T&T win U-17 championship

T&T cricketers won the inaugural T&T Cricket Board Regional Under-17 title when they registered another resounding victory in the penultimate round of the series, yesterday. The well executed victory has crowned the home team champions of the tournament, as they hold an unassailable lead in the series with a maximum eight points from four matches.

The remaining two matches yesterday were affected by rain.
Led by another fine all-round performance from T&T Under-19 player, Yannic Cariah, the homesters crushed the lowly-rated Leeward Islands by nine wickets at Wilson Road Recreation Ground in Penal. The decision by the Leewards team to bat first at the First-Class venue in South Trinidad, backfired as they were routed for a meagre 64 in 34 overs.

Right-arm leg-spinner Cariah emerged as the top bowler for T&T with figures of four for 18 from ten overs. He received admirable support from captain and left-arm orthodox spinner Yannick Ottley with three for 13 off nine overs and left-arm spinner Darron Beekha two for 14 from eight.

T&T led by a polished unbeaten 38 from in-form opening batsman Evin Lewis raced to victory in 13 overs, losing one wicket in the process. The left-handed Lewis struck two fours and two sixes off 42 balls in his well-compiled innings. Cariah was unbeaten on 13 when the landmark was achieved.
Cariah copped the “Man of the Match” award.

T&T will come up against Barbados in their final round match tomorrow at Gilbert Park in California. Down South at Syne Village in Penal, the contest between Barbados and the Windward Islands was abandoned in mid-afternoon through rain. Led by a solid half-century from skipper Jason Holder, Barbados reached 173 for seven in 42.3 overs, when the rain intervened, leaving the outfield water-logged, which prompted the umpires Peter Nero and Mark Santana to call off play for the remainder of the day.

Holder hit a stroke-filled 75 off 101 balls and was laced with four fours and one six. He shared in a fifth wicket partnership of 58 with Kyle Mayers who contributed 22. Medium-pacer Josh Thomas was the leading bowler for the Windwards with four for 52.
At Honeymoon Park in Tacarigua, the match between Jamaica and Guyana was abandoned through rain.

In the remaining two matches of the final round tomorrow, Windward Islands will come up against Jamaica at Invaders Ground in Felicity, while the Leeward Islands and Guyana will clash at the Queen’s Park Oval in Port-of-Spain.

Scores
Round Four

AT WILSON ROAD: Leeward Islands 64 all out (34 overs) (Yannic Cariah 4-18, Yannic Ottley 3-13, Daron Beekha 2-14) v T&T 65-1 (13 overs) (Evin Lewis 38 not out, Yannic Cariah 16 not out). T&T won by 9 wkts. Y.Cariah (MoM).

AT SYNE VILL.: Barbados 173-7 (42.3 overs) (Jason Holder 75, Roston Chase 26, Josh Thomas 4-52) v Windward Islands. (match abandoned through rain).

AT HONEYMOON PK.: Jamaica v Guyana (match abandoned through rain).


Trinidad Guardian