Pooran, Emrit show trial form

Promising teenage batsman Nicholas Pooran blasted an unbeaten 130 and Rayad Emrit struck 72 before retiring, as the three-day trial match between Jason Mohammed’s XI and Yannick Ottley’s XI petered out into a tame draw at the National Cricket Centre, Balmain, yesterday.

Replying to Mohammed XI’s 276, Ottley’s XI resumed at 228-5, and after losing Imran Khan (1) and Ottley (15), Pooran and Emrit took over in an enterprising partnership that yielded 154 runs, before Emrit retired. Their respective innings inspired their team to 441.