{"id":17417,"date":"2024-03-28T02:37:54","date_gmt":"2024-03-28T02:37:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=17417"},"modified":"2024-03-28T02:37:56","modified_gmt":"2024-03-28T02:37:56","slug":"guyana-womens-cricket-team-triumphs-in-cg-womens-super-50-tournament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/guyana-womens-cricket-team-triumphs-in-cg-womens-super-50-tournament\/","title":{"rendered":"Guyana Women&#8217;s Cricket Team Triumphs in CG Women\u2019s Super 50 Tournament"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>In a stunning display of skill and determination, Plaffiana Millington and Niya Latchman led the Guyana women&#8217;s cricket team to victory over the Leeward Islands in their first match of the Cricket West Indies CG Women\u2019s Super 50 tournament. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The showdown unfolded at the St Paul\u2019s Sports Complex in St. Kitts and Nevis, where the Leeward Islands women won the toss and opted to field first. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Guyanese women posted a competitive total of 142 all out in 36.3 overs, with notable contributions from Realeanna Grimmond (37) and opener Shabika Gajnabi (20). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Captain Shamaine Campbell and Vice-captain Cherry-Ann Fraser also chipped in with valuable runs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With a target of 143 for victory, the Guyana bowlers displayed remarkable prowess, led by Cherry-Ann Fraser, who struck early before being sidelined due to injury. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Plaffiana Millington then spun her way to four crucial wickets for just 10 runs, while Niya Latchman provided valuable support with three wickets for 27 runs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Leeward Islands women were eventually dismissed for 86 in 36.5 overs, securing a commanding 56-run victory for Guyana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In other matches of the tournament, defending champions Barbados suffered a hefty defeat at the hands of Stafanie Taylor\u2019s Jamaican side, losing by a margin of 200 runs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Batting first, Jamaica posted a formidable total of 289 all-out, with Taylor leading the charge with an impressive 94 off 95 balls. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In response, Barbados could only manage 89 runs, with Taylor and Vanessa Watts claiming two wickets each to seal the victory for Jamaica.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Looking ahead, Guyana will face off against Barbados women in their next match scheduled for March 8.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As the CG Women\u2019s Super 50 tournament unfolds, cricket enthusiasts anticipate more thrilling encounters and stellar performances from the participating teams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>By Tyriq Walters<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a stunning display of skill and determination, Plaffiana Millington and Niya Latchman led the Guyana women&#8217;s cricket team to victory over the Leeward Islands in their first match of&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":17418,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,352],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17417","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-sports"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17417","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17417"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17417\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17419,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17417\/revisions\/17419"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17418"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17417"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}