SPORTS
Newsday reporter
An explosive 75 from opening batsman Nicholas Sookdeosingh earned him the Man-of-the-Match award as the Scarlet Ibis senior team defeated the Hummingbirds by 116 runs on Saturday in the second round of the Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board Senior 50 Over Cup, in National Cricket Center in Balmain, Couva.
A valuable half-century from QuinCi Babel (56) helped the Scarlet Ibis to 290 for nine wickets in the encounter. Teshawn Castro (47) also set the pace with Sookdeosingh, putting on 102 in 41.2 overs in an opening partnership.
Babel also combined with Satroghan Rambaran (27) to add 65 for the sixth wicket in nine overs with the Scarlet Ibis’ best innings partnership.
For the Hummingbirds, Namir Suepaul grabbed four wickets for 45 runs in his ten overs, while Marlon Richards had figures of three for 52.
Chasing 291 for victory, the Scarlet Ibis were immediately shocked to lose their first wicket without a run on the board with opener Gabriel Blackwell caught by Rambaran bowled by Shaaron Lewis.
Fellow opener Kyle Ramdoo held the fort with a well played 34 and Rajeev Ramnath continued his outstanding form with 62 including ten fours.
Adrian Ali chipped in with 32 in the middle order but the rest of the batting succumbed to the Hummingbirds’ penetrating attack to be all out for 174 for nine wickets in 40.1 overs.
Sharing the spoils were Andrew Rambaran, Shaaron Lewis, Ricky Jaipaul and Ryan Bandoo who all took two wickets each.
