Mon Jan 19 ’26 by KRISSANIA YOUNG
T&T 58 for two (Cooper 29*, Joseph 27*, Sheneta 1-2) beating Guyana 57 all out (Realeanna 14, Latoya 10, Jairam 4-11) with 8 wickets
Trinidad and Tobago recorded their second win in the ongoing Women’s T20 Blaze on Monday, beating champions Guyana by 8 wickets in the Round 4 match at the Arnos Vale Playing Field in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Unsurprisingly, it was the spinners who secured the victory for T&T, led by 15-year-old Shriya Jairam.
The wrist spinner dismantled the Guyanese middle order en route to figures 4 for 11. Jairam had Shabika Gajnabi (9) bowling an inside edge with her second ball before Mandy Mangru was caught for a duck in the deep two balls later.
Jairam was supported by 18-year-old off-spinner Samara Ramnath, who claimed 3 for 10, and veteran Anisa Mohammed (2/8). The trio worked together to restrict Guyana to 30 for 5 inside nine overs.
Another teenager, 17-year-old Brianna Harricharan, contributed 1 for 11 as Guyana were bowled out for 57 in 17 overs. Realeanna Grimmond top-scored with 14.
Guyana felt they were in the match when they removed openers Shunelle Sawh and Lee-Ann Kirby in successive overs, both without scoring, leaving T&T 2 for 2 in the second. But with scoreboard pressure virtually non-existent, Britney Cooper (29*) and Djenaba Joseph (27*) were able to play risk-free cricket, sharing an unbroken 56-run stand to see T&T home at 58 for 2 with 40 deliveries remaining.
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