Trinidad and Tobago Under-19 cricketers lose to Guyana by 89 runs

Trinidad and Tobago Under-19s lost their second consecutive match of the Cricket West Indies (CWI) Rising Stars 50-Overs Championship as Guyana sealed a comfortable 89-run victory at Cumberland Playing Field in St Vincent on July 26.

After winning the toss and choosing to bat first, Guyana put on a score of 223/8 from their 50 overs. TT had an outside chance in their chase but after losing the third wicket with 89 runs on the board, the remaining batsmen failed to fire and crumbled to 134 all out.

Guyana’s top order batted well as opener Rampertab Ramnauth scored 65 and number three batsman Mavendra Dindyal struck 51. Romeo Deonarine also scored 30 and Thaddeus Lovell 25.

Bowling for TT, Andrew Rambaran bagged 3/46, Fareez Ali 3/48 and Aneal Rooplal 2/30.

In their turn at the crease, TT had a fair start but frittered away as the game progressed. Opening batsman Justin Jagessar top scored for TT with 27 but soaked up a lot of deliveries, while Kyle Ramdoo scored 22.

Doing the damage with the ball for Guyana were Jonathan van Lange with his stellar spell of 4/8, Krsna Singh 3/31 and Golcharran Chulai 2/16.

The result meant TT have just one win in three matches after defeating Leewards by 31 runs in their opener, then going down to Barbados by three wickets in match two.

Other matches on July 26 saw Windward Islands beat Leewards by five wickets at Arnos Vale Playing Field and Barbados edged Jamaica by nine runs at Park Hill Playing Field.