West Indies ladies flip focus to Tremendous 6s after heavy defeat
West Indies Ladies suffered a 10-wicket thrashing by the hands of New Zealand Ladies right here however nonetheless booked their place within the Tremendous 6, second spherical of the ICC Ladies’s Beneath-19 T20 World Cup on Thursday.
Of their worst efficiency of the match but following two spectacular wins, the Caribbean facet have been bundled out for under 68 of their closing preliminary sport at Senwes Park and the Kiwis raced to their goal within the eighth over, to prime Group C with an ideal file.
West Indies Ladies completed second with 4 factors and can now face Rwanda of their opening second spherical sport on Sunday.
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“We got here up quick immediately, however we had two good victories towards Eire and Indonesia, which certified us into the Super6s of the inaugural ICC Ladies’s Beneath-19 World Cup, so for us that in itself is an enormous achievement,” mentioned Liburd.
“Our focus now could be the 2 video games we’ve got within the Super6s to safe one of many semi-final spots. However to me, one of many greatest positives is to see the women proceed their progress and growth of their cricket journey on this match and after we depart South Africa.”
Despatched in, West Indies Ladies faltered from the outset and by no means recovered, and quantity 10 Earnisha Fontaine was the one participant to succeed in double figures with 11 not out off 17 balls, together with two fours.
Quantity three Zaida James, with fifties in her final two innings, managed simply 5 whereas the in-form Naijanni Cumberbatch received a first-ball ‘duck’, each gamers falling to seamer Olivia Anderson (2-14).
Leg-spinner Kate Chandler was excellent with three for eight from 4 overs to earn Participant-of-the-Match honours.
In reply, Georgia Plimmer hammered an unbeaten 41 from 22 balls with seven fours whereas opening companion Anna Browning carved out 28 not out from 22 deliveries with 4 fours, as New Zealand Ladies made mild work of their goal.
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