Castro leads Central All Stars to victory in

TESHAWN Castro's half-century assisted in leading his team Central All Stars to a comfortable seven-wicket victory over SITAL All Stars in the Jaguar Land Rover and FUSO Central Super League (CSL) at Pierre Road Grounds, Charlieville earlier in the week.

SITAL batted first and was skittled out for a mediocre 123 all out from 18 overs. Ewart Nicholson top scored with 29 runs (3 fours, 1 six) while Totaram Rampersad chipped in with 18 runs. Former national left-arm spinner, Ricky Jaipaul was the main destroyer capturing three wickets for 11 runs while Rishi Jaipaul and Castro bagged two wickets apiece.

The Castro show continued as he ensured there were no mishaps when Central had their turn at the crease to chase 124 for victory. The eventual Man of the match played a workmanlike unbeaten innings of 56 came at a run-a-ball rate and included 4 boundaries and 3 maximums. Assisting in the run-scoring was yet another Jaipaul, Ryan who scored 31 runs. Sital`s Kisoondath Magram and Roshad Parag both captured a wicket each.

Scores Summary:

T&T Rejects 141/9 (Yannic Cariah 58, Jason De Freitas 18; Daron Beekah 3/36, Adrian Cooper 2/18) vs Barrackpore United 142/7 (Shemroy Barrington 47, Adrian Cooper 31; Narendra Bridgelal 2/19, Pravesh Sinanan 2/24). Barrackpore United won by three wickets.

Associates XI 181/2 (Leonardo Julien 54, Amir Jangoo 42, Kieron Joseph ; Navin Bidaisee 1/20, Matthew Patrick 1/5) vs Dream Team 94/9 ( Sachin Seecharan 23, Jean Phillipe Barrie 21 ; Nishal Guyadeen 3/18, Nathaniel Mc David 3/26). Associates XI won by 87 runs.

HKL Aranguez 97 All Out ( Samuel Felix 23 ; Mark Deyal 3/23, Navin Stewart 2/32) vs Expert All Stars 99/5 ( Zard Clarke 34, Mbeki Joseph 22 ; Triston Singh 2/8, Rakesh Seecharan 2/21)

Upcoming Fixture:

Friday: Associates XI vs Central All Stars 630pm