In Basseterre, St. Kitts, Jamaica secured the Girls’s Super50 Cup championship with a tense three-wicket victory over Windward Islands within the penultimate spherical of the match on Monday.
The match, held at St. Paul’s Sports activities Advanced, noticed Jamaica efficiently chase down a goal of 176 runs, reaching the milestone at the beginning of the thirty seventh over.
West Indies batter Rashada Williams performed a vital function on the high of the order, scoring 72 runs off 101 balls to anchor Jamaica’s innings. Supported by Natasha McLean’s 50 and Chedean Nation’s 29, Jamaica remained unbeaten within the match with their fourth consecutive victory.
Windward Islands, batting first, posted a complete of 175 for 9 in 45 overs, with Pearl Etienne main the cost with a notable 58 off 75 balls. The innings featured a final-over hat-trick from Jamaica’s Chinelle Henry, who ended with spectacular figures of six for 31 along with her medium tempo.
Jamaica misplaced three wickets for 19 runs
Regardless of a difficult begin for Jamaica, shedding Keneshia Ferron early within the innings, Williams and Nation stabilized the run chase with a partnership of 46 runs for the second wicket. Williams then fashioned a vital 93-run partnership with McLean, guiding Jamaica nearer to the goal.
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The match turned tense as Jamaica misplaced three wickets for 19 runs, however they held their nerves to safe victory.
In different matches, Guyana defeated Trinidad and Tobago by 61 runs, with Shemaine Campbelle top-scoring with 52 runs, whereas Barbados chased down a difficult goal of 256 to beat Leeward Islands by 5 wickets, led by Kyshona Knight’s unbeaten 88.
