WICC Blind and Visually Impaired T20 Championship…
Guyana’s Blind and Visually impaired team suffered two defeats in their first two matches of the West Indies Cricket Council Blind and Visually Impaired Regional T20 Championship in Trinidad. They lost Barbados on Tuesday and Jamaica on Monday.
In Tuesday’s game, Guyana batted first and chalked up 138-4 in 20 overs, with skipper Kevin Douglas leading the way with 65. Patrick Howard 15, Leroy Phillips 14 and Kevin King 10 were the other contributors to Guyana’s eventual total. C. Sobers took two wickets while G. Greaves claimed one for Barbados.
In response, Haldene Forde 45 not out and Ricardo Manning 31 not out guided Barbados to their target with an unbroken 87 runs partnership which saw them home with seven wickets to spare.
On Monday, Jamaica also got past Guyana by seven wickets after winning the toss and opting to bowl. Guyana reached 106-8 when their overs expired while Jamaica responded with 110-3 in 14.1 overs.
For Guyana Leroy Phillips top scored with 20 as G. Stewart bagged 2-14 for Jamaica, who was led by Lo-Shane Miles 33 and Gregory Stewart 39 not out with the bat. Kevin Douglas and S. Mitchell prized a wicket each for Guyana.
Trinidad and Tobago was outstanding on both days as they defeated Jamaica and Barbados comfortably. In the Jamaica clash, Trinidad replied with 174-5 to Jamaica’s 172-2 while against Barbados the host reached 126-5 replying to Barbados 125-6.
