Defending champions East were denied an outright victory against South-West on Tuesday in Round Two of the BGTT Under-19 tournament, after a raging bushfire caused official to abandon the match at James Park in Point Fortin. With South-West in dire straits after being asked to follow-on, fire prevented further action with more than one hour's play in the contest remaining.
Earlier, East made 301 for nine declared and then routed South-West for a meagre 91 on first innings. South-West, asked to bat again ,were reeling on 79 for five when play was called off.
T&T and West Indies impressive youth batting allrounder Yannic Cariah continued his fine form in the series, with another admirable performance for North-East against Tobago at Shaw Park. Cariah notched a brilliant 156 in his team's massive first innings total of 410 for nine declared. The right-arm leg-spinner then bagged five for 30 in Tobago's reply of 182, as the match ended in a tame draw.
In other matches, Central and North took first innings points against South-East and North respectively. For Central, Keiron Joseph (92), Videsh Sookhai (81) and Derone Davis (3-62) continue to be standouts.
Points standings
Group A:
Central 24 pts,
North-East 16,
Tobago 10,
South-East 2.
Group B:
East 16 pts,
North 10,
South-West 10,
South 4.
Summarised Scores
AT CHAGUANAS:
Central 337 all out (Kieron Joseph 92, Videsh Sookhai 81, Teshawn Castro 65, Evin Lewis 3-101, Keva Ragbir 2-46, Oba Smith 2-34) vs South East 250 all out (Silus Cooper 72, Kerwyn Sirju 47, Darron Beekah 34, Deron Davis 3-62, Teshawn Castro 2-25). Central won on first innings.
AT SHAW PARK:
North-East 410-9 dec (Yannic Cariah 156, Stephen Sooklal 35, Dillon Pattia 71, Johan Lezama 41, Jamal Jeremiah 27) vs Tobago 182 (Iraq Thomas 21, Jamel Boyce 46, Adrian Daniel 67, Rajiv Singh 2-36, Yannic Cariah 5-30). North-East won on first innings.
AT CIC:
South 236 (Sachin Boodram 66, Emmanuel Lett 43, Marcelle Jones 39, Nicholas Boochoon 32, Akeel Hosein 3-48, Miko Adams 2-18, Mikeel Sookhoo 2-41) v North 250- 8 (Savion Lara 67, Akiel Hosein 50, Miko Adams 36, Christian Herrera 34, Nicholas Boochoon 4-45, Sachin Boodram 2-46).
AT POINT FORTIN:
East 301- 9 dec (Shaquille Allick 76, Adrian Geewan 63, Dmitri Mathura 40 n.o., Isaiah Rajah 36, Kevin Rawlins 4-81) vs South-West 91 ( Kevin Rawlins 22, Idris Mohammed 3-22, Nicholas Alexis 4-20) & 79/5 (Dwight Pope 27 n.o., Kevin Teesdale 18, Emmanuel Andrews 16, Nicholas Alexis 2-4). East won on first innings.
