Gajanand Singh scored an unbeaten 51 to lead Central Sports a five-wicket win over Alescon Comets on the second day of their three-day National League Premier Division One match at the National Cricket Centre in Balmain, Couva, yesterday. Comets, who made 79 in their first innings, were dismissed for 194 in their second turn at the crease yesterday to set Central a victory target of 128. Central, who made 146 in their first innings, lost three early wickets in their chase yesterday with Vikash Mohan getting rid of Kamil Pooran for four and Kjorn Ottley for zero before Philton Williams accounted for Alex Antoine for five. However Jahran Alfred hit 26 and skipper Shazan Babwah made 20 before Singh brought home the win with Fazil Baksh, who was unbeaten on 15 in the end. In South Trinidad, defending champions Queens Park Cricket Club conceded first innings points against PowerGen Penal Sports however a five-wicket haul from Sunil Narine kept the South team from getting a large lead. Narine grabbed five for 68 as Penal were dismissed or 150 in reply to the Parkites 136 all out. Ewart Nicholson was the best batsman for Penal with 62. Narine then scored 37 not out with the bat to lead Queens Park to 172 at stumps with an overall lead of 158. Daron Cruickshank top-scored in the Parkites second innings making 47 while Tion Webster hit 31. At Gilbert Park in California, Merry Boys scored 310, with Jeetendra Sookdeo hitting 138 against Victoria Sports who could only muster 205 in reply. Merry Boys closed the day on 42 for one with an overall lead of 147. In the other game in the top flight, Tableland Sports scored 316 for nine declared in reply to First Citizens Clarke Roads 154 all out. Batting a second time, Clarke Road reached 28 for one at stumps, still trailing by 134. <\/p>\n
Summarised scores: Premier Division I--Day 2 At Syne Village QPCC 136 (51.6 overs) (Kirstan Kallicharan 44; Jovan Ali 4\/24) & 172-8 (Daron Cruickshank 47, Tion Webster 31, Sunil Narine 37 n.o,; Ansil Bhagan 4\/54, Kavesh Kantasingh 4\/80) vs POWERGEN PENAL 150 (Ewart Nicholson 62; Sunil Narine 5\/68, Darren Deonarine 4\/44) At the National Cricket Centre ALESCON COMETS 79 (Dave Samooj 9\/9) & 194 (Idrees Mohammed 58, Kirk Edwards 36; Rakesh Maharaj 5\/24, Stephen Shaddick 3\/32) vs CENTRAL SPORTS 146 (Kamil Pooran 52; Kastri Singh 6\/48) & 128-5 (Gajanand Singh 51 n.o.; Vikash Mohan 2\/27) --Central Sports won by five wickets <\/p>\n
At Gilbert Park MERRY BOYS 310 (Jeetendra Sookdeo 138, Ranga Lachana 69; Garey Mathirin 7\/110) & 42-1 vs VICTORIA SPORTS 205 (Keron Kanhai 89; Aneil Kanhai 5\/52, Ricky Jaipaul 4\/27) <\/p>\n
At Tableland CLARKE ROAD 154 (Tariq Abdool 6\/31) & 28-1 (Adrian Ali 17 n.o.) vs Tableland 316-9 dec (Brian Pegus 96, Daniel St Clair 65, Ainsley Sutherland 35, Negus Carthy 32; Akeel Mullon 5\/65)) <\/p>\n
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