In a commanding efficiency, Jamaica Ladies secured a powerful nine-wicket victory over Leeward Islands Ladies in a low-scoring encounter on the West Indies Ladies’s Super50 Cup in St Kitts on Wednesday.
Led by the excellent batting of Chedean Nation, Jamaica’s bowlers set the stage for victory with a powerful show. Nation, the 37-year-old discarded West Indies Ladies’s batsman, showcased her expertise by smashing an unbeaten 61 off simply 29 balls, together with 14 fours. Her stellar innings guided Jamaica to efficiently chase down 99 runs set by Leeward Islands.
Nation’s partnership with West Indies Ladies’s opener Rashada Williams, who remained unbeaten on 29, was instrumental in Jamaica’s victory, as they shared an unbroken 93-run stand for the second wicket.
Guyana Ladies secured a 45-run victory
Earlier within the match, Jamaica’s bowlers, Vanessa Watts and former West Indies Ladies’s captain Stafanie Taylor, performed a pivotal function in proscribing Leeward Islands to 98 runs. Watts claimed three wickets for 15 runs, whereas Taylor supported with three for 16 runs.
In different matches, Guyana Ladies secured a 45-run victory over Windward Islands Ladies, with Shabika Gajnabi main the batting with 62 runs. Defending champions Barbados Ladies bounced again from their first-round defeat with a hard-fought five-run win towards Trinidad & Tobago Ladies.
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Kycia Knight’s distinctive batting efficiency guided Barbados to a good whole of 185 runs. Regardless of a promising begin by Trinidad & Tobago, West Indies Ladies’s pacer Aaliyah Alleyne and leg-spinner Keila Elliott’s late wickets sealed the victory for Barbados.
