CG United Women’s Super50: Millington, Latchman help Guyana thump Leeward by 56 runs
Guyana’s Women bowled their way to an opening victory in the CG United Women’s Super50 Cup when the 2024 edition of the tournament bowled off on Monday.
Plaffiana Millington and Niya Latchman were the shining stars with the ball, taking seven wickets between them to ensure the Leewards Islands women would come up 56 runs short of their target after the Guyanese women had a less-than-stellar performance with the bat.
Leewards won the toss and opted to bowl first. The Guyanese got off to a rocky start, as the number two and three batters Mandy Mangru and Naomi Barkoye went back to the dugout for ducks off seven and eight balls respectively.
Niya Latchman took three wickets
Shabika Gajnabi pressed on, but only got to 20 from 26 balls before falling to Tonya Martin. Captain Shemaine Campbell contributed 13 off 26 before meeting a similar fate off Shebani Bhaskar’s bowling.
Eventually, the highest score on the Guyanese scorecard came off the bat of Realanna Grimmond, who constructed 37 from 66 balls, to keep the Guyanese women a float in the middle overs. She was assisted by Kaysia Schultz with 17 off 36 deliveries, to take the local team up to 134 all out in 36.3 overs.
The experienced Shawnisha Hector claimed the most wickets for Leewards, 3-11 from 6.3 overs, while Rozel Liburd and Jahzara Claxton claimed 2-17 from 8.1 overs and 2-29 from 5 overs respectively.
In the chase, Leewards appeared strong after a fumble at the start when Bhaskar was removed for 1 by Cherry-Ann Fraser.
However, wickets fell regularly for Leewards, as the Guyanese bowling picked away at their batting line-up.
Divya Saxena had the highest score for Leewards with 19 from 86 balls, and Reniece Boyce provided support with 16 off 36 deliveries. While the top half of the Leewards line-up managed to get to double figures, none of the last six batters went past five runs.
Millington claimed 4-10 from 9.5 overs, while Latchman took 3-27 from 8 to rout Leewards for 86 in 36.5 overs.
Guyana’s women will take on Windward Islands Women next on Wednesday, March 6 and thereafter, Barbados’ Women on Friday, March 8.
