ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Opener Romario King struck an attractive hundred as unbeaten Trinidad and Tobago powered their way to their third straight win with a 151-run crushing of Jamaica in the Regional Under-15 Super50 Cup here Tuesday.
Playing at Liberta, T&T cruised to 324 for six off their 50 overs with King top-scoring with 108 off 129 deliveries, while Andrew Rambarran struck an unbeaten 77 and Justin Jagessar, 61.
Opting to bat first, T&T lost Kavir Boodoosingh cheaply for three in the fifth over with the score on 22 but it the last sighting of major success for Jamaica, as King took charge of the innings.
He stroked 14 fours in a 159-run, second wicket stand with Jagessar who faced 78 balls and counted five fours.
When both batsmen fell within 28 balls of each other, Rambarran stepped up to hit eight fours and a six in a quick-fire 54-ball innings, posting 73 for the fourth wicket with wicketkeeper Verran Batchu, who made 28.
In reply, Jamaica were restricted to 173 in the 38th over, with Jordan Johnson hitting 64 off 57 balls and inspiring a second wicket stand of 60 with Adrian Weir (25) and a third wicket partnership of 51 with Julani Sinclair (40). But from a strong position of 115 for two in the 21st over, Jamaica lost their last eight wickets for 58 runs, with Alexander Chase slicing through the innings to finish with four wickets for eight runs.
Defending champions Barbados, meanwhile, won their second straight game following their opening round defeat, as they brushed aside Leeward Islands by 134 runs at the Vivian Richards Cricket Ground.
Choosing to bat, Barbados piled up 318 for eight off 50 overs with middle order batsman Kamario Grant hitting 137 off 123 deliveries.
He crunched 11 fours and four sixes, anchoring three successive half-century stands to pull his side out of trouble at 66 for four in the 17th over.
First, he posted 57 for the fifth wicket with Rashad Worrell (39), 95 for the sixth wicket with wicketkeeper Dakio Worrell (40) before adding a further 94 for the seventh wicket with Dave Lovell (21).
Leewards were then never in control of their run chase after slumping to 59 for five and were eventually held to 184 for eight off their 50 overs.
Nathan Edwards top-scored with an unbeaten 60 from 101 balls.
In the other game played at Coolidge Cricket Ground, Windward Islands suffered their first defeat when they failed to chase down Guyana’s 222 for nine and lost by 25 runs.
