T&T finishes 2nd as Jamaica lifts U-15 cricket title | The Trinidad Guardian
Published: Sat, 2011-07-16 20:00Jamaica won the 2011 regional under-15 cricket crown with a four-wicket victory over Barbados in the fifth and final round of the tournament yesterday at UTT’s ground in Omera. The Jamaicans finished the round-robin tournament with 40.1 points to claim the title. T&T finished second with 34.6 points after their win over the Leewards in their match. The Guyana, Windwards match ended in a draw with the former finishing third. Yesterday, Barbados resuming on 57/6 in their second innings were bowled out for 79 with Christopher Tufton 3/10, Ramaal Lewis 3/22 and Hakeem Wright 2/11 doing the damage. Jamaica then made a meal of the victory target but got home at 78/6. Spinner Chad Williams took 4/22 to finish the match with 12 wickets.
T&T was also in winning form and easily took care of the Leewards at Honeymoon Park. Resuming yesterday on 120 for seven the Windwards crashed to 134 all out. Shawn Tuitt fought a lone battle getting an unbeaten 91, while Shane Smith 3/28, Jesse Bootan 3/15 and Camillo Carimbocus 2/3 ensured T&T had an easy target. The hosts then got the winning target at 126 for four with Brian Christmas getting 44 and Jeremy Solozano 36. Going into the final day, Guyana still had a chance of lifting the title but fell away after stubborn resistance from the Windwards. Tagnarine Chanderpaul struck his second fifty of the match to take them to 254 for seven off 60 overs. This left the Windwards with a victory target of 267 runs held out for the draw at 199/8. Chad Phillip stroked 56 and Gidron Pope 45. The pick of the Guyanese bowlers was the consistent Steven Sankar with 4/66.
SCORES
REGIONAL UNDER-15 SCORES
At Honeymoon Park: Leewards 147/7 (30)(Avier Christian 41, Shakeel Martina 34, Mark Gookarran 14, Shane Smith 2/29, Justin Joseph 2/30) & 134 all out (42.2)(Shawn Tuitt 91no, Shane Smith 3/28, Jesse Bootan 3/15, Camillo Carimbocus 2/3) vs T&T 156/4 (30)(Jeremy Solozano 58no, Brian Christmas 20, Kerron Kanhai 27, Justin Joseph 25no, Daniel Dorum 3/45) & 126/4 (19.5)(Brian Christmas 44, Jeremy Solozano 36, Daniel Dorum 3/28). T&T won by 6 wkts. TT 12.9pts, Leewards 0pts.Man-of-match Jeremy Solozano.At NCC: Guyana 159/2 (30)(Shimron Hetmyer 62, Tagnarine Chanderpaul 51no) & 254/7 (60)(Tagnarine Chanderpaul 58, Kemo Paul 50, Deron Hypolite 4/88) vs Windwards 147/8 (30)(Roland Cato 46, Chad Phillip 41, Steven Sankar 3/49) & 199/8 (62)(Chad Phillip 56, Gidron Pope 45, Steven Sankar 4/66) – Match draw. Guyana 6.4pts, Windwards 3.1pts. Man-of-match: Tagnarine Chanderpaul.
At Omera: Barbados 84 all out (34.5)(Joshua Drakes 26, Shakeel Richards 18, Jafari Toppin 15, Hakeem Wright 5/21, Ramaal Lewis 3/23) & 79 all out (51.3)(Matthew Jones 26, Christopher Tufton 3/10, Ramaal Lewis 3/22, Hakeem Wright 2/11) vs Jamaica 86 all out (31.5)(Odain McCatty 28, Nicholas Walters 22, Carl Reid 21, Chad Williams 8/18) & 78/6 (31.4)(Odain McCatty 19, Malcolm Whyte 17no, Chad Williams 4/22, Matthew Jones 2/29). Jamaica won by 4 wkts. Jamaica 12.4pts, Barbados 0pts. Man-of-match: Chad Williams.
Final Standings
Pos TEAM P W D L NR PTS
1 JAMAICA 5 1 4 0 0 40.1
2 T&T 5 1 3 0 1 34.6
3 GUYANA 5 0 4 0 1 31.5
4 WINDWARDS 5 0 4 0 1 18.9
5 BARBADOS 5 0 3 1 1 14.3
6 LEEWARDS 5 0 2 1 2 10.2
