BAS­SETERRE – Steady bat­ting, an­chored by the in­ter­na­tion­al trio of Shunelle Sawh, Brit­ney Coop­er, and Shali­ni Sama­roo, pro­pelled T&T to a six-wick­et win against hosts Lee­ward Is­lands in the West In­dies Women’s Twen­ty20 Blaze on Thurs­day.

Sawh, the West In­dies Un­der-19 Women’s wick­et­keep­er-bats­man, led the way with 26, se­nior in­ter­na­tion­al Coop­er made 21 not out, and Sama­roo, an­oth­er Un­der-19 in­ter­na­tion­al, got 20, and T&T chased down 121 in the sec­ond match of the fourth round triple-head­er at Warn­er Park in St Kitts.

Coop­er ush­ered T&T over the fin­ish line with 14 balls re­main­ing when she drove a de­liv­ery from off-spin­ner Aman­da Ed­wards to long-off for a sin­gle to hand the Di­vas, as they are known, their sec­ond win in the tour­na­ment.

T&T were 48 for one at the close of the Pow­er Play af­ter their cap­tain Re­niece Boyce was caught at deep mid-wick­et off pac­er Kim­ber­ley An­tho­ny in the fourth over.

They were 62 for three at the halfway stage af­ter Sawh was caught in the cov­ers off tweak­er Jeni­son Richards in the sev­enth over, and Ed­wards bowled Djen­a­ba Joseph for 14 in the 10th over.

Left-han­der Sama­roo came to the crease and dom­i­nat­ed a stand of 31 with Coop­er to keep T&T firm­ly on track be­fore she was caught at mid-on off leg-spin­ner Lizel Liburd with 28 need­ed from 35 balls.

For­mer cap­tain Anisa Mo­hammed, not out on 19, joined Coop­er and T&T coast­ed the rest of the way for a morale-boost­ing win that takes them to eight points, and con­demns the Lee­wards to their fourth loss in a row.

Ear­li­er, pac­er Kir­by­i­na Alexan­der took two for 15 from three overs, and Mo­hammed bagged two for 21 from her al­lot­ted four overs, and T&T re­strict­ed Lee­wards to 120 for five from their 20 overs af­ter the home team were put in to bat.

Di­vya Sax­e­na led the way for the Lee­wards with 37, Jahzara Clax­ton got 36, and Ed­wards added 26 in the strongest bat­ting per­for­mance in the tour­na­ment from the hosts.

In the first match of the day, a run-a-ball, even, un­beat­en 50 from West In­dies Women’s bats­man She­maine Camp­belle an­chored Guyana to an eight-wick­et win against de­fend­ing cham­pi­ons Ja­maica.

Camp­belle struck five fours from 49 balls and shared an un­bro­ken third wick­et stand of ex­act­ly 100 with in­ter­na­tion­al team­mate Shak­ibi Gan­jn­abi, and the Guyanese suc­cess­ful­ly chased 110.

Gajn­abi sup­port­ed with 37 not out from 46 balls and for­malised the re­sult with 12 balls re­main­ing when she pulled a de­liv­ery from off-spin­ner Vanes­sa Watts in­to mid-wick­et for a sin­gle to give the Guyanese their third win of the tour­na­ment.

For­mer West In­dies Women’s cap­tain Stafanie Tay­lor led the way again with 48 off 49 balls that in­clud­ed five fours and one six, but Ja­maica could on­ly muster 109 for six from their al­lo­ca­tion of 20 overs af­ter they won the toss and chose to bat.

In­ter­na­tion­al pac­er Cher­ry-Ann Fras­er was the pick of the Guyana bowlers with three for 18 from three overs.

The fi­nal match of the day fea­tures lead­ers Wind­ward Is­lands and Su­per50 cham­pi­ons Bar­ba­dos, start­ing at 7 p.m. EC Time.

CMC

Scores:

LEE­WARD IS­LANDS 120 for five off 20 overs (Di­vya Sax­e­na 37, Jahzara Clax­ton 36, Aman­da Ed­wards 26; Kir­by­i­na Alexan­der 2-15, Anisa Mo­hammed 2-21).

TRINIDAD & TO­BA­GO 121 for four off 17.4 overs (Shunelle Sawh 26, Brit­ney Coop­er 21 not out, Shali­ni Sama­roo 20).

Trinidad & To­ba­go won by six wick­ets.