Mon Jan 19 ’26 by KRISSANIA YOUNG
Jamaica 100 for three (Taylor 28*, Bryce 23, St Jean 2-15) beat Upwind 99 for seven (Glasgow 47*, Fontaine 21, Whyte 1-7) with 7 wickets
Jamaica recorded their first win of the Women’s T20 Blaze 2026 by beating winless Windward Islands by 7 wickets in the Round 4 evening match at the Arnos Vale Playing Field in St. Vincent and the Grenadines on Monday.
Coming on in place of captain Zaida James, Jannillea Glasgow batted through the innings with wickets tumbling at the other end and led the Windwards scorers with an unbeaten 37-ball 47. The only other significant contribution came from Earnisha Fontaine, who scored 21 off 18 at the top of the order to help the hosts to 99 for 7 from their 20 overs.
Celina Whyte meanwhile claimed 1 in 7 from her lone leader to lead the Jamaican attack, while there were identical figures of 1 in 8 for Vanessa Watts and Sherene Burnett.
The Jamaicans approached the chase with intent, racing to 32 from 4 overs. Nation hit three fours from nine deliveries before retiring injured. Abigail Bryce (23) then shared a 21-run second-wicket stand with captain Rashada Williams (21) before putting on 41 for the third wicket with Stafanie Taylor to take the game away from the Windwards.
Taylor top-scored with an unbeaten 28 and hung around to see Jamaica cross the line at 100 for 3 with 19 deliveries remaining.
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