Matthews propels Barbados to second-straight win in Girls’s Super50 Cup
Reigning champions Barbados smashed Guyana by 9 wickets of their Girls’s Super50 Cup on Wednesday, because of a powerful half-century from West Indies caption Hayley Matthews.
Matthews ended unbeaten on 72 from 42 balls as her aspect chased down 122 within the second-round match at Conaree.
Kycia Knight, who opened the innings, supported with 40 to assist Barbados to their second win from as many begins following Monday’s straightforward win over Trinidad and Tobago at Warner Park.
Batting first, Guyana might solely muster 121 in 35 overs with Sheneta Grimmond with 24, Shemaine Campbelle with 21 and Kaysia Schultz with 21, main the best way, as pacers Shakera Selman (2-16), Shamilia Connell (2-21), and spinners Matthews (2-25) and Keila Ellliott (2-30) blunted the innings.
Matthews and Knight then placed on a 109-run opening partnership to effortlessly place Barbados on a successful path. The West Indies skipper struck eight fours and 4 sixes, whereas the left-handed Knight smashed 5 4.
In one other sport performed at St Paul’s Sports activities Advanced, Britney Cooper struck a half-century in Trinidad and Tobago’s one-wicket victory over Jamaica.
In chasing a paltry 124, the victors have been aided by Cooper’s 52 from 57 balls, inclusive of 5 fours and a six.
Vanessa Watts claimed three for 16 whereas Celina Whyte bagged 2-26.
In Jamaica’s flip at bat, Natasha McLean struck an unbeaten 59 from 60 balls with two fours and 5 sixes however Jamaica might solely muster 123 all out within the fortieth over.
Off-spinner Samara Ramnath’s snared 5-13.
Within the different sport at Warner Park, pacer Qiana Joseph took 5-14 in serving to the Windward Islands to an eight-wicket victory over the Leeward Islands.