Guyana Chronicle New York Edition week ending November 09, 2018
Dottin the I’s! Pacer’s 5-5 bowls West Indies to 60-run win over Bangladesh By Rajiv Bisnauth WEST Indies’ quest to retain the ICC Women’s World T20 title is on track after the tournament favourites defeated lower-ranked Bangladesh by 60 runs in the Women’s T20 World Cup fixture last evening at the Guyana National Stadium. At the start of the game, Bangladesh won the toss and decided to bowl. The defending champions put up a below-par batting performance scoring 106-8, but Bangladesh struggled in the run chase and were eventually bowled out for 46 in 14.4 overs. Medium Pacer Deandra Dottin was just too good for Bangladesh's middle and
lower-order, as she ended with 5-5, her career-best, best by a Windies bowler and in the history of the tournament. Bangladesh might have hoped for an upset as they began the 107 chase, but that hope evaporated pretty soon. Their technique was found out and their temperament was non-existent. Not even a single batter reached double figures, some dismissals exposed the amount of work they need to do with their batting. Earlier, it was the batting that let the Windies down with only Kycia Knight's 24ball 32, and Stefanie Taylor who never got going during her 44-ball 28 that gave the hosts something to bowl at. Jahanara Alam, who finished with three wickets, was
the pick of the Bangladesh bowlers, but it was the spinners who dried up the scoring on a wicket predicted to be slow and low. After a first over which cost nine runs, including a six from Deandra Dottin off Alam, the visitors hit back hard with three wickets inside the powerplay overs. Alam claimed the wickets of Dottin and Hayley Matthews off consecutive balls at the start of the third over, before Salma Khatun trapped Shemaine Campbelle lbw at 18-3. Things went further downhill for the defending champions with the dismissals of Natasha McLean and Britney Cooper, but Taylor and Knight added 37 for the sixth-wicket to prop the innings up.
Rumana Ahmed (2-16) and a wicket for Khadija Tul Kubra, were the other successful bowlers. The pitch did deteriorate by the time Bangladesh batted in the second innings, and the run chase was not any ease. Apart from Dottin, the other Windies’ bowlers all kept a tight leash on the opposition, and shared the wickets around. This is the first standalone Women’s World Twenty20 and the first global cricket event in the region since 2010. Guyana’s leg of the tournament continues tomorrow with India playing Pakistan at 11:00hrs and Australia takes on Ireland from 16:00hrs.
COURTS Peewee 2018 finale
West Ruimveldt to defend title against St Pius today THE curtain will come down on the 2018 COURTS Under-11 Pee Wee football tournament this afternoon at the Ministry of Education (MoE) ground on Carifesta Avenue, when 2017 champions West Ruimveldt clash with St Pius from 16:30hrs in the eagerly-awaited final. In the lead-up to the final, West pulled off a comefrom-behind win against Mocha Arcadia in their feature semi-final last Saturday at the MoE ground to set up today’s dream final. Mocha’s Jiheam Lewis gave the reigning champions an early scare when he fired his team ahead in the fourth minute of the 20-minute-per-half encounter, but a second-half equaliser by Mark Philips from a corner set-piece and an extra-time screamer from West Ruimveldt skipper Jonathan Andries, ensured that they have another chance today to prove that they are the best. Ruimveldt will face St Pius, who looked like title-contenders from the early stages of the competition. St
The 2018 COURTS Pee Wee title will be decided today between West Ruimveldt and St Pius.
Pius won the first semi-final during last week’s penultimate match-day after needling the much-disciplined, defensive, Tucville team, thanks to Jamal Fraser for a well-taken shot from just outside the box, one minute from full-time.
Some of the key players in the encounter will be West skipper Andries who was last year’s MVP and Mark Philips along with St Pius’ Jamal Fraser and Kaden Wellington who stands a good chance of becoming the tournament’s Most Valuable
Player (MVP). The day’s play will begin at 12:30hrs with 5th to 16th seeding matches while the third-place battle will kick off at 15:30hrs, followed by the grand finale at 16:30hrs.
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GMR&SC Ignite set for today RACE fans and enthusiasts will have two action-packed days of racing when the Guyana Motor Racing and Sports Club (GMR&SC) stages the Ignite race meet set for today and tomorrow. The event, which forms the basis for the Seaboard Marine Caribbean Motor Racing Championships 2018 will see competitors from Trinidad, Jamaica, Barba-
dos, United States, Canada and Europe compete in nine classes. Tickets for the 27-race programme are on sale at $2 500; children $1 000 at B.M. Soat Auto Sales, Croal Street office. Meanwhile, VIP tickets are available at Parc Rayne and Rent-a-Tent at the cost of $17 500 for adults and $9 000 for kids, for tomorrow’s action.