GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC:

Trinidad & Tobago failed to reward a composed hundred from Amir Jangoo and were forced to settle for a draw with long-standing sports rivals Barbados in the Regional Under-19 Championship yesterday.

The left-handed opener was almost flawless, gathering 101 that anchored his side to 239 for nine before they declared their second innings about 50 minutes before tea on the final day of their second-round match in the three-day competition at the Guyana National Stadium.

improbable task

Barbados set an improbable, if not impossible 253 in the minimum 40 overs remaining in the day, defied their current low batting form and confidence to reach 103 for four in their second innings before the match was brought to anti-climatic finish.

The result meant that both sides ended with 8.4 points, provisionally taking Barbados to fifth place on 12.6 and T&T remain on the bottom with 9.6.

Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago played to a draw on the final day of their second-round match in the Regional Under-19 Championship at the National Stadium here Monday.

Scores:

Trinidad and Tobago 199 all out (Amir Jangoo 79; Chad Williams 7-61) and 199 (Amir Jangoo 101, Brian Christmas 66; Chad Williams 4-77)

Barbados 185 (Matthew Jones 81; Samuel Roopnarine 4-64, Anderson Phillip 2-12, Justin Joseph 2-30) and 103 for four (Akil Greenidge 41, Jonathan Drakes 37; Samuel Roopnarine 2-43).