Local cricketers of the year 2009

Tile Depot Central Sports captain, Gary Mathurin was named ‘Cricketer of the Year’ at the Eastern Credit Union prize giving and awards ceremony held on Sunday night at the Eric Williams Auditorium, La Joya Complex in St Joseph.

Mathurin played a pivotal role in Tile Depot Central Sports first season in the Eastern Credit Union Premier Division scoring 436 runs with a healthy average of 48.15 and top score of 133 runs. He also made significant contributions with the ball taking 29 wickets at a miserly average of 17.56 as Tile Depot Central Sports finished fourth in the league standings.

Attending the awards ceremony were president of Eastern Credit Union, Ronald Bobb, Chief Executive Officer, Derek Guera, president of the Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board, Deryck Murray, Chief Executive Officer, Forbes Persaud, treasurer, Richard Williams, feature speaker, Justice Prakash Moosai and the national cricket team and top club manager and cricket administrator Patrick Rampersad.

Mathurin won the top award ahead of PowerGen opening batsman, Nicholas Sookdeosingh, teammate Mahendra Nagamootoo who finished with the most wickets in the league and First Citizens Clarke Road duo of Sean Siloch and Mukesh Persad.

First Citizens Clarke Road batsman, Denesh Ramdhary was named the reserve team ‘Cricketer of the Year’. He scored 248 runs, the most in the reserve league for the 2009 season.

President of Eastern Credit Union, Ronald Bobb congratulated all teams that competed in the National League and the players who excelled throughout the season. He also paid special tribute to the national team ahead of its important series at the lucrative Champions League Twenty20 tournament in India next month.

Justice Prakash Moosai in his feature address urged the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) to bring a speedy end to the dispute with the West Indies Players’ Association (WIPA) since regional cricket is suffering as a result.

“The two main problems I have gathered surrounds the intellectual property of the West Indies players and the 2009 India tour of the West Indies and whether this tour was in our outside the Future Tours Programme” said Moosai.

He added that the decision of the WICB to select a team for the Champions Trophy currently being played in South Africa without the best players in the region has added to the problem.

Moosai noted that the current situation of cricket is problematic and the WICB must battle against ‘freelance cricketers’.

“The WICB must take a cautionary stance and must be careful especially with the emergence of Twenty20 cricket and the Indian Premier League. Players do not follow in the footsteps of the older generation and we must protects against ‘freelance cricketers’ which has happened with Andrew Flintoff” said Moosai.

The former national cricketer explained that it is only natural for a player to gravitate to the best conditions and the WICB must find a solution quciklly before they are faced with the ‘Flintoff dilemma’.

Awards:

Player of the Round

Lincoln Roberts 105 - Ceramic Merry Boys vs Munroe Road

Mahendra Nagamootoo 9/54 & 7/32 - Tile Depot Central Sports vs Moosai Sports

Nicholas Sookdeosingh 115 - PowerGen vs Clico Preysal

Mahendra Nagamootoo 5/95 & 7/32 - Tile Depot Central Sports vs Queen’s Park

Shamar Brooks 175 - W Connection Wanderers vs Clico Preysal

Jason Mohammed 144 - PowerGen vs Moosai Sports

Sean Siloch 155 - First Citizens Clarke Road vs Alescon Comets

Imran Khan 6/54 & 5/71 - Alescon Comets vs W Connection Wanderers

Alcindo Holder 117 - Ceramic Merry Boys vs W Connection Wanderers


Premier League Reserve XI

Most Wickets - Zard Clarke 26 (W Connection Wanderers)

Most Runs - Denesh Ramdharry 248 (First Citizens Clarke Road)


Centuries Scored

Keshava Ramphal 105 - Clico Preysal vs Tile Depot Central Sports

Raul Aimey 102 not out - PowerGen vs Munroe Road

Vaaroon Samaroo 150 not out - PowerGen vs Munroe Road

Issac Nicholas 139 - Clico Preysal vs First Citizens Clarke Road

Khemraj Mehawlal 127 - PowerGen vs Clico Preysal

Kareem Jumadeen 108 - W Connection Wanderers vs Moosai Sports

Narine Bidhesi 102 not out - W Connection Wanderers vs Clico Preysal

Akeil Cooper 122 not out - PowerGen vs Moosai Sports

Farrell Jugmohan 100 not out - PoweGen vs W Connection Wanderers

Mark Deyal 106 - W Connection Wanderers vs PowerGen

Videsh Maraj 160 not out - Clico Preysal vs Queen’s Park

Kwasi Alfred - Queen’s Park vs Clico Preysal


Cricketers of the Year

Varoon Samaroo (PowerGen)

Farrell Jugmohan (PowerGen)

Denesh Ramdhary (First Citizens Clarke Road)

Zard Clarke (W Connection Wanderers)

Kareem Jumadeen (W Connection Wanderers)


Cricketer of the Year

Denesh Ramdhary (First Citizens Clarke Road)


Premier Division

Most Wickets - Mahendra Nagamootoo 50 (Tile Depot Central Sports)

Most Runs - Nicholas Sookdeosingh 549 (PowerGen)


Ten wickets and more

Mahendra Nagamootoo 16/79 - Tile Depot Central Sports vs Moosai Sports

Amit Jaggernauth 10/51 - Queen’s Park vs Clico Preysal

Imran Khan 11/125 - Alescon Comets vs W Connection Wanderers


Centuries Scored

Nicholas Sookdeosingh 121 not out - PowerGen vs Munroe Road

Rondell Ramlochan 122 - PowerGen vs Munroe Road

Nicholas Sookdeosingh 105 - PowerGen vs Clico Preysal

Gary Mathurin 113 - Tile Depot Central Sports vs Moosai Sports

Deon Bennette 100 not out - Tile Depot Central Sports vs W Connection Wanderers

Dwayne Bravo 101 - Queen’s Park vs W Connection Wanderers

Gregory mahabir 109 - First Citizens Clarke Road vs Moosai Sports

Shamar Brooks 175 - W Connection Wanderers vs Clico Preysal

Yannick Ottley 103 not out - Clico Preysal vs W Connection Wanderers

Sherwin Ganga 112 - PowerGen vs Ceramic Merry Boys

Jason Mohammed 144 - PowerGen vs Moosai Sports

Sean Siloch 155 - First Citizens Clarke Road vs Alescon Comets

Mahadeo Moonesar 126 - First Citizens Clarke Road vs Alescon Comets

Marlon Barclay 103 - Queen’s Park vs Clico Preysal

Lincoln Roberts 105 - Ceramic Merry Boys vs Munroe Road

Aaron Alfred 115 - Clico Preysal vs Ceramic Merry Boys

Darren Bravo 132 - Queen’s Park vs Moosai Sports

Homchan Pooran 120 - First Citizens Clarke Road vs Tile Depot Central Sports

Suruj Ragoonath 100 not out - Alescon Comets vs Moosai Sports

Alcindo Holder 117 - Ceramic Merry Boys vs W Connection Wanderers


Cricketers of the Year

Nicholas Sookdeosingh (PowerGen)

Mahendra Nagamootoo (Tile Depot Central Sports)

Sean Siloch (First Citizens Clarke Road)

Gary Mathurin (Tile Depot Central Sports)

Mukesh Persad (First Citizens Clarke Road)


Cricketer of the Year

Gary Mathurin (Tile Depot central Sports)


North and South Championship

Cricketers of the Year Reserve Team

Stephen Wharwood (Curepe Sports)

Alvin Ramlogan (Evergreen Sports)

Joseph Mitchel (Evergreen Sports)

Neil Ramsawak (Curepe Sports)

Reynold Rampersad (Evergreen Sports)


Cricketer of the Year Reserve Team

Alvin Ramlogan (Eevergreen Sports)


Cricketers of the Year

Krishna Arjune (Bamoo Sports)

David Sultan (Evergreen Sports)

Ernil Ryan (Defence Force)

Mark Montfort (Spoilers)

Deepak Kumar (Aranguez Sports)


Cricketers of the Year

Mark Montfort ( Spoilers)

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