… Barbados beat St Lucia
EFENDING champions Jamaica had an easy day in the field yesterday when their final group A preliminary round clash in the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) limited overs women’s tournament against Dominica was abandoned at the Demerara Cricket Club ground.

Barbados were not so fortunate, as they had to wait until 16:25h to take the field in their clash against St Lucia, where they pulled off an exciting five-wicket victory, chasing a revised target of 72 from 20 overs at the Everest Cricket Club ground.

At DCC, Jamaica, batting first at the invitation of Dominica, were bowled out for 183 from 46.5 overs, with Shanel Daly 41 (2×4), Tameka Sanford 29 (2×4), Karla Cohen 18 not out and Abbie Gaye Hendricks 16 being the principal scorers.

Bertina Berkit (3-18), War Desol (2-17) and Annice Benjamin with 2-38 were the principal wicket-takers for Dominica, whose reply was interrupted by rain, which eventually forced the umpires to declare the game an abandoned one at 15:00 h.

At Everest, St Lucia found the going rough against Barbados who restricted them to 128 from 41.5 overs, despite Maria David who added 57 for the second wicket with Verena Felicien (12) top-scoring with 41 which included two fours.

Pamela Alfred’s 34 was the next best score for the St Lucians, who struggled against the bowling of Shaquanne Quintyne (3-26), Charlene Taitt (3-28) and Dannielle Small who offered support with 2-23 for the team from the Land of the Flying Fish.

Needing to score 72 for victory from 20 overs, Barbados scored 72-5 from 18.5 overs, thanks to the efforts of Deandra Dottin who struck one maximum and two fours in her 14-ball 23 and Pamela Lavine’s 18 (2×4), against the bowling of Yasmin St Ange who took 2-10 for St Lucia.

Action will continue today with the final preliminary round matches in zone B, when Guyana oppose Grenada at the Blairmont ground and group leaders Trinidad and Tobago and Grenada do battle at the Georgetown Cricket Club ground. Both matches start at 09:30 h.