KINGSTOWN, St Vincent, CMC:
TRINIDAD AND Tobago cricketers gave an impressive all-round display to move into the final of the TCL Group West Indies Under-19 Challenge, defeating Jamaica by 35 runs in the semi-final at Arnos Vale A yesterday.
Set a competitive 166 for victory, the Jamaicans folded for 130 despite a fine sixth wicket partnership of 52 between Cordell Simpson (29) and Ziggy Levy (21).
Leading the victory charge for the T&T team was left-arm spinner Rishi Bachan who picked up four wickets, including a hat-trick in his eighth over and the 47th of the match, to dash whatever hopes the Jamaicans had of winning.
Bachan ended with figures of four for 21 and was well supported by pacer Jeewan Ramroop with two for 18, and off-spinner Sunil Narine two for 29.
Earlier, T&T won the toss and opted for first strike, and led by useful contributions from Mario Belcon (28), William Perkins (27) skipper Jason Mohammed (24) and Dion Bennett (24), posted a competitive 165 all out.
The Jamaicans were jolted very early in their victory chase, losing two wickets with only 16 runs on the board. Despite the sixth wicket stand by Simpson and Levy, none of the other batsmen were able to cope with the probing six-pronged attack employed by skipper Mohammed.
T&T will meet defending champion team Barbados in the final today.
SCOREBOARD
T&T innings
W. Perkins c Ebanks b Gopie 27
M. Barclay c Ebanks b Sitcheron 3
A. Bharath c Beckford b Gopie 14
Jason Mohammed c Trenchfield b Beckford 24
Javed Mohammed c Ebanks b Levy 0
K. Pollard c Gopie b Levy 7
M. Belcon b McCarthy 28
D. Bennett run out (Levy) 24
R. Bachan run out (Fowler) 1
S. Narine run out (Trenchfield) 7
J. Ramroop not out 4
Extras (lb6, w17, nb3) 26
TOTAL (all out - 50 overs) 165
Fall: 19, 57, 62, 63, 93, 100, 149, 150, 154, 164.
Bowling: Stitcheron 5-0-18-1, Russell 4-0-19-0, Gopie 10-1-36-2, Levy 10-1-32-2, Beckford 10-3-11-1, McCarthy 10-0-35-1, Bulli 1-0-8-0.
Jamaica innings
Z. Fowler c&b Ramroop 7
J. Trenchfield c&b Narine 21
D. Ebanks c Bennett b Ramroop 0
A. McCarthy c Narine b Jason Mohammed 23
A. Gopie c Belcon b Barclay 6
Z. Levy st Perkins b Bachan 21
C. Simpson c Belcon b Bachan 29
A. Beckford c Bharath b Bachan 0
R. Sticheron b Narine 6
A. Russell c Barclay b Bachan 0
D. Bulli not out 0
Extras (b2, lb2, w12, nb1) 17
TOTAL (all out - 47.2 overs) 130
Fall: 15, 16, 54, 71, 71, 123, 124, 124, 124, 130.
Bowling: Javed Mohammed 6-1-17-0, Ramroop 4-0-18-2, Narine 9.2-4-29-2, Barclay 10-1-18-1, Jason Mohammed 10-1-23-1, Bachan 8-1-21-4.
AT SION HILL, Barbados beat the Windward Islands by 29 runs in their semi-final.
Chasing a target of 146, the Windwards were dismissed for 117 off 43.2 overs.
SCORE: BARBADOS 146 in 48.4 overs (Shamarh Brooks 33, Jonathan Carter 16, Orman Kellman 16, Mark Trotman 15, Jevon Searles 14, Neval Grazette 13; Nelon Pascal 3-14, Haniff Alexander 2-26, Earven Fredericks 2-31). WINDWARDS 117 in 43.2 overs (Donwell Hector 19, Heron Campbell 16, Tyron Toussaint 15; Nicolai Charles 2-11, Kemar Roach 2-20, Steve Pinder 2-25).
AT ARNOS VALE B, Guyana beat the Leeward Islands by 64 runs in their fifth-place playoff. Chasing 178 to win, the Leewards were dismissed for 114 off 30.5 overs
SCORE: GUYANA 178 off 45 overs (Krishna Deosarran 33 not out, Richard Ramdeen 27, Gajanand Singh 24, Norman Fredericks 19, Leon Johnson 17; Colin Hamer 3-35, Terrence Ward 2-18, Chad Hampson 2-30). LEEWARDS 114 off 30.5 overs (Kieron Powell 41, Terrence Ward 11; Jeremy Gordon 4-46, Clive Andries 3-28, Christopher Barnwell 2-16).
