GUYANA started the Cricket West Indies (CWI) Women’s Under-19s Rising Stars T20 Championship on Tuesday with a thumping nine-wicket win over Barbados at the Diego Martin Sporting Complex in Trinidad.
The Guyanese restricted the Barbadians to 62-3 from the reduced 15 overs then blazed to their target in just 10.4 overs.

Opener Zaliya Campbell made 17 (3x4s) off 27 balls for Barbados while extras were 16.
Bowling for Guyana, Niveena Ramnauth had figures of 2-3 off three overs, while Realeanna Grimmond took 1-13 off three overs after which Naomi Barkoye and skipper Ashmini Munisar secured victory with an unbroken partnership of 44.

Opener Barkoye made an unbeaten 25 off 36 balls (4x4s), while Munisar was not out on 14 off 24 (2x4s) as Guyana won with 26 balls remaining.Guyana will face the Leeward Islands from 10:00h today at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy.

Scores in the other matches:
USA defeated Jamaica by seven wickets at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy. Jamaica 49-5 from 20 overs (Gabrielle Bryan 12*; Geetika Kodali 1-3, Snigdha Paul 1-4, Isani Vaghela 1-11, Jivana Aras 1-15) vs USA 53-3 from 11.2 overs (Extrs 20, Anika Kolan 11*; Brianna Plummer 1-6, Kade Wilmott 1-7, Kate Wilmott 1-11).

Trinidad and Tobago defeated Leeward Islands by 137 runs at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy. Trinidad and Tobago 164-2 from 20 overs (Shalini Samaroo 61, Shunelle Shaw 53*, Djenaba Joseph 21) vs Leeward Islands 27 all out from 12.1 overs (Shalini Samaroo 4-0)