Winning start T&T defeat Leewards by 4 wickets in U-17 opener

Winning start
T&T defeat Leewards by 4 wickets in U-17 opener
Published on Jul 7, 2015, 8:36 pm AST
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UNBEATEN 52: Nathaniel McDavid


An unbroken 90-run seventh wicket partnership between Nathaniel McDavid and Saiba Batoosingh led the Trinidad and Tobago Under-17 to comfortable four-wicket win over the Leeward Islands in the opening round of the West Indies Cricket Board Under-17 Championships in Tobago, yesterday.

Playing at Louis D’Or, McDavid slammed an unbeaten 52 off 39 balls with four sixes and four fours while Batoosingh hit 40 off 50 balls with six fours to guide T&T to 208 for six off 35.5 overs after dismissing the Leewards for 207.

Keagan Simmons also chipped in with 51 off 59 balls with nine fours at the top of the innings to steady the chase after the hosts lost Cephas Cooper and Crystian Thurton cheaply.

Batoosingh and McDavid come together with the score on 118 for six and could not be separated.

Earlier the Leewards threatened to put on a big total after being sent in to bat. They were well set at 96 for one before their innings started to unravel.

Michael Lewis hit 53 off 75 balls before falling to the Kirstan Kallicharan with the score on 96.

Jerrilous Louis battled with 65 off 109 balls to get the score past 200 as the other batsmen fell around him without making much of an impact.

He was the last man out, bowled by Batoosingh while McDavid picked up two for 48.

In the other matches yesterday, the Emmanuel Stewart slammed an unbeaten 103 to lead the Windward Islands to a 112-run win over Barbados at Canaan while Jamaica whipped Guyana by six wickets at Shaw Park.

Summarised Scores

At Canaan

WINDWARDS 231-4 (50 overs) (Emmanuel Stewart 103 n.o., Allick Athanaze 47, Nick Elibox 25 n.o., Johnnel Eugene 23; Jarion Hoyte 2/27) vs BARBADOS 119 (37.4 overs) (Limar Pierce 42, Nico Reifer 20; Johann Jeremiah 4/3, Lee Louisy 2/24, Johnel Eugene 2-28)

—Windwards won by 112 runs

At Shaw Park

GUYANA 173-9 (50 overs) (Joshua Persaud 45, Ramnarine Chatura 36; Ian Spence 2/29) vs JAMAICA 177-4 (48.1 overs) (Brad Barnes 74 n.o., Raewin Senior 45, Kashwayne Beale 21, Dominic Samuels 21)

--Jamaica won by 6 wickets

Today’s Fixtures

Barbados vs Leeward Islands – Canaan

T&T vs Jamaica – Shaw Park

Guyana vs Windward Islands – Louis D’Or