GEORGETOWN, Guyana- Round 2 of the Colonial Medical Insurance Women’s Super50 Cup saw high team and individual scores. Deandra Dottin, Hayley Matthews and Kycia Knight powered Barbados to a mammoth 334/3 from their 50 overs against the Windward Islands at the National Stadium in Providence. Meanwhile while it was a battle of centuries at the Everest Cricket Club, as Shemaine Campbelle tried to lead home team to victory over Jamaica but Stafanie Taylor proved to be the halting factor.
Windward Islands won the toss for the second time in as many matches and elected to bowl first against Barbados. Hayley Matthews, celebrating her 21st birthday cemented herself with Kycia Knight as the pair build a solid foundation for Barbados. Just when Matthews looked set to bring up 100, she drove the ball straight back to Qiana Joseph who reacted just in time to hold on to the ball. Deandra Dottin then joined Kycia and the massacre continued. Both Dottin and Knight brought up their half-centuries.
Meanwhile Shemaine Campbelle’s 111 denied Jamaica the possibility of earning a vital bonus point. Guyana won the toss and elected to bat first. The only other batter to offer Campbelle support was Tremayne Smartt who scored 58. Needing 243 for victory, Stafanie Taylor smashed a captain’s knock of 119, held vital partnerships with Rashada Williams (47) and Chedean Nation (30), as Jamaica chased down the target in 46.4 overs.
Trinidad and Tobago had the shortest match of Round 2, when they bowled out the Leeward Islands for 76. Leandra Ramdeen wrecked havoc on the Leewards batting lineup, taking 4/12. Felicia Walters with 32 not out, guided T&T to victory and a vital bonus point.
ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Cricket West Indies yesterday disputed claims by respected cricket website, ESPNCricinfo, suggesting the budget for the office of president Dave Cameron had risen to half-million United States dollars.
In a release, CWI said the budget for the 2018/19 period was actually US$258 263, and only $61 768 had been spent as of January 31.
Further, CWI also refuted the claim in the report that Cameron had asked the board to approve a monthly rise from $2 000 to $10 000, with the board finally agreeing to a monthly stipend of $6 000.
CWI said, however, its Compensation Committee chaired by Anand Kalladeen, had recommended a raise for the president, vice-president and all directors, but the president’s monthly stipend only stood at $4 000.
According to the release, the vice-president’s monthly stipend was US$2 000 while directors received $700.
The board also denied the claim Cameron had recommended an increase for himself.
“In March 2018 the Committee reported to the Board of Directors and recommended an increase of stipends for all directors, including the President and Vice President,” the release pointed out.
“At no time did the President recommend an increase for himself.
The timing of the news could cause considerable embarrassment and, perhaps, damage to the current CWI president, Dave Cameron. It comes as Cameron stands for re-election for the position and supports the claims of his rival, Ricky Skerritt, that he has squandered large sums of money during his tenure.
"If Cameron wants to talk about turmoil, perhaps he can explain why former head coaches, Ottis Gibson, Phil Simmons, and the several others who Cameron hastily and summarily dismissed, from both the men's and women's teams, have collectively cost CWI well over US $1million?" Skerritt, who is a CWI board member, asked only last month.
The current challenge to the incumbent Cricket West Indies (CWI) board President, Jamaican Dave Cameron, by Kittitian Ricky Skerritt has thrown the regional cricket fraternity into another of those self-searching spins. This as we reconcile the politics of life and of cricket, with the wider interest of an institution that continues to be dear to the hearts of almost every Caribbean citizen. The thought of an incumbent president not getting the support of his local board is inherently absurd, especially in the context of West Indies cricket. Mr Skerritt did the rounds in the Jamaican media last week. His utterances certainly never gave the impression that he was a man with the plan to save West Indies cricket. He sounded every bit the politician, expertly delivering the clichéd promises which would take us all to cricketing Utopia and beyond. With the mystique of Skerritt’s presidential bid now fully exposed to scrutiny, it is clear that he is offering nothing radically different from what currently obtains. That aside, Dave Cameron has been doing as reasonable a job as any board president can be expected to do. His less-than-perfect interpersonal skills and the infamously botched 2014 Indian tour are the main beating weapons used against him. In terms of the wider picture and the historical context of Caribbean cricket, we cannot ignore the still complex geopolitical reality of the Caribbean and its effect on the governance of West Indies cricket over the years. The word ‘insularity’ has been synonymous with the running of the regional team from time immemorial. There have been decade-long tugs-of-wars steeped in parochialism between the various territories from the days when The Windies were kings of the game but exacerbated now that they have fallen from grace.
GEORGETOWN, Guyana- Hayley Matthews spun a web of magic over the Leeward Islands, to lead Barbados to an emphatic 7-wicket victory in Round 1 of the Colonial Medical Insurance Women’s Super50 Cup.
The tournament bowled off with three matches playing concurrently, Trinidad & Tobago against home team Guyana at the National Stadium in Providence, Jamaica against the Windward Islands at the Georgetown Cricket Club and Barbados against the Leeward Islands at Everest Cricket Club 65 not out from newly appointed vice-captain of Trinidad and Tobago Reniece Boyce, saw them post 221/ 7 from their 50 overs, despite at one interval being 90/5. Hayley Matthews struck with both bat and ball in captaining Barbados for the first time at the senior level. She took 7/27 and scored 23 runs in her team’s destruction of the Leeward Islands ladies. Chinelle Henry had a similar all-round performance for Jamaica. Henry struck an unbeaten 54 and took 2/17 to lead last year’s runner’s up to an 80-run victory over the Windward Islands.
ROUND 1
Barbados Women defeated Leeward Islands Women by 7 wickets. Leeward Islands won the toss and elected to bat first.
LEE 88 all out (27.4), Rozel Liburd 25, Malissa Howard 13, Hayley Matthews 7/27
