BASSETERRE, St Kitts, CMC: Jamaica topped themselves Girls’s Super50 Cup champions with a recreation to spare after they pulled off an edgy three-wicket victory over Windward Islands within the penultimate spherical right here Monday.
Requested to chase a tough 176 at St Paul’s Sports activities Complicated, Jamaica overhauled their goal initially of the thirty seventh over, with West Indies batsman Rashada Williams top-scoring with 72 off 101 balls on the prime of the order.
Her West Indies teammates Natasha McLean (50) and Chedean Nation (29) produced essential knocks as Jamaica remained unbeaten within the match with their fourth consecutive victory.
Earlier, Windward Islands gathered 175 for 9 in a contest decreased to 45 overs per aspect. 41-year-old Pearl Etienne rolled again the years with a prime rating of 58 off 75 balls, and Jannelia Glasgow (38) and captain Afy Fletcher (31) performed supporting roles.
The innings have been highlighted by a last over hat-trick from Chinelle Henry, who completed with excellent figures of six for 31 together with her medium tempo.
She acquired Glasgow to sky the third ball to cowl and hit Earnisha Fontaine in entrance with the subsequent ball earlier than eradicating Amiah Gilbert’s leg stump with the final ball of the innings.
Selecting to bat first, the Windwards slumped to 69 for 5 earlier than Etienne and Glasgow mixed in a fruitful 87-run, sixth-wicket stand to restore the harm.
In reply, Keneshia Ferron fell cheaply for 2 within the third over, lbw to Etienne’s seam, with six runs on the board, however Williams and Nation placed on 46 for the second wicket to stabilize the Jamaican run chase.
When Jamaica slipped to 61 for 3 within the thirteenth over, the skilled Williams took duty for the innings by anchoring a wonderful 93-run, fourth-wicket partnership with McLean.
Whereas Williams counted seven fours and a six, McLean thumped three fours and two sixes in a run-a-ball fifty.
The competition grew to become nervy when one other three wickets fell for 19 runs, however Jamaica held their nerve to get dwelling safely.
In the meantime, Guyana and Barbados posted their third wins to maintain Trinidad and Tobago and Leeward Islands winless.
At Conaree Sports activities Membership, Guyana beat T&T by 61 runs, West Indies vice-captain Shemaine Campbelle top-scoring with 52 to get the winners as much as 156 for eight off their 50 overs.
Campbell struck 4 fours in an 81-ball knock, placing on 69 for the third wicket with Shabika Gajnabi (33) to drag the innings round from 31 for 2 within the 14th over.
Twenty-year-old off-spinner Ashmini Munisar then wrecked the Trinidad and Tobago innings with a spell of 5 for 15, sending the innings crashing for 95 all out off 42 overs.
At Warner Park, Barbados comfortably chased down a difficult 256 to beat the Leeward Islands by 5 wickets with 22 balls to spare, left-hander Kyshona Knight top-scoring with a composed unbeaten 88 off 107 deliveries and Aaliyah Alleyne lashing a breezy 59 off 55 balls.
Barbados discovered themselves tottering on 92 for 4 within the twenty first over regardless of opener Kycia Knight’s 42 off 54 deliveries, however Kyshona joined with Alleyne in a wonderful 152-run, fifth-wicket partnership that ended the sport as a contest.
Kyshona struck 9 fours and Alleyne eight.
Leewards had earlier posted a formidable 255 for 5 off their 50 overs, with Shawnisha Hector (56), captain Amanda Edwards (55 not out), and Divya Saxena (51) all carving out half-centuries.
Jahzara Claxton, 17, missed out on one when she belted 46 off 74 balls.
Leewards misplaced an early wicket to be ten for one within the third over, however Hector added 101 for the second wicket with Saxena earlier than Edwards and Claxton posted an extra 94 for the fifth wicket.
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