Trinidad: Preysal vs Clarke Road in Mt D'or final (17 Apr 1998)

Friday, April 17, 1998

Preysal vs Clarke Road in Mt D'or final

By FORBES PERSAUD

A new champion will be crowned at the end of this year's Mt Do'r Limited overs competition. As the semi final matches ended yesterday , defending champions Caroni Wanderers, took their exit when they were comprehensible beaten by Clarke Road United, going under by 64 runs at Gilbert Park, California while Clico Preysal , also advanced to the final when they made light work of Santa Cruz Sports at Queen's Park Oval.

Wanderers, chasing the massive total of 232 for victory, found the going very tough and were dismissed for 147 runs. Mainly responsible for the demise of the champs were national off spin bowler Mukesh Persad, who claimed three for 28; pacer Kennedy Pollidore two for 28 and helped by some excellent fielding by the Clarke Road team which resulted in three dismissals via the run out route.

Former national players Roland Sampath, 38; Narine Bideshi 26 and Deonarine Deyal 25 put up some resistance, but they received very little support from the rest of their batsmen as the visitors forged ahead.

At the Oval, Clico Preysal cheered on by their scores of supporters, demolished Santa Cruz by 46 runs. Having set Santa Cruz 211 for victory, Preysal sounded an early warning when Eugene Antoine removed Joseph Carimbocas ( 0) with just one run on the board.

Seven runs later the Northerners suffered another setback when West Indies pacer Ian Bishop had veteran Dexter Sweene two, caught by wicket keeper Armanath Basdeo.

Skipper Lincoln Roberts then joined former national player Clint Yorke and together the pair added 35 runs, with the latter going after the bowling.

Yorke was extremely severe on Bishop. In one over he struck 15 runs, off the West Indies pacer, which included two glorious fours and one sweetly timed pull over mid wicket for six - off consecutive balls.

After this over skipper Antoine introduced former West Indies Under 15 captain Devindra Krishna into the attack and in the fourth ball of his first over, the left arm unorthodox spinner struck.

Roberts going for a big hit went down the pitch and played across the line and was adjudged lbw for four .

Yorke continued to take the attack to the bowlers, but just after reaching the half century mark was brilliantly caught by Bishop on the boundary off Kishore Lalchan. Yorke in his knock of 53 struck eight fours and one six. After his departure, wickets fell regularly and Santa Cruz could only get to 154 for nine, when the overs ran out.

Veteran Frank Sorzano was the only other batsman to resist the Preysal attack and was unbeaten on 35 at the close. Bishop was the most successful bowler for Preysal with three for 41 while Lalchan chipped in with two for 28.

Shazam Babwah and Randy Bachan for their century partnership on the previous day shared the "Man of the Match" award.

Source :: The Trinidad Express (https://www.trinidad.net/express/)