WI U-19 women beat US by 5 runs in low-scoring thriller
Thu, Jul 25, '24
WEST Indies' under-19 women's team took a 2-1 lead in their five-match Twenty/20 series against the US on July 24 when they got a dramatic five-run win in a low-scoring, rain-affected affair at the Sir Frank Worrell Memorial Ground in UWI, St Augustine.
Following steady overnight rain and rain on the morning of July 24, the game was reduced to 11 overs per side.
Visiting captain Anika Kolan won the toss and sent the young Windies women to have first strike, with the hosts getting to a competitive score of 72 for five.
In the first T20, the hosts were reduced to a paltry 69 for nine from 20 overs, but rebounded in the second game after bowling out the US team for just 65. Opening batter Asabi Callender and Naijanni Cumberbatch led the way in West Indies' chase in the second T20, and repeated the trick in the third T20 as they set up their team's innings beautifully with a 40-run partnership for the second wicket.
West Indies lost captain Samara Ramnath (duck) in just the second over as US ace Aditi Chudasama (two for five) got her wicket with her fifth delivery.
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Jordan joins West Indies squad for final Test against England
Thu, Jul 25, '24
Fast bowler Jeremiah Louis has been ruled out of the final Test between West Indies and England due to a hamstring injury, Cricket West Indies (CWI) announced in a statement. The visitors have opted for a like-for-like replacement, bringing Akeem Jordan into the squad.
Louis, who did not feature in the first two Tests, picked up the injury during the second Test at Trent Bridge.
He will remain with the squad for further treatment. Jordan, who was playing cricket in the UK at the time of his call-up, has already joined the squad and will take part in Wednesday’s training session at Edgbaston.
Jordan is yet to make his Test debut but has featured in 19 first-class games, taking 67 wickets since 2022 at an average of 24.10. His performances include two five-wicket hauls with a best innings haul of 5 for 44.
Apart from Jordan, West Indies already have Alzarri Joseph, Shamar Joseph, Jayden Seales and allrounder Jason Holder as their seam-bowling options in the squad.
The visitors are 2-0 down in the series, having conceded the Richards-Botham Trophy with one game still to go, after losing at Lord’s by an innings and 114 runs and then at Trent Bridge by 241 runs last week.
The third Test gets underway on Friday, July 26. (ESPNcricinfo)
Defending champs Jamaica start U19 Super50 on losing note
Wed, Jul 24, '24
DESTRUCTIVE SPELLS from pacer Joshua Davis and off-spinner Mavendra Dindyal enabled Trinidad and Tobago and Guyana, respectively, to win their opening matches in the West Indies Men’s Under-19 Super50 Championship yesterday in St Vincent.
Davis grabbed five for 20 from 6.4 overs and spurred T&T to a 31-run win against Leeward Islands, and Dindyal bagged five for 24 from nine overs to give the Guyanese a 13-run win against defending champions Jamaica in the rain-affected first round of matches.
Playing at Arnos Vale, pacer Golcharran Chulai and Isai Thorne supported Dindyal to help Guyana bowl out the Jamaicans for 162 in 34.1 overs.
Chulai ended with two for 29 from 5.1 overs and Thorne, a West Indies Under-19 pacer at the previous ICC Men’s Under-19 World Cup in South Africa and beneficiary of overseas trips with the West Indies Test and Cricket West Indies Academy teams, finished with two for 39 from nine
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WI U-19 women level T20 series at 1-1 with thumping win vs US
Tue, Jul 23, '24
West Indies' under-19 women's cricketers levelled their five-match Twenty/20 series versus USA at 1-1 on a rainy day on July 22 when they got an emphatic eight-wicket win at the Sir Frank Worrell Memorial Ground, UWI, St Augustine.
After being restricted for a paltry score of 69 in the first T20 on July 20, the West Indies youngsters flipped the script on the visitors and skittled them out for a meagre score of 65 after opposing captain Anika Kolan won the toss and elected to bat first.
Kolan was one of only two players to get to double figures for the US, with middle-order batter Sasha Vallabhaneni top-scoring with 22 before being run out by Naijanni Cumberbatch.
Faced by overcast conditions and persistent medium-pace bowling from the Windies, the US batters never settled in St Augustine and they were reeling at 32 for six at the ten-over mark. Fresh from her impressive spell of three for 12 in the first T20, opening bowler Selena Ross (two for eight) gave her team the upper hand with a pair of early wickets in the power play, with Kenika Cassar (two for 17) also grabbing two scalps in consecutive overs.
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West Indies U-19 women fall to US in 1st T20
Mon, Jul 22, '24
WEST Indies under-19 women's cricket team suffered a 37-run loss versus the US in the first game of a five-match Twenty/20 series at the Sir Frank Worrell Memorial Ground, St Augustine on July 20.
In the low-scoring contest, the US made 106 for eight after being sent in by West Indies skipper Samara Ramnath, before restricting the hosts for a paltry score of 69 for nine in their allotted 20 overs.
The US slipped to 23 for three inside the power play following early breakthroughs by the West Indies opening bowlers Jahzara Claxton (three for 20) and Selena Ross (three for 12).
The next phase of the game turned out to be crucial, though, as US skipper Anika Kolan (22 off 31 balls) shared in a 43-run partnership for the fourth wicket with Ritu Singh who notched the highest score of the game — 29 off 32 balls.
The pair's partnership ended in the 13th over when off-spinner Erin Deane (one for nine) removed Kolan in her solitary over to leave the visitors on 66 for four.
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