BASSETERRE, St Kitts, CMC – Trinidad and Tobago made gentle work of Leeward Islands to submit their first Girls’s T20 Blaze win with a snug nine-wicket consequence right here Tuesday.
Within the second sport of the triple-header at Warner Park, T&T restricted Leewards to 78 for six from their 20 overs after which chased down the goal with almost six overs to spare.
West Indies batsman Djenaba Joseph top-scored with 22 not out, whereas the skilled captain Britney Cooper (21) and 19-year-old opener Shunelle Sawh (20 not out) performed supporting knocks.
T&T misplaced their opening sport to Guyana final Sunday whereas Leewards shocked title-holders Barbados.
Selecting to bat first, Leewards slumped to 26 for 4 within the tenth over and wanted a 43-run, fifth-wicket stand between top-scorer Jahzara Claxton (25 not out) and Divya Saxena (17) to get well.
The 18-year-old Claxton, representing West Indies-A, struck two fours in a accountable 36-ball knock, whereas Saxena confronted 26 deliveries and counted two fours.
Off-spinner Samara Ramnath ended the stand within the 18th over when she bowled Saxena, the right-hander lacking a wild heave and dropping her leg stump.
In reply, T&T had only a few struggles. Sawh anchors a 36-run opening stand with Cooper, whose knock is a brisk one, requiring solely 16 balls and together with two fours.
When Cooper performed throughout a straight supply from pacer Shawnisha Hector and was lbw within the fifth over, Joseph arrived to see T&T over the road in an unbroken second-wicket stand of 43 with Sawh.
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