BHARAT Mangru, coach of the national senior female cricket team, has urged his players to focus on the job at hand ahead of today’s pivotal round of Cricket West Indies (CWI) Women’s T20 Blaze.

The Guyanese will clash with defending champions Jamaica in the first of three games, billed for the Guyana National Stadium, Providence from 09:00hrs.
After his side’s first-round defeat at the hands of Trinidad and Tobago by five wickets, the Guyanese rebounded to beat the Leeward Islands by 23 runs in the second round on Friday.

Jamaica, on the other hand, suffered similar results, with a win from two games. They won their opening encounter against Windward Islands before suffering a nine-wicket defeat by Barbados.
However, despite the mixed results from the Jamaicans, Mangru is taking nothing for granted, and as such, believes every opponent poses a threat.

“We know Jamaica will come hard at us, but we are confident of a positive result,” Mangru said at the conclusion of the squad’s training session yesterday, at the GYO ground in the capital city.
Meanwhile, captain Shemaine Campbelle urged her batters, especially the top order, to come good.

“We need a better performance from our batters if we will set a good score tomorrow (today) game. A few batters got starts on Friday but they need to carry on,” Campbelle, the West Indies player pointed out.

At present the tournament is wide open with Barbados with two wins on six points while Guyana and Jamaica are on three points each.
In other third-round fixture today will see Barbados play Windward Islands from 14:00hrs while Trinidad and Tobago will oppose Leeward Islands from 19:00hrs.