Barbados, T&T to square off in Women’s Super50 final

BASSETERRE, St Kitts (CMC):

Barbados Women and Trinidad and Tobago (T&T) Women will contest the final of the Women's Super50 Cup here tomorrow.

Entering the final round in third position, Barbados Women booked their spot in the final with an emphatic nine-wicket win over the Leeward Islands Women to finish top of the table.

Meanwhile, the top-of-the-table clash between leaders T&T Women and second placed Guyana Women ended in a no-result, sending T&T through to the final.

The other contest between Jamaica Women and the Windward Islands Women also ended in a no-result due to rain.

At St Paul's Sports Complex: Barbados Women pulled off a straightforward run chase to record a comfortable nine-wicket victory in a must win game against the Leeward Islands Women.

Needing a win to assure themselves of a place in the final, they produced an impressive bowling display, led by medium pacer Allison Gordon, to dismiss their opponents for just 85 in 31.2 overs.

The Leeward Islands got off to a horrible start when pacer Shamilia Connell and Gordon dismissed openers Melicia Clarke and Davronique Maynard respectively for ducks, to leave them four for two.

Gordon also accounted for the wickets of Shawnisha Hector for nine, Amanda Edwards for two and Kimberly Anthony for one, to see Guyana crumble to 47 for eight.

Jahzara Claxton then scored an unbeaten 23 to help beef up the total, but it was never going to be enough.

Gordon finished with 4-12, while Keila Elliot and Shamilia Connell grabbed two wickets apiece.

Facing an easy run chase, Kycia Knight struck an unbeaten 61 from 64 balls and Trishan Holder scored 22 not out, as Barbados eased to 87 for one in 17.5 overs.

At Warner Park: Rain denied Guyana Women a chance to play for the title, with heavy showers forcing a premature end to the match.

Early rains had resulted in the match being reduced to 47 overs and with Barbados Women having won, Guyana needed a victory against T&T Women to qualify for the final and were in a good position to make a push before the rain came.

Having been sent in to bat, Guyana made 108 in 45.2 overs, with Shabika Gajnabi scoring 51 off 96 balls.

Gajnabi, along with Ashmini Munisar, who made 19, rescued their side from 28 for six, adding 52 runs for the seventh wicket to help get Guyana up to their eventual total.

Karishma Ramharack (3-14), Ameila Khan (3-18) and Steffie Soogrim (2-21), were the main destroyers for T&T.

Cherry-Ann Fraser and Plaffianna Millington then struck two blows early to reduce T&T to 15 for two, but the rains came shortly after with the score 16 for two, bringing an end to the match.

At Conaree Sports Club: Only 20 overs were possible in the match between Jamaica Women and Windward Islands Women due to persistent showers.

The Windward Islands reached 95 for three with Jannillea Glasgow scoring an unbeaten 41, while Japhina Joseph made 33.