Trinidad & Tobago give Jamaica a severe beating.PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - Title-holders Jamaica surrendered their lead in this year's Carib Beer Cricket Series when they were defeated by 282 runs by Trinidad and Tobago at the Sir Frank Worrell Grounds, St Augustine on Monday.
The local team under the captaincy of Daren Ganga declared at their overnight total of 178 for seven, leaving the visitors a victory target of 372 in 90 overs.
However, the former leaders in the six-team standings succumbed to the probing spin and pace attack employed by skipper Ganga and folded for a meagre 89 one hour after lunch.
Doing the damage for the T&T team was Dave Mohammed who picked up five for 51 to end with a match haul of nine for 97.
Lending support was pacer Rayad Emrit who grabbed the first three wickets - all by the bowled out route and ended with the best figures of three for 13 from 10 overs.
Right-arm leg-spinner Sanjiv Gooljar capped off a decent debut with two for eight. Only wicketkeeper Carlton Baugh with a quickfire 39 in 46, offered resistance to the disciplined Trinidadians.
Test wicketkeeper Denesh Ramdin, who scored an unbeaten 125 in his team's first innings and figured in four dismissals when the Jamaicans batted, was named "Man of the Match" by former T&T off-spinner Surujdath Mahabir.
T&T with 18 points from the victory lead the standings after two rounds of matches. Jamaica have been demoted to second position with 12 points from three matches.
A decent crowd was on hand at the start of the day's play, and they did not have to wait long for success, as in the fourth over, promising fast bowler Emrit knocked back the stumps of West Indies batsman and Jamaica captain Wavell Hinds (4) with the total on seven.
Emrit enjoying the conditions struck again in the 11th over clean bowling another West Indies batsman Marlon Samuels for 10 with the total on 22.
Two runs later Emrit uprooted the stumps of Tamar Lambert (0) and with the score unchanged, Dave Mohamed had opener Brenton Parchment (
caught at mid-off by Jason Mohammed.
The score was then 24 for four and the Jamaicans were in dire straits. Jamaica slipped further into trouble just before the interval, when Dave Bernard (2) was leg before wicket to Dave Mohammed.
At lunch, Jamaica were 58 for five, and on the resumption with the addition of one run, Gareth Breese (0) was caught by Jason Mohammed off Dave Mohammed's bowling.
Whatever hope the Jamaicans had of saving the match was blown away when the troublesome Baugh was well caught at mid-wicket off Dave Mohammed.
Gooljar picked up the wickets of Jerome Taylor (3) and Jermaine Lawson (0) with consecutive balls, while Mohammed (D) ensured victory and another five wicket haul at this level. Ganga said that it was a great success for T&T cricket and everyone played their part.
Trinidad & Tobago v Jamaica
Sir Frank Worrell Memorial Ground, St. Augustine, Trinidad
January 6-9, 2006 (4-day match)
Toss: Jamaica
Umpires: K. Barrasingha and B. Doctrove
Result: Trinidad & Tobago won by 282 runs
Man of the Match: Denesh Ramdin
Points: Trinidad & Tobago 12; Jamaica 0
Trinidad & Tobago 1st innings
L. Simmons b Taylor 3
T. Maraj c Lambert b Breese 31
*D. Ganga lbw b Samuels 93
D. Bravo lbw b Breese 2
G. Mahabir b Breese 2
J. Mohammed b Breese 18
+D. Ramdin not out 125
R. Kelly c Bernard b Breese 62
R. Emrit c Baugh b Lawson 15
D. Mohammed c Taylor b Richardson 5
S. Gooljar b Taylor 3
Extras (lb 7, nb 20) 27
Total (all out, 149.4 overs) 386
Fall of wickets: 1-13, 2-85, 3-89, 4-97, 5-135, 6-181, 7-281, 8-319, 9-349, 10-386
Bowling O M R W
Lawson 20 4 52 1 (nb 16)
Taylor 21.4 6 42 2
Richardson 24 5 67 1 (nb 3)
Bernard 3 0 10 0 (nb 1)
Miller 25 5 53 0
Breese 37 3 106 5
Samuels 19 3 49 1
Jamaica 1st innings
*W. Hinds c Ramdin b Kelly 4
B. Parchment lbw b D. Mohammed 22
M. Samuels c Ramdin b Bravo 63
T. Lambert lbw b Gooljar 26
N. Miller c wkp Ramdin b Kelly 8
D. Bernard c Emrit b D. Mohammed 8
C. Baugh c Simmons b Bravo 30
G. Breese c Mahabir b Bravo 3
J. Taylor c Ramdin b D. Mohammed 19
J. Lawson not out 1
A. Richardson c Mahabir b D. Mohammed 0
Extras (lb 5, nb 4) 9
Total (all out, 76.2 overs) 193
Fall of wickets: 1-8, 2-82, 3-97, 4-119, 5-127, 6-141, 7-163, 8-182, 9-189, 10-193
Bowling O M R W
Kelly 16 5 42 2
Emrit 12 2 22 0
Bravo 16 4 35 3 (nb 3)
D. Mohammed 13.2 1 56 4
Gooljar 19 6 33 1
Trinidad & Tobago 2nd Innings
L. Simmons c Richardson b Lawson 22
T. Maraj c Richardson b Breese 26
D. Ganga b Bernard 4
D. Bravo c Baugh b Richardson 3
G. Mahabir c Hinds b Richardson 37
J. Mohammed c Samuels b Taylor 21
R. Kelly not out 43
D. Ramdin lbw Richardson 6
R. Emrit not out 3
Extras (b 3, lb 2, w 1, nb 7) 13
Total (7 wickets, declared) 178
Fall of wickets: 1-31, 2-42, 3-45, 4-69, 5-109, 6-140, 7-166
Bowling O M R W
Taylor 11 1 45 1
Lawson 9 0 31 1 (nb 3)
Bernard 3 0 16 1 (nb 4)
Richardson 8 1 29 3
Breese 8 0 41 1 (w 1)
Miller 2 0 11 0
Jamaica 2nd innings
W. Hinds b Emrit 4
B. Parchment c J. Mohammed b D. Mohammed 8
M. Samuels b Emrit 10
T. Lambert b Emrit 0
D. Bernard lbw b D. Mohammed 2
C. Baugh c (sub) S. Ganga b D. Mohammed 39
G. Breese c J Mohammed b D. Mohammed 0
N. Miller not out 14
J. Taylor b Gooljar 3
J. Lawson lbw b Gooljar 0
A. Richardson c Maraj b D. Mohammed 7
Extras (lb 2) 2
Total (all out, 38.2 overs) 89
Fall of wickets: 1-7, 2-22, 3-24, 4-24, 5-49, 6-59, 7-76, 8-82, 9-82, 10-89
Bowling O M R W
R. Kelly 5 1 12 0
Emrit 10 3 13 3
D. Mohammed 14.2 4 41 5
Bravo 5 0 13 0
Gooljar 4 1 8 2
