U 17...Jamaicans edge T&T by 3 runs
T&T’s youth cricketers fell to a narrow three-run defeat at the hands of Jamaica in the third round of matches of the Cricket West Indies Under-17 tournament at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy (BLCA) in Tarouba yesterday.
Rain hit all three matches yesterday but didn’t ruin them altogether.
At the BLCA, T&T won the toss and asked the Jamaicans to bat first.
O’Neil Roberts then hit an unbeaten 65 to hold his team together after they were left reeling at 31 for three after 12 overs. Roberts faced 116 balls in his knock and hit five boundaries and three sixes.
With the match delicately placed at 127 for four after 36 overs, the rains came down to force a pause to proceedings. By the time it relented in south Trinidad, the umpires called time on the innings and T&T had to score 135 runs from the same number of overs to win the game under the Duckworth Lewis system.
Summarised Scores
JAMAICA 127-4 (36) (O.Roberts 65*; S.Sankar 2/29) v T&T 132 (36 DL) (R.Ramnath 46, J.Cruickshank 34)
Result: Jamaica won by three runs
At Gilbert Park
WINDWARDS 126-6 (25) (A.Auguste 38, D.Joseph 31. M.Prashad 4/20) v GUYANA 65-7 (25 ov) (C Balgobin 27*, T Theodore 4/13)
Result: Windwards won by 84 runs
At NCC
BARBADOS 54-2 (14 ov) v LEEWARD IS.
Result: Match abandoned due to rain
T&T’s results thus far:
T&T bt Guyana by nine wickets
T&T bt Leewards by six runs
T&T lost to Jamaica by three runs
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