The Jamaica female cricket team, got the better of their Leewards counterparts, at St. Paul’s Recreation grounds, on Monday 8th May.
This as the West Indies Cricket Board’s regional female championship, bowled off in St. Kitts.
The home team won the toss and opted to bat first.
Good knocks came from Divya Saxena, Terez Parker and Melecia Clarke.
However, the Leewards were bowled out for a below-par score of 120, with medium pacer Celina Whyte, picking up a fiver.
Jamaica lost four wickets en route to overhauling the target, including that of Skipper Stafanie Taylor.
Summarized scores: Leewards women 120 all out in 28.4 overs: Terez Parker 32; Divya Saxena 30; Melecia Clarke 20
Celina Whyte 5 for 31; Vanessa Watts 4 for 23
Jamaica 121 for 4 in 24.1 overs: Natasha Mc Clean 33*; Rashada Williams 31; Stefanie Taylor 22
Amanda Edwards 2 for 17; Tonya Martin 1 for 20
Jamaica won by 6 wickets
Player of the match-Celina Whyte
In other matches played on that same day:
Defending champions Barbados defeated Trinidad & Tobago
Summarized scores: Trinbago 161 all out: Shunelle Sawh 68; Britney Cooper 32
Allison Gordon 4 for 36; Keila Elliot 4 for 40
Barbados 162 for 4: Aaliyah Alleyne 48*; Kycia Knight 37; Kyshona Knight 35; Shakera Selman 21*
Steffie Soogrim 2 for 36; Anisa Mohammed 1 for 37
Barbados won by 6 wickets
Windwards beat Guyana
Summarized scores: Guyana 79 all out: Realeanna Grimmond 20; Mandy Mangru 18
Quiana Joseph 4 for 18; Afy Fletcher 2 for 10
Windwards 80 for 1: Afy Fletcher 44*; Namiah Marcellin 29*
Plaffianna Millington 1 for 24
Windwards won by 9 wickets