Naz Ya­coob

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.