Guyana U19 flatten Jamaica by 81 runs

Guyana’s Under-19 Women’s team kept up their winning streak in the Cricket West Indies (CWI) Rising Stars Women’s Under-19 tournament with an 81-run drubbing of Jamaica’s Women.
Guyana won the toss and elected to bat first, after which Naomi Barkoye got off to a flyer, but missed out on a half-century.
Barkoye slammed 46 runs in 34 balls, including eight fours and one six, but her opening partner Laurene Williams failed to fire, contributing five from 12 deliveries.
Captain Realeanna Grimmond stepped up to the plate and played a captain’s knock after Guyana lost two more wickets in relatively quick time.

Grimmond’s innings consisted of 31 runs in 30 balls. With a few more single-digit scores down the scoresheet, Guyana ended their 20 overs with 133-7.
Abigail Bryce was outstanding among the Jamaican bowlers, claiming 3-22 from four overs, while Jaunel Deers supported with 2-26 from her four overs.
Jamaica’s chase got off to a nightmare start as Guyana’s Trisha Hardat and Grimmond combined to send back Jamaica’s top order to the dugout in no time. Judeen Ebanks, Chrishana McKenzie, and Deers contributed 1, 0 and 4 runs to the tally, before Bryce attempted to start a rebuild.

Abigail Bryce hit 13 in 16 deliveries while Moniqueca Reid contributed 12 in 23 balls. However, that was the start and the end of the double digits for Jamaica as scores of 3, 3, 0, 0, 5, and 0 followed before they were eventually bowled out for 52 in 15.2 overs.
Danellie Manns was the star of the Guyanese bowling unit, claiming a 4-fer for 15 runs from four overs. Nyla Latchman ably assisted with 2-8 from 3.2 overs. Hardat also claimed 2-11 from two overs.
Guyana will take on Barbados today, Sunday, July 7 at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy in Tarouba. Today’s game will kick off at 10:00h.