PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC):
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO captured the first win of the Carib Beer Series when they clobbered defending champions Jamaica by 282 runs at the Sir Frank Worrell Grounds, UWI St Augustine campus yesterday.
The local team, under the astute 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 finish with a match haul of nine for 97. Lending admirable support was pacer Rayad Emrit, who grabbed the first three wickets - all bowled - to end with 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 off 43 balls with two fours and one six, offered resistance to the rampant home team.
After their declaration, T&T did have not to wait long for success as fast bowler Emrit cleaned bowled West Indies batsman and Jamaica captain Wavell Hinds for four, with the total on seven.
Emrit, enjoying the good conditions, struck again in the 11th over, by bowling another West Indies batsman Marlon Samuels for 10, with the total on 22.
Two runs, Emrit uprooted the stumps of Tamar Lambert for nought, and with the score unchanged, Dave Mohamed had opener Brenton Parchment (8) 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, leaving Jamaica in a hopeless position.
At lunch, Jamaica had struggled to 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 hopes Jamaica had of saving the match was blown away when the troublesome Baugh was well caught at midwicket off Dave Mohammed.
Gooljar then picked up the wickets of Jerome Taylor (3) and Jermaine Lawson (0) with consecutive balls, while Dave Mohammed ensured victory and another five wicket haul at this level.
Test wicketkeeper Denesh Ramdin, who scored an unbeaten 125 in his team's first innings and figured in four dismissals in Jamaica's second innings, 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, while Jamaica has slipped to second position with 12 points from three matches.
SCOREBOARD
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO 1st Innings
386 (+D.Ramdin 125; G.Breese 5-106)
JAMAICA 1st Innings
193 (M Samuels 63; D Mohammed 4-56)
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
2nd Innings overnight 178-7 decl. (Richard Kelly 43 not out; Andrew Richardson 3-29)
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 D Mohammed 2
C Baugh c (sub) S Ganga b D Mohammed 0
G Breese c J Mohammed b D Mohammed 0
N Miller not out 14
J Taylor b Gooljar 3
J Lawson lbw Gooljar 0
A Richardson c Maraj b D Mohammed 7
Extras (lb2) 2
TOTAL (all out - 38.2 overs) 89
Fall of wkts: 7, 22, 24, 24, 49, 59, 76, 82, 82, 89.
Bowling: Kelly 5-1-12-0, Emrit 10-3-13-3, Mohammed 14.2-4-41-5, Bravo 5-0-13-0, Gooljar 4-1-8-2.
Match result: Trinidad and Tobago won by 282 runs.
Match of Match: Denesh Ramdin.
Points: T&T, 12; Jamaica 0.
