James stars with all-round performance as Rising Stars defeat Ireland
Tournament: ICC Women’s U19 World Cup
Opponent: Ireland U19 Women
Venue: North-West University Oval Ground, Potchefstroom
Result: West Indies won by 7 runs
Scorecard:https://bit.ly/3ZAw68D
POTCHEFSTROOM, South Africa- The West Indies Rising Stars opened their ICC Women’s U19 World Cup campaign with a 7-run win over Ireland Women’s U19 at the North-West University Oval.
Zaida James told CWI Media, “It’s certainly a great feeling to have an all-round performance like this and even better that we had a team victory. Our focus is one game at a time and to finish the group stage strong, then we will look at the remaining stages of the tournament.”
The victory sees the West Indies move to the top of the table in Group C, with 2 points and a Net Run Rate of +0.350. They play Indonesia on Tuesday January 17 at North-West University Oval, Potchefstroom – 7:45am Eastern Caribbean/6:45am Jamaica.
West Indies Rising Stars
125/3 (20 overs)
Zaida James 52 Freya Sargent 4-0-9-2
Naijanni Cumberbatch 21
Ireland Women's U19
118/7 (20 overs)
Annabel Squires 42 Zaida James 4-0-20-4
Amy Hunter 21
Player of the Match: Zaida James
GROUPS
Group A: Australia, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, USA
Group B: England, Pakistan, Rwanda, Zimbabwe
Group C: Indonesia, Ireland, New Zealand, West Indies
Group D: India, Scotland, South Africa, UAE
WEST INDIES MATCH SCHEDULE
Sunday January 15: vs Ireland at NW University, Potchefstroom – 4am Eastern Caribbean/3am Jamaica- West Indies won by 7 runs
Tuesday January 17: vs Indonesia at NW University, Potchefstroom – 7:45am Eastern Caribbean/6:45am Jamaica
Thursday January 19: vs New Zealand, JB Marks Oval, Potchefstroom – 7:45am Eastern Caribbean/6:45am Jamaica
-ENDS-
Photo credit: Nathan Stirk-ICC
Naasira Mohammed