De­fend­ing cham­pi­ons Hillview Col­lege com­plet­ed a sea­son tre­ble when they beat Iere High School by five wick­ets in the fi­nal of the Pow­er­gen Sec­ondary Schools Crick­et League Daren Gan­ga In­ter­col T20 com­pe­ti­tion at Guaracara Park, Pointe-a-Pierre on Fri­day night. Man of the Match An­tho­ny Sim­mons' hero­ic 39 off 24 balls made the vic­to­ry pos­si­ble for Hillview, who had al­ready won the 50-Over League and Su­per Six­es ti­tles. Chas­ing 131 for vic­to­ry, Hillview were cruis­ing at 88 for three in the 13th over when Bran­don Ram­di­al (6) and open­er Du­ane Cock­burn (47 off 43) were dis­missed off con­sec­u­tive balls. That brought in Sim­mons, who went on to dom­i­nate an un­bro­ken 43-run stand with Je­re­my Solozano (4 no) to take his school home with sev­en balls to spare. His in­nings in­clud­ed two six­es and two fours.

Iere's to­tal of 130 for six was made pos­si­ble by num­ber three Zachary Ra­goonath, who cleared the rope six times dur­ing his vi­o­lent 76 off 46 balls. Iere were in trou­ble at 64 for four af­ter 12 overs when Jeron Joseph (14 no) joined Ra­goonath for a 49 run part­ner­ship last­ing 6.1 overs. Af­ter Ra­goonath was dis­missed with the score on 114 at the start of the penul­ti­mate over, Iere man­aged to add an­oth­er 16 runs. The wick­ets were shared among Ra­jiv Singh (1-32), Idrees Mo­hammed (1-22), Bri­an Christ­mas (1-23) and cap­tain Shaquille Al­lick (1-18). Speak­ing to the Guardian yes­ter­day, Hillview coach Richard Kel­ly said his play­ers were still on a high fol­low­ing the vic­to­ry. "It was fan­tas­tic. It's what we set out to do at the start of the sea­son and it's great to fi­nal­ly ac­com­plish it. Some of the play­ers were call­ing me at one o'clock In the morn­ing af­ter­wards. That's how ex­cit­ed they were."

Score­card

Iere High School In­nings

S Boodram c Ra­jah b B Christ­mas 14

S Kat­wa­roo c A Christ­mas b Mo­hammed 11

Z Ra­goonath c Mo­hammed b Singh 76

S Ar­joon c Ram­di­al b Al­lick 6

K Ram­lal run out (Bed­doe) 0

J Joseph not out 14

V Ma­haraj run out 0

R Nar­ine not out 7

Ex­tras (1w, 1lb) 2

To­tal (6 wick­ets, 20 overs) 130

DNB: K Her­cules, D Nand­lal, S Mo­hammed.

Wick­ets at: 1-24, 2-38, 3-45, 4-64, 5-114, 6-116.

Bowl­ing: R Singh 4-0-32-1, I Mo­hammed 4-0-22-1, A Sim­mons 3-0-16-0, B Christ­mas 4-0-23-1, S Al­lick 3-0-18-1, A Christ­mas 1-0-11-0, I Ra­jah 1-0-7-0.

Hillview Col­lege

In­nings (Tar­get 131)

D Cock­burn lbw Boodram 47

I Ra­jah b Ma­haraj 7

B Christ­mas c Boodram b Ma­haraj 0

S Al­lick c Nar­ine b Boodram 17

B Ram­di­al c Kat­wa­roo b Her­cules 6

J Solozano not out 4

A Sim­mons not out 39

Ex­tras (5w, 1b, 5lb) 11

To­tal (5 wick­ets, 18.5 overs) 131

DNB: I Mo­hammed, R Singh, A Christ­mas, J Bed­doe.

Fall of Wick­ets: 1-17, 2-20,

3-71, 4-88, 5-88.

Bowl­ing: V Ma­haraj 3.5-0-29-2, D Nand­lal 4-0-23-0, R Nar­ine 2-0-26-0, S Boodram 4-0-22-2, K Her­cules 4-0-16-1, S Ar­joon 1-0-9-0.