Women’s T20 Blaze: Watts and Bryce hand Guyana their first defeat
Abigail Bryce steered her team to victory with 30 not out
At the Arnos Vale Playing Field in Kingstown, St Vincent and the Grenadines, on Friday, the Guyana Women’s senior team lost to Jamaica for the first time in this year’s Cricket West Indies T20 Blaze match.
The Guyanese players are expected to reflect on their poor performance in every aspect of the game, after Jamaican players Vanessa Watts and Abigail Bryce produced outstanding performances.
Jamaica’s Women won the toss and elected to field first. Guyana managed to score only 83 for 9 in their 20 overs, as poor batting performance was demonstrated. The only two batters on the Guyana team to achieve double digits were captain Shemaine Campbelle (32 off 33 balls) and Shabika Gajnabi (16).
Shemaine Campbelle top-scored with 32 for Guyana
Guided by Vanessa Watts’ incredible spell of 4 for 13, Jamaicans Chinelle Henry and Neisha-Ann Waisome each took one wicket while Nicole Campbell took two wickets.
Vanessa Watts had figures of 4 for 13
Abigail Bryce, with 30 runs off 34 balls, and Captain Rashada Williams with 19 runs comfortably led the Jamaica team to victory by a margin of 7 wickets. Jamaica reached their target score in 16.1 overs, having made 84 for 3.
The Guyanese bowlers were ineffective; Nyia Latchman and Cherry-Ann Fraser were the only two bowlers to pick up a wicket.
Earlier, in match 13 of this contest, Trinidad and Tobago women faced the Leeward Islands women. With each team hoping to win the game and boost their chances of reaching the finals,
Trinidad and Tobago won the toss and elected to field first.
Leeward Islands posted a very good total of 133 for 5. Shawnisha Hector top-scored with 40 off 26 balls, while captain Jahzara Claxton scored 32 off 28 balls. Shalini Samaroo with 3 for 18, and Amrita Ramtahal with 2 for 20 were the bright sparks in the Trinidad and Tobago bowling department.
Amanda Edwards’ 3 for 17, combined with one wicket each from Shawnisha Hector, Rozel Liburd, and Davronique Maynard, led the Leeward Islands to an impressive 36-run victory.
The Trinidad and Tobago batters struggled to build partnerships and create momentum in their innings. Britney Cooper with 14 and Lee-Ann Kirby’s top score of 23 where the only significant scores as the Trinidad and Tobago women were restricted to 97 for 8 in their 20 overs.
