Dominant bowling performances from Ashmini Munisar, Cherry-Ann Fraser and Plaffiana Millington earned Guyana’s Senior Women’s Cricket Team a commanding 122-run victory on Friday. It was their second victory in the CG United Women’s Super50 Cup for the 2025 tourney.
Taking on their Leeward Islands counterparts at the Warner Park in Basseterre, St Kitts in the third round of the competition, the Guyanese ladies were sent in to bat after the Leeward Islands had won the toss.
Ashmini Munisar spun webs around the Leeward Islands’ lower order
An unbeaten captain’s knock of 77 off 97 balls from Shemaine Campbelle, in an innings that encompassed 5 fours and one six, was just what the doctor ordered for the Guyanese ladies when the opening partnership failed to make a mark.
Although Realeanna Grimmond contributed 30 off 49 balls, the Guyanese ladies continued to lose wickets at regular intervals. And though Ashmini Munisar hit 30 off 54 for a valuable 67-run partnership with her captain, and despite the team employing their best efforts, Guyana could not avoid being bowled out for 178 in 43.5 overs.
Kimberly Anthony spearheaded the Leeward Islands’ efforts by claiming 3-20 from 55 overs, while her teammates Sainavi Kambalapalli and Davronique Maynard each took two wickets.
The Leeward Islands were never able to find their footing in the chase. The opening bowling spell between Plaffiana Millington and Cherry-Ann Fraser devastated their top order, and Ashmini Munisar later wreaked havoc on the lower order by reaping a 4-wicket haul. Their best effort was the lone double-digit score of 13, which came from Captain Amanda Edwards. The next best score was 8, coming from Jahzara Claxton.
Shemaine Campbelle hit an unbeaten 77
While Munisar ended with figures of 4-12 from 6.1 overs, Fraser, with 3-18 from 8 overs, and Millington, with 3-25 from 10 overs, both took three wickets to rout the Leeward Islands for 56 runs scored in 24.1 overs.
Elsewhere, Barbados’ Women kept their slate clean when they defeated Jamaica by 54 runs, while Trinidad and Tobago got the better of the Windward Islands by 9 wickets.
The Women’s Regional Super50 Cup continues on Monday, March 3, when Guyana takes on Windward Islands Women at the Conaree Sports Club from 10:00hrs.
