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TTO teams play unbeaten in Bolivarian Games T20 openers

The TTO cricketers made a statement on the opening day of the T20 competition at the Bolivarian Games in Lima, Peru, yesterday.

The TTO men’s team crushed hosts Peru by nine wickets with a ruthless display before defeating Jamaica by six wickets in their second match to position themselves as front-runners for a berth in the gold medal match.

Meanwhile, the T&T women defeated the Jamaica women by seven wickets in their tournament opener, before whipping Barbados women by 108 runs later in the day.

Summarised scores:

Men

Game 1

Peru 62-8, 20 overs (Pravin Shamdasani 15, Roshan De Silva 13; Damion Joachim 4/3, Jesse Bootan 2/10, Kamil Pooran 1/8, Mikkel Govia 1/10)

vs T&T 63-1, 5.3 overs (Kamil Pooran 54 n.o.; Pravin Shamdasani 1/19)

—T&T won by nine wickets.

Game 2

Jamaica 133-8, 20 overs (Justin Beckford 40, Michael Clarke 30, Steven Wedderburn 20; Shaaron Lewis 3/13, Mikkel Govia 2/18, Teshawn Castro 1/29, Sameer Ali 1/5, Dejourn Charles 1/30)

vs T&T 135-4, 16.3 overs (Leonardo Julien 60, Kamil Pooran 25, Vikash Moham 21, Crystian Thurton 21 n.o.; Jamie Hay 2/30)

—T&T won by six wickets.

Women

Game 1

Jamaica 77-6, 20 overs (Rashada Williams 47, Kate Wilmott 13; Anisa Mohammed 4/12, Samara Ramnath 2/14)

vs T&T 78-3, 16 overs (Djenaba Joseph 15 n.o., Lee Ann Kirby 14 n.o., Shania Abdool 13, Britney Cooper 12, Shunelle Sawh 11; Vanessa Watts 1/6, Nicole Campbell 1/15, Chadean Nation 1/17) —T&T won by seven wickets.

Game 2

T&T 146-3, 20 overs (Shunelle Sawh 46, Shania Abdool 23, Britney Cooper 25 n.o., Djenaba Joseph 22, Lee Ann Kirby 13 n.o.; Sabriel Headley 2/29)

vs Barbados 38-9, 20 overs (Samara Ramnath 2/9, Karishma Ramharack 3/3, Amrita Ramtahal 1/10, Anisa Mohammed 1/3, Djenaba Joseph 1/5)

—T&T won by 108 runs.

Today’s fixtures:

Men

T&T vs Barbados, 3 p.m.

Women

T&T vs Jamaica, 3 p.m.