IAN WA­SON

gm­sports@guardian.co.tt

Queen’s Park com­plet­ed an in­nings and 71-run win over Ale­scon Comets at Pierre Road, Fe­lic­i­ty, but they will have to keep the cham­pagne on ice for a few more days be­cause of a protest in the T&T Crick­et Board Pre­mier­ship Di­vi­sion 1 com­pe­ti­tion.

Comets re­sumed their sec­ond in­nings on 69 for 5, yes­ter­day and need­ing an­oth­er 145 runs to make the Parkites bat again, but was bowled out for 140, giv­ing the Port-of-Spain-based club vic­to­ry.

How­ev­er, while the team cel­e­brat­ed the win, the ti­tle cel­e­bra­tions were shelved be­cause of a protest lodged by Pow­er­gen Sports, for their sec­ond-round match against Vic­to­ria Sports back in Feb­ru­ary. The hear­ing for that protest is set for this week.

The full de­tails of the protest are not known. Vic­to­ria and Pow­er­gen played to a draw af­ter Vic­to­ria scored 203 runs and Pow­er­gen re­spond­ed with 130 for 1.

Mean­while, At Gilbert Park An­sil Bha­gan and Damion Joachim took five wick­ets each, in what can be ti­tle-clinch­ing ef­forts if the protest lodged will have a de­ci­sion in their favour. The five-wick­et ef­forts by the bowlers, en­sured Pow­er­gen’s vic­to­ry over Queen’s Park Crick­et Club II by 170 runs.

Pow­er­gen re­sumed their sec­ond in­nings on 22 with­out loss and record­ed 177 for 5 de­clared. Cephas Coop­er fol­lowed up his 107 in the first in­nings with 88 in the sec­ond in­nings.

Namir Seep­aul was Queen’s Park’s best bowler with fig­ures of 3 for 59.

Pow­er­gen then pro­ceed­ed to dis­miss Queen’s Park II for 124 in the sec­ond in­nings. Ja­son Bat­son was the best bat­ter with 49 and wick­et­keep­er Je­re­my Arau­jo con­tributed 30.

An­sil Bha­gan had 5 for 47 and Damion Joachim had fig­ures of 5 for 36, as Pow­er­gen se­cure the 170-run win and they will now await the hear­ing set for next week to see if they or Queen’s Park I are de­clared win­ners.

At Clarke Road, Kea­gan Sim­mons fol­lowed his hun­dred in the first in­nings, as he al­so hit 88 in the sec­ond in­nings in Cen­tral Sports to­tal of 194 for 4 de­clared. Kjorn Ot­t­ley added 57.

Samuel Roop­nar­ine took 3 for 69 to be recog­nised as Clarke Road’s best bowler.

Clarke Road, set 284 to win, closed on 83 for 6 as the match end­ed in a draw. Nicholas Sookdeosingh made 44 and Ter­rence Hinds took 2 for 0, to fin­ish with match fig­ures of 4 for 29 as he is look­ing to prove his fit­ness for a re­turn to the Red Force team.

Mer­ry Boys and Marchin Sports were crowned Pre­mier­ship 2 North and South Cham­pi­ons re­spec­tive­ly and will be play­ing in Pre­mier­ship 1 in 2024.

SCORES

AT Gilbert Park, Cou­va

Pow­er­gen 361 in 78.2 overs (Cephas Coop­er 107, Evin Lewis 75, Navin Bidi­assee 46 not out, Akeil Coop­er 43; Matthew Patrick 5 for 117) and 177 in 28.3 overs (Cephas Coop­er 88; Namir Seep­aul 3 for 59) vs QPCC II 244 in 70.4 overs (Ja­son Bat­son 61, Matthew Patrick 58; Damion Joachim 5 for 79, An­sil Bha­gan 3 for 81) and 124 in 32.3 overs (Ja­son Bat­son 49, Je­re­my Arau­jo 30; An­sil Bha­gan 5 for 47, and Damion Joachim 5 for 36). Re­sult -

Pow­er­gen won by 170 runs.

At Pierre Road, Ch­agua­nas

Comets 175 (Den­zil An­toine 51, Reval Ram­nar­ine 26; Isa­iah Ra­jah 4 for 33, Sion Hack­ett 3 for 34) and 140 ( Jon Russ Jagge­sar 7 wick­ets) vs

QPC­CI 391 in 82.5 overs (Je­re­my Solozano 172, Cami­lo Carim­bo­cas 84, Sion Hack­ett 62; Amir Ali 3 for 80). Re­sults - Won by an in­nings and 71-runs.

At Clarke Road, Pe­nal

Cen­tral Sports 362 in 89.1 overs (Ter­rence Hinds 122, Kea­gan Sim­mons 108; Yan­nick Ot­t­ley 5 for 90, Samuel Roop­nar­ine 2 for 79) and 194 for 4 de­clared in 56.2 overs (Kea­gan Sim­mons 88, Kjorn Ot­t­ley 57, Samuel Roop­nar­ine 3 for 69) vs Clark Road 273 in 85.1 overs (Joshua James 117, Ker­wyn Sir­ju 41, Yan­nick Ot­t­ley 33; Derone Davis 3 for 78, Mar­lon Richards 2 for 23, Ter­rence Hinds 2 for 29) and 83 for 6 in 21,3 overs (Nicholas Sookdeosingh 44, Ter­rance Hinds 2 for 0, Alex An­toine 2 for 39). Re­sult - Match drawn.

At In­shan Ali Park, Preysal

Vic­to­ria Sports won against Preysal with an out­right vic­to­ry.