Zane Maraj's 92 not out leads South East to NextGen U13 title

South East’s Zane Maraj gets ready to play a shot during his unbeaten knock of 92 against Central, during the Scotiabank NextGen Under-13 title match, on Wednesday, at the National Cricket Centre, Couva.  - Marvin Hamilton
South East’s Zane Maraj gets ready to play a shot during his unbeaten knock of 92 against Central, during the Scotiabank NextGen Under-13 title match, on Wednesday, at the National Cricket Centre, Couva. - Marvin Hamilton

ZANE Maraj’s unbeaten knock of 92 from 85 balls led South East to a three-wicket win over Central and the Scotiabank Under-13 NextGen Inter-Zone title at the National Cricket Centre in Couva, on Wednesday.

Having won the toss and opting to bat first, Central put on 174/8 after 40 overs. They were guided by opening batsman Zakariyya Mohammed’s (52) half-century and Ra’ed Ali Khan knock of 41.

Only two other batsmen Reyad Jerome and Joshua Ali (11 runs each) got to double figures.

Topping the bowling for South East was Jayden Neevan Jagnanan (2/26) and Zion Phillip (2/30), while Jordan Julien (1/1), Giovani McKnight (1/22), Maraj (1/31) and Ganesh Gobin (1/44) captured one wicket each.

South East members celebrate after winning the Scotiabank Under-13 NextGen Inter-Zone title after beating Central by three wickets, at the National Cricket Centre, Couva, on Wednesday. - Marvin Hamilton

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Set at 175 for victory, South East lost opener Julien (four) early on. Incoming batsman Maraj built a 42-run partnership with Sameer Ramdath (13) but the latter was bowled by Khan.

From there on, Maraj found it difficult to build any strong partnerships and seemed to single-handedly take charge of the chase.

At 128/7, Maraj and wicketkeeper Adrian Singh (13 not out) buckled down and led South East to a title-winning 178/7 in 37.4 overs.

Central’s bowling was wasteful as they gave away 43 extras; 40 of them wides. Their best bowlers were Sanjay Naidoo (2/31), Amrit Michael-Pittiman (2/33) and Khan (2/39).

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