South East win Price Club Under-17 cricket title

A BRILLIANT effort by captain Christian Rampersad guided South East zone to a six-wicket victory over Central in the Price Club Supermarket Under-17 Interzone 50-over final at the National Cricket Centre in Balmain, Couva on Friday.

Central posted 219/7 batting first with skipper Fareez Ali hitting five fours in his innings of 57 off 64 balls. Saleem Khan also scored a half century with a knock of 54, but he struggled to score quickly as he faced 105 balls.

Bowling for South East, Rampersad was the pick of the bowlers taking 5/41 in nine overs.

In reply, Rampersad was the top scorer lashing an unbeaten 91 off 88 balls with 11 fours to steer South East to 223/4 in 45.4 overs. South East were 96/4 in the 26th over at one stage, but an unbroken 127-run partnership between Rampersad and Aidan Racha propelled the eventual champions to the target. Racha struck four fours in his innings of 50 not out off 56 balls.

Alexander Chase tried to limit the South East batsmen taking 1/25 in ten overs.

Rampersad swept the awards winning the best bowler, best batsman, best fieldsman and player of the match awards. He took a spectacular catch to dismiss Chase.

Summarised Scores:

CENTRAL 219/7 (50 overs) (Fareez Ali 57, Saleem Khan 54; Christian Rampersad 5/41) vs SOUTH EAST 223/4 (45.4 overs) (C Rampersad 91 not out, Aidan Racha 50 not out; Alexander Chase 1/25) South East won by six wickets.