Munisar, Harris bowl Guyana Amazon Women to victory

PROVIDENCE, Guyana:

The Barbados Royals Women defeated the Guyana Amazon Warriors Women by seven wickets via the Duckworth/Lewis/Stern method in the second match of the Women's Caribbean Premier League at Providence Stadium yesterday.

SCORES:

AMAZON WARRIORS WOMEN 154-4 in 20 overs (Realeanna Grimmond 61 not out, Amy Hunter 34, Laura Harris 26, Stafanie Taylor 15, Dane van Niekerk 11 not out; Aaliyah Alleyne 2-27).

ROYALS WOMEN 140-3 in 17.2 overs (Chinelle Henry 37 not out, Georgia Redmayne 33, Chamari Athapaththu 29, Qiana Joseph 22; Ashmini Munisar 2-24).

CONTRASTING RESULT

The result was contrasting for the Guyana Amazon Women, who had carved out victory in their opening match.

On Saturday, Ashmini Munisar and Laura Harris shared six wickets and spearheaded a spirited fightback by the Guyana Amazon Warriors Women that saw them prevail over the Trinbago Knight Riders Women by six runs in the opening match.

Chasing the Amazon Warriors' total of 129 for seven in their 20 overs, the visitors seemed on track for victory at 103 for four until Munisar and Harris triggered a collapse that saw them finish on 123 for nine at Providence Stadium.

Opener Lizelle Lee scored 36 and Jess Jonassen made 22, to put the Knight Riders in a good position at 65 for one in the 12th over.

Karishma Ramharack dismissed the latter, while Munisar had Lee stumped to see them slip to 67 for three.

But contributions from captain Deandra Dottin and Jahzara Claxton kept the Knight Riders in the ascendancy.

DOWNHILL

However, once Harris had Dottin caught and bowled for 14 and then shattered Claxton's stumps after she scored 15, things went downhill fast for the visitors.

Munisar bowled Jannillea Glasgow for two and Harris had Shabika Gajnabi caught and bowled for eight, to make the score 112 for seven with eight balls remaining in the contest.

Needing 16 runs off the last over, the Knight Riders did themselves no favours when Shikha Pandey and Zaida James were run out off the first two balls.

Despite the efforts of Salonee Dangore, who finished unbeaten on nine, the Knight Riders fell just short of their target.

Munisar finished with figures of 3-21, while Player-of-the-Match Harris took 3-25.

TAYLOR'S 45

Earlier, the home side was led by Stafanie Taylor's 45 off 37 balls and Realeanna Grimmond's knock of 33.

They put on 70 runs for the second wicket, following the early loss of Amy Hunter for just three.

But once Grimmond was dismissed by Claxton, the Amazon Warriors suffered a collapse, losing five wickets for 36 runs in the space of six overs.

Jess Jonassen led the way for the Knight Riders, taking 2-18.

- CMC