Centuries from Brandon Ramdial and Renaldo Sammy, coupled with five-wicket hauls from Aaron Francois and Justin Joseph powered Police to a massive innings and 204 run win over Savannah Boys at the Police Barracks in Round 4 of the North Zone Senior Division last weekend.
Batting first, Savannah Boys were bowled out for 114 with three batsmen getting into the 20’s and only one other batter getting into double figures. Aaron Francois was the pick of the bowlers for Police taking 5-19 from eleven overs. Justin Joseph and Brian Christmas were the other wicket takers, taking two wickets each.
Police, in their turn at bat, amassed a whopping 403-5 declared, thanks in large part to an opening stand of 223 from Ramdial (115) and Sammy (116). Darius Besai also chipped in with an unbeaten 77. Six of the seven batters scored at better than a run a ball as the lawmen registered a healthy 8.43 runs per over. In all, the Police hit 39 fours and 15 sixes.
Savannah Boys, in their second innings, could only muster 85 as Joseph was the main destroyer, taking 5-34 while Christmas took 3-24 and Francois and Dion Wells snapped up one apiece.
With the win, Police have opened up a 22-point lead at the top of the standings over second placed Barataria Ball Players.
In Other Matches
Barataria could only manage a first innings win against North Coast United.
Scores:
Barataria Ball Players 140 All out (Joey Samuel 52) and 123-2 dec
North Coast 60 All out (Carl Vialva 6-7) and 19-5.
Santa Cruz held on to third spot on the standings after also securing a first innings win against Paragon Sports Club.
Scores:
Santa Cruz 275-7 declared (Cleon Burnley 102 not out)
Paragon 252 All Out (Brent Lezama 89)
In Division 1:
At the Queen’s Park Savannah
Invincible defeated St. Mary’s by an innings and 44 runs.
Scores:
Invincible 195 All out (Raphael Ali 47; Kevin Singh 43) Tristan Toya 3-7
St. Mary’s 39 All out and 112 All out
Pole 9 won on first innings over Combined All Stars
Scores
Combined All Stars 182 All out (Aneil Sammy 85) Riaz Mohammed 3-23
Pole 9 190-8 (Wendell Samuel 60) Dion Pierre 4-49
Upcoming Fixtures:
Round 5 (Senior Division) 11 & 12 March:
North Coast vs Fatima @ QPCC Ground QPS
Paragon vs Barataria @ Sweet Revenge Ground QPS
Glenora vs Savannah Boys @ Glenora Ground QPS
Police vs Santa Cruz @ Police Barracks
Round 4 (Division One):
St. Mary’s College vs Shannon Sports Club – Venue: St. Marys College
Combine All Stars Sports Club vs INVINCIBLE – Venue: Ato Boldon Rec.
