Kea­gan Sim­mons used his omis­sion from the T&T Red Force team, which is cur­rent­ly in a bat­tle against Bar­ba­dos Pride, as mo­ti­va­tion, as he slammed 108 for Cen­tral Sports away to Clarke Road in the fi­nal round of the T&T Crick­et Board Pre­mier­ship Di­vi­sion I, Fri­day.

The open­er scored his sec­ond hun­dred of the sea­son for Cen­tral Sports as he is mak­ing a case for a re­call in the Red Force team for the last round against Ja­maica next week at the Bri­an Lara Crick­et Acad­e­my in Tarou­ba, San Fer­nan­do. Sim­mons hit 11 fours in his 154-ball knock that pro­pelled Cen­tral Sports to 235/7 at the end of day one.

He was as­sist­ed by all-rounder Ter­rence Hinds, play­ing as a bats­man as he is nurs­ing an in­jury that is keep­ing him out of the Red Force team. Hinds scored an un­beat­en 64 off 121 balls with five fours and one six.

Bowl­ing for Clarke Road, Yan­nick Ot­t­ley was the best bowler for the Pe­nal team, tak­ing 3 for 44, while Samuel Roop­nar­ine sup­port­ed the out-of-favour Red Force open­er with fig­ures of 2/46.

Across at Gilbert Park in Cou­va, Cephas Coop­er al­so sound­ed a call to the na­tion­al se­lec­tors with 107 against Queen’s Park Crick­et Club (QPCC) II.

Coop­er belt­ed 107 from 139 balls, hit­ting 139 balls in the process. The 23-year-old right-hand­ed open­ing bats­man count­ed 16 fours and two six­es as he is push­ing a re­call to the Red Force team, hav­ing played in 2020 against Wind­ward Is­lands Vol­ca­noes and Bar­ba­dos Pride.

He had sup­port from Navin Bidi­asee, who scored an un­beat­en 46 from 64 balls with five fours and Akiel Coop­er, who scored a run-a-ball 43 with two fours and three six­es.

Bowl­ing for Queen’s Park’s sec­ond team, for­mer West In­dies Un­der-19 all-rounder Matthew Patrick took 3/77 as QPCC II’s best bowler.

Brief scores:

At Gilbert Park, Cou­va:

Pow­er­gen 279/6 in 59 overs (Cephas Coop­er 107, Navin Bidi­assee 46 not out, Akeil Coop­er 43, Matthew Patrick 3 for 77) vs QPCC II.

At Pierre Road, Ch­agua­nas:

Comets 175 (Den­zil An­toine 51, Reval Ram­nar­ine 26, Isa­iah Ra­jah 4 for 33, Sion Hack­ett 3 for 34) vs QPCC I 19/0.

At Clarke Road, Pe­nal:

Cen­tral Sports 235 for 7 in 65 overs (Kea­gan Sim­mons 108, Ter­rence Hinds 64 not out, Yan­nick Ot­t­ley 3 for 44, Samuel Roop­nar­ine 2 for 46) vs Clark Road.

At In­shan Ali Park, Preysal:

Preysal 148 vs Vic­to­ria Utd 68/3.