Windies female spinner Shultz bags 5-62 on debut

GUYANA and West Indies Women’s left-arm spinner Kaysia Schultz took 5-62 for the Malteenoes Sports Club (MSC) on her second division debut yesterday at the Malteenoes ground against the Guyana Defence Force (GDF).

GDF batted first on a track which offered turn for the spinners and a heavy outfield and declared on 276-8.
Openers Rockael Reddy reached the boundary eight times in his 65-ball 51 and added 90 for the first wicket with left- hander Leon Andrews whose 37 lasted 42 balls and was decorated with four fours.
But the 27-year-old Shultz removed both openers in the space of three balls in the 18th over, to trigger a collapse which left the Soldiers 136-4.

Shultz who has played four T20 Internationals for the West Indies after making her debut against England in Barbados in December 2022, removed Keith Simpson (6) and Hakeem David (27).
Joshua Jones’ pugnacious 68 and 32 from Kemar Ferreira and an unbeaten 27 from Jamal Chisholm rallied a GDF fightback.

Shultz the only female in the match, dismissed Ferreira to prompt the declaration.
Former Guyana First-Class player Shemroy Barrington supported Shultz by taking 2-39.

By the end of the first day, MSC finished on 57-3 having lost Adrian Hinds who fell to Jones for a duck off the third ball of the innings.
Keith Simpson got rid of Collis Rimple (11) before Jones, working up ‘good’ pace, trapped Shaquille Mosley LBW for one as MSC slipped to 26-3.

Barrington (22) and Tretlon Liverpool (18) saw the Thomas Road team to the close, trailing by 219 runs going into today’s final day.