East, South East, Central earn U17 Interzone wins

EAST, South East and Central all notched victories in their respective final Under-17 Interzone Youth Tournament preliminary round matches on March 26.

East were ruthless against their Tobago opponents as they recorded a hefty 209-run victory at Honeymoon Park in El Dorado.

Batting first, East were guided to 249/6 from 35 overs courtesy of fine knocks from Renaldo Fournillier (66), Alejandro Kassiram (64 not out) and Tyler Ramroop (39). Jayshean Baptiste (2/38) was Tobago’s best bowler.

In reply, East ran through the Tobago batting line-up and had them dismissed for a paltry 40 from 15.2 overs. Only Kiran Mohammed (11) scored double-figures while East’s Sanjiv Bachu (4/1), Ramroop (2/7) and Kassiram (1/5) finished with stellar figures with the ball.

At Pierre Road Recreational Ground, Central defeated South West by six wickets.

Sent in to bat, South West were guided to 168/8 via neat knocks from opener Matthais Mahabir (52) and Jaden Seurattan (50). Ra’ed Ali Khan (3/46) and Daron Dhanraj (2/28) were the pick of the bowlers for Central.

Set at 169 for victory, Central’s opening pair of Saleem Khan (68) and Darrius Batoosingh (38) led from the front, with Christiano Ramnanan (21) also chipping in. Assisted with the bat by Reyad Jerome (17), Central cruised to a victorious 169/4 from 22.1 overs.

Over at St Julien Recreation Ground, South East clinched a narrow one-run win over South.

Put in to bat, South East were dismissed for 177, steered by Zane Maraj (46), Brendan Boodoo (24), Ashmeed Mohammed (21) and Scyon Charles (20). Roberto Badree (3/33), Aiden Owen (3/36(, Amrit Pitiman (2/23) and Arion Mohammed (2/27) were South’s key wicket-takers.

South showed promise in their chase but despite valiant knocks from Badree (46), Levi Ghany (22) and Jaydon Romain (19), they fell agonizingly short of the target by one run, going all out for 176.

After shining with the bat, Charles (3/32), Boodoo (2/35) and Justin Ramnarace (2/42) were did most of the damage with the ball, to help stave off South’s chase.