CWI T20 Blaze: Schultz leads Guyana to thumping 69-run win

Guyana’s senior women’s cricket team ended the Cricket West Indies (CWI) Women’s T20 Blaze tournament on a high on Monday afternoon, with a resounding 69-run victory over the Windward Islands Women at Warner Park, Basseterre, St Kitts and Nevis.
Guyana’s Women won the toss and elected to bat first, after which they got to 131-4 in their 20 overs, on the back of good performances with the bat from Mandy Mangru and Captain Shemaine Campbelle.
It was a rocky start for the Guyanese, as a result of Shabika Gajnabi’s and Cherry-Ann Fraser’s early wickets, however, an 86-run third-wicket partnership between Mangru and Campbelle steadied things for the Guyanese.
Mangru slammed 51 in 50 deliveries, while Campbelle narrowly missed out on a half-century, hitting a 43-ball 47, including 7 fours.
Outside of that partnership, Fraser contributed 14 off 16 deliveries to the Guyanese women’s total.
Pearl Etienne was the standout bowler for Windward, claiming 2-18 in 4 overs, while Jannelia Glasgow and Captain Afy Fletcher took one wicket each.

In the chase, Windward never really got going, as only two players reached double figures. Zaida James hit 21 off 28 deliveries, while Kimone Homer added 11 from 18 balls, with the next best score being Carena Noel’s 9.
Kaysia Schultz was the bowler with the golden arm on Monday, taking a 5-wicket haul. Schultz’ 5-14 from 4 overs, was backed up by Plaffianna Millington’s 2-7 from 3, while Niya Latchman also took 2 wickets for 12 runs in 2.3 overs.
Windward were eventually routed for 62 runs in 15.3 overs. As such, Guyana ended the tournament with 3 wins and 2 losses from 5 games played. In addition, Jamaica’s Women are likely to take home the double title (Super50 and T20 Blaze) with an 8- point lead over the other teams in the T20 tournament.