POTCHEFSTROOM, South Africa – Player-of-the-Match Zaida James pummeled a second successive half-century to help West Indies Women crush Indonesia Women by 77 runs and log their second win of the ICC Under-19 Women’s Twenty20 World Cup.
Player-of-the-Match Zaida James goes on the attack during her fifty against Indonesia.Brimming with confidence following her Player-of-the-Match outing against Ireland Women on Sunday, James extended her form into the contest at North-West University No. 1 Ground on Tuesday, stroking a top score of 55 from 37 deliveries to propel the Caribbean side to 176 for three from their 20 overs.
Trishan Holder, who played three senior team T20 Internationals against England Women last December, lashed a fluent 14-ball an unbeaten 35, opener Shunelle Sawh made 31 from 36 deliveries while Naijanni Cumberbatch maintained her form with an important 24.
The total was always going to be a difficult chase and so it proved, Indonesia Women never rising to the occasion and settling for 99 for nine from their 20 overs.
Seamer Djenaba Joseph undermined the innings, following up her earlier 14-ball 20 with an incisive spell of three for 14.
With their latest success, West Indies Women moved to four points in Group C but lie second behind New Zealand Women, who they face in their first real test of the tournament on Thursday.
Opting to bat first, West Indies Women gathered steam from early thanks to James, the left-hander carving out eight fours and a brace of sixes in an entertaining 95-run, first wicket stand with Sawh who counted four fours.
The pair perished in successive overs to leave the innings on 97 for two in the 13th over but Cumberbatch anchored a 42-run, fourth wicket stand with Joseph who struck four fours, and then a 37-run, unbroken fourth wicket partnership with Holder who belted two fours and three sixes, as West Indies Women gathered 54 from the last five overs.
In reply, Indonesia Women got a safe start of 26 from 29 balls from Kadek Kurniartini (15) and Gusti Ulansari (9) but once they were separated, the innings fell apart quickly.
