T&TCB...Central Sports crush Merry Boys

Central Sports crush Merry Boys, one hand on TTCB premiership title

With just one round left to play, reigning champions and table-toppers Central Sports moved a step closer to clinching the 2025 TT Cricket Board Premiership I National League title when they completed a convincing nine-wicket win over Merry Boys Sports Club at Invaders recreation ground, Felicity, in the eighth round on May 11.

Summarised Scores:

MERRY BOYS: 195 (Rondell Ramlogan 78, Gio Letren 45; Sameer Ali 4/47, Imran Khan 4/80) & 183 (G Letren 38, Gerard Chin 34; I Khan 5/83, Marlon Richards 2/10) vs CENTRAL SPORTS: 253 (Jermaine Cruickshank 60, Leonardo Julien 54, Zachary McCaskie 30; Ryan Bandoo 4/45) & 129/1 (Z McCaskie 73 not out, Aaron Alfred 31). Central Sports won by 9 wickets.

PREYSAL: 135 Jason Batson 36, Camillo Carimbocas 23; Ricky Jaipaul 5/17, Kashtri Singh 4/65) & 199 (J Batson 74, Nick Ramlal 38; K Singh 3/39, R Jaipaul 3/82) vs BESS MOTORS MARCHIN PATRIOTS: 327/9 declared (Evin Lewis 142 not out, Adrian Ali 42; Aneal Rooplal 3/76) & 8/3 (C Carimbocas 2/4). Marchin won by 7 wickets.

POWERGEN: 179 (Videsh Sookhai 93, Nicholas Ali 25; Yannick Ottley 6/74) & 266/5 (Jason Mohammed 66 not out, V Sookhai 52, Akeil Cooper 50 not out; Y Ottley 3/64) vs CLARKE ROAD UNITED: 172 (Antonio Gomez 46, Nicholas Sookdeosingh 35; N Ali 4/84, V Sookhai 2/1. Match drawn.

YORKSHIRE: 415/5 declared (Mario Belcon 138, Samuel Felix 102 not out, Ethan Gibson 88; Ramesh Bridgelal 2/57) vs PRISONS: 258/9 declared (Zackurrie Raghoonath 104, Kareem Hamilton 66; Chris Pattia 4/72, Devon Boyce 3/70) & 102/1 (Leon Bassano 50 not out). Match drawn.

QPCC: 361 (Bryan Charles 93, Kyle Ramdoo 65, Jordan Warner 55; Jordan Samkeran 4/97, Jovan Ali 3/70) vs VICTORIA: 348/9 (J Samkeran 79. Damien Singh 78, J Ali 40; B Charles 7/150). Match drawn.

In reply to sgtdjones

Newsday could have at least provided a Table showing the standings.

Looks like Evin Lewis is interested in playing red ball cricket. Probably bitter sweet for JMo to be playing against Clarke Road.

In reply to Prako

I see you are a poster who knows a thing or two,would you be able to say why isn't at least one of the Ottley brothers does not play for TTs cricket team on a regular basis.It is sad to see 2 cricketers in my opinion are capable of making any regional team in the Caribbean,can't play for TT.

they both featured a couple seasons ago and then have disappeared again. Remember Kjorn actually won a WI cap. In this past season, TT struggled to get a steady opening partner for Cooper and it is interesting that they did not turn to Kjorn. On another note, Leonardo Julien seems to have disappeared into the ether. I hope that he can make his way back. He had a couple decent outings regionally although he was not consistent. I suppose that the rapid improvement of the young WIA keeper has dented his chances.

In reply to granite

Kjorn (Played for WI in 2021 in ODIs) and Yannick seem to both have potential however they averaged in the low 20s.

They were in and around the national team for a few seasons but fizzled away.