T&T U-19s badly beaten by Jamaica in CWI Rising Stars Champs | Regional Sports
Trinidad and Tobago’s first defeat at the CWI Rising Stars Men’s Under-19 50-over tournament was a very heavy one, yesterday. The T&T youngsters crashed to a 106-run defeat to Jamaica in their third round match at the Liberta Sports Club in Antigua.
Captain Brendan Boodoo’s decision to send the opposition in after winning the toss did not pay off, as Jamaica rallied to 225 for eight in their allotted overs. That final total was due in the main to partnerships of 64 between top-scorers Ryan Lyttleton (41) and Adrian Silvera (52 not out) for the eighth wicket and 50 for the ninth between Silvera and Perico Henry (24 not out) that rescued the innings from the strife of 111 for seven in the 26th over.
Earlier, T&T had been in control of the game after removing Odane Binns (18), Demario Hall(four) and Demarco Scott (two) inside the first 11.3 overs. And the Jamaican wickets continued to fall to the combination of new ball bowler Daniel Holder (three for 53), Daron Dhanraj (two for 37) skipper Boodoo (two for 43) and Kaiden Pollard (one for 20).
However, with T&T having failed to cross 200 so far in the tournament, those extra late-wicket runs proved important for the Jamaicans. The T&T batters never made a contest of the run chase. They lost opener Zakariyya Mohammed (one) with six runs on the board, No. 3 Tariq Richards at 17 and the other opener, Levi Ghanny, at 38.
Only skipper Boodoo got to grips with the Jamaican bowlers, getting to 54 off 82 balls, with six fours. But he failed to get the necessary support at the other end as T&T crashed to 119 all out with 87 balls still remaining. Booddoo was ninth out (117 for nine), caught off the bowling of Jamaica’s sixth bowler, Geovanni Grey.
The win was Jamaica’s second in three matches. They will next face the Windward islands on Saturday, while T&T will have the stiff task of trying to stop rampant Barbados who stormed to their third straight win yesterday, beating Guyana by 63 runs at Coolidge Cricket Ground.
In the other game, the Leeward Islands crushed the Windwards by 144 runs at Bethesda Sports Ground.
Summarised scores:
At Liberta:
Jamaica U-19s 225 for eight, 50 overs (Adrian Silvera 52 n.o., Ryan Lyttleton 41, Pajay Nelson 25; Daniel Holder 3/52, Daron Dhanraj 2/37, Brendan Boodoo 2/43) vs T&T U-19s 119, 35.3 overs (Brendan Boodoo 54, Christian Lall 12, Daniel Holder 12, Levi Ghanny 11; Jahdae Moore 3/10, Perico Henry 3/27, Nicoli McKenzie 2/29) –Jamaica U-19s won by 106 runs.
At Coolidge:
Barbados U-19s 258, 49.5 overs (Jordan Graham 78, Justin Parris 67, Seth Smith 39; Gilbert Griffith 3/37, Romario Ramdehol 3/27, Parmeshwar Ram 2/49) vs Guyana U-19s 195, 44.1 overs (Adrian Hetmyer 61, Dhanesh Persaud 35, Romario Ramdehol 21; Justin Parris 4/19, Rajeev Parsooram 2/49) –Barbados U-19s won by 63 runs.
At Bethesda:
Leeward Islands U-19s 269-9, 50 overs (Tenez Francis 79, J’Quan Athanaze 55, Lawshorn Bergan 47, Lyhte Browne 38; Tyler Venner 2/54, Earsinho Fontaine 3/32) vs Windward Islands U-19s 125, 29 overs (Cody Fontinelle 22, Theo Edward 18, Tyler Venner 17; Matthew Miller 2/17, Tayari Tonge 2/25, Kerique Mentore 2/26 –Leewards U-19s won by 144 runs.