172
Fall of wickets: 1-6, 2-13, 3-43, 4-95, 5-131, 6-150, 7-150, 8-160, 9-172
Bowling: Gabriel 5-0-35-1, Emrit 15-5-40-4, Khan 9-1-37-0, Jaggernauth 13-4-27-2, S. Ganga 8-2-17-0, Cariah 8-3-15-3
Result: T&T won by 51 runs
Points: T&T 12, Windwards 0
Man-of-the-Match: A. Fletcher (Windwards)
Umpires: G. Greaves, R. Illingworth (England)
Matchreferee: S. Allen
