Shallow hits back-to-back centuries in BCL

Hyron Shallow struck back-to-back centuries last weekend in the 30-over Knockout Competition of the Brooklyn Cricket League.

A former St Vincent and the Grenadines and Windwards batsman, Shallow hit 140 on Saturday at Marine Park D, to lead Imperial to 299 for 5 from 30 overs against another Vincentian team – Middlesex.{{more}}

Other good scores came from Roy Bryan – 44 and Foster Lewis – 35. Bowling for Middlesex, Tyson Crawford took 2 for 55 and Stephan Wilson – 2 for 67.

In reply, Middlesex were 52 for 6 from 12 overs; Rawle Jackman made 27. Bowling for Imperial, Sami had 3 for 21. Imperial won by 248 runs.

Then on Sunday at Seaview, Shallow hit 155 against Janoon, as Imperial rattled up 230 for 5 from their 30 overs. Bowling for Janoon, Faisal Ali picked up 2 for 29.

Janoon were 119 all out. Waheem top scored with 35, as Shallow showed his all-round ability, taking 3 for 21; Colville Browne took 2 for 9 and Byron Mars – 2 for 13. Imperial triumphed by 121 runs.(RT)