Red Force Divas whip Leeward Islands

BASSETERRE, St Kitts— Smarting from their 51-run loss to defending champions Jamaica on Monday, Trinidad and Tobago Red Force Divas recorded a four-wicket win over Leeward Islands in Round Two of the CG United Women’s Super 50 Cup tournament at Conaree Sports Club Wednesday.

At Conaree Sports Club: In the day’s closest finish, Trinidad and Tobago Women registered their first win of the tournament while keeping the Leeward Islands Women winless with a four-wicket defeat.

After a strong start, the Leeward Islands would have been hugely disappointed to be dismissed for only 188 in 45.3 overs.

Reniece Boyce led the way for the Leewards with 76, while Shawnisha Hector’s 35 and Divya Saxena, who scored 32, put them in a position of authority at 160 for four.

But pacer Amrita Ramtahal (4-27) and spinner Anisa Mohammed (3-26) led a brilliant fightback by T&T to capture the last six wickets for the addition of just 28 runs, with the last four wickets falling for a mere two runs.

T&T Women got off to a shaky start, losing openers Djenaba Joseph and Shunelle Sawh with the score on 10.

They were rescued, though, by Britney Cooper, who made 72, and Mohammed, who scored 32, with the pair adding 89 runs for the third wicket.

Following the dismissals of Mohammed and Karishma Ramharack, Cooper shared a crucial 44-run partnership with Lee-Ann Kirby, whose unbeaten 41 from 37 balls helped carry her team to victory.

At St Paul’s Sports Complex: Defending champs Jamaica Women slumped to their first defeat of the competition, going down to Guyana Women by eight wickets.

Jamaica needed a strong showing by its middle order to get up to their eventual total of 175 from 47.4 overs.

Chedean Nation, who top-scored with 32, and Jodian Morgan, who made 23, had seemed to have guided Jamaica out of a perilous situation after off-spinner Plafianna Millington removed openers Rashada Williams and Crishana McKenzie cheaply to leave them 21 for two.

But from a relatively comfortable position of 57 for two, Jamaica found themselves 84 for five in the 27th over.

It took the efforts of Neisha-Ann Waisome, who made 29; Lena Scott (22); and number nine, Vanessa Watts, who made 20, to get them up to a decent total.

Millington was the pick of Guyana’s bowlers with 3-16, while Shabika Gajnabi took 2-27.

Guyana Women then made light work of their target, with Realeanna Grimmond and Mandy Mangru both scoring half centuries as they breezed to 178 for two in 47.1 overs.

Grimmond scored an unbeaten 72 from 131 balls, and Mangru struck 60 from 114 balls, with the pair adding 109 runs for the second wicket.

And when Mangru lost her wicket, Grimmond and captain Shemaine Campbelle, who scored an unbeaten 23, took their team over the line.

Summarised scores

At Warner Park: Barbados Women defeated Windward Islands Women by 56 runs.

BARBADOS 181 in 43.3 overs (Kycia Knight 63, Kyshona Knight 51, Aaliyah Alleyne 17, Allison Gordon 13 not out; Pearl Etienne 2-22, Jannillea Glasgow 2-24, Zaid James 2-30, Afy Fletcher 2-37) vs WINDWARD ISLANDS 125 in 30.5 overs (Ashlene Edward 31, Afy Fletcher 29, Earnisha Fontaine 14, Jannillea Glasgow 11, Pearl Etienne 11; Naijanni Cumberbatch 3-20, Aaliyah Alleyne 2-13, Keila Elliot 2-14).

At St Paul’s Sports Complex: Guyana Women defeated Jamaica Women by eight wickets.

JAMAICA 175 in 47.4 overs (Chedean Nation 32, Neisha-Ann Waisome 29, Jodian Morgan 23, Lena Scott 22, Vanessa Watts 20, Corinne Howell 12; Plaffiana Millington 3-16, Shabika Gajnabi 2-27) vs GUYANA 178-2 in 47.1 overs (Realeanna Grimmond 72 not out, Mandy Mangry 60, Shemaine Campbelle 23 not out).

At Conaree Sports Club: Trinidad and Tobago Women defeated Leeward Islands Women by four wickets.

LEEWARD ISLANDS 188 in 45.3 overs (Reniece Boyce 76, Shawnisha Hector 35, Divya Saxena 32, Melicia Clarke 11; Amrita Ramtahal 4-27, Anisa Mohammed 3-26) vs TRINIDAD & TOBAGO 190-6 in 47.3 overs (Britney Cooper 72, Lee-Ann Kirby 41 not out, Anisa Mohammed 32; Jahzara Claxton 2-29).

(CMC)