Steve Liburd pleased with preparation after warm-up win

West Indies Ladies’s Rising Stars head coach, Steve Liburd, says he’s snug together with his facet’s preparation forward of subsequent weekend’s begin of the inaugural ICC Beneath-19 Ladies’s T20 World Cup.

The Caribbean facet chased down a paltry 72 at Tuks Oval to beat Zimbabwe Ladies by six wickets of their second warm-up match on Wednesday, making up for Monday’s nine-wicket defeat to England Ladies.

Naijanni Cumberbatch top-scored with 22 from 21 balls with three fours whereas opener Shunelle Sawh chipped in with 19 to put the inspiration for the profitable chase.

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Proper-arm seamer Jahzara Claxton had earlier claimed two for 4 from two overs to assist restrict Zimbabwe Ladies to 71 for eight from their 20 overs.

“We undoubtedly wished to evaluate our sport plans, so the main focus was on how we wished to play going into the World Cup,” Liburd stated.

“The bowlers did an amazing job in executing their abilities and placing the balls into the areas we mentioned.”

He continued: “From a batting perspective, Naijanni continues to indicate that she understands her position on this workforce. Sawh and (Djenaba) Joseph supported properly for a complete workforce efficiency.

“With a number of extra days of coaching forward of our first match, I’m happy with the gamers’ response.”

West Indies Rising Stars are getting ready for his or her opening Group C sport of the event towards Eire Ladies on Sunday at JB Marks Oval in Potchefstroom.

They may observe up with matches towards Indonesia on Tuesday at NW College and towards New Zealand at JB Marks Oval on Thursday – each matches additionally in Potchefstroom.

West Indies Rising Stars’ preparation bought off to a rocky begin once they scraped 65 for eight towards England Ladies at Hammanskraal Mandela Oval in Pretoria.

Proper-hander Cumberbatch was once more the top-scorer with 25 from 33 deliveries with 4 fours.

-CMC