West Indies’ Stafanie Taylor performs a shot throughout their ICC Girls’s Twenty20 Cricket World Cup semifinal match in opposition to Australia in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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Captain Stafanie Taylor guided Jamaica to seize the Girls’s T20 Blaze title, with an eight-wicket victory over Leeward Islands at Warner Park in St. Kitts.
In pursuit of 125 within the last match, Jamaica sprung to their goal with ten balls to spare finishing the double, following their success within the Super50 Cup final month.
Veteran right-hander, 32-year-old Taylor produced an unbeaten 48 off 33 deliveries. Opener Rashada Williams struck 39 from 51 deliveries whereas Chedean Nation supported with 23 from 25 balls.
Placing Leeward Islands in to bat first, Jamaica restricted the Leeward workforce to 124 for 5 from their 20 overs with off-spinner Chedean Nation choosing up two for 21.
Captain Amanda Edwards top-scored with a fluent 35 from 25 balls, putting 4 fours and a six, whereas Divya Saxena lashed 26 from 28 balls with three fours.
Nation eliminated Melicia Clarke for 3 within the third over, with 15 on the board.
The innings slipped to 77 for 5 within the 14th over, then Edwards joined Kimberley Anthony (17 not out) in a 47-run, unbroken sixth wicket partnership to take Leewards out of bother.
In reply, Jamaica suffered an early setback when Natasha McLean departed for a first-ball “duck” from seamer Shawnisha Hector, within the final ball of the opening over.
Williams and Nation then posted 35 for the second wicket to make sure a restoration. However Nation was run out on the non-striker’s finish after going for a second run.
Taylor then joined in and took accountability for the innings carrying her workforce throughout the end line, lashing six fours and a six in an 86-run, third wicket partnership with Williams.
