For­mer West In­dies women’s play­er and crick­et com­men­ta­tor Sta­cy Ann King helped the Uni­ver­si­ty of West In­dies Women’s Crick­et Club (UWI WCC) reign over pre­vi­ous­ly un­beat­en Pow­er­gen Women in the T&T Women’s Crick­et As­so­ci­a­tion’s (TTWCA) Pre­mier­ship Di­vi­sion T20 League on Sun­day.

The teams met at the Sir Frank Wor­rell ground at the Uni­ver­si­ty of the West In­dies Sport and Phys­i­cal Ed­u­ca­tion Cen­tre (UWI SPEC) in St Au­gus­tine, and the UWI WCC unit made use of home ad­van­tage, emerg­ing with a nar­row 12-run vic­to­ry in the thrilling af­fair against the reign­ing 50-Over league cham­pi­on.

Sec­ond-placed fin­ish­er in the 50-overs, UWI WCC, now the lone un­de­feat­ed team, who sits on top of the sev­en-team stand­ings with 20 points from three wins, bat­ted first and post­ed 162/7 in its 20 overs. King hit a brisk half-cen­tu­ry (52) off 37 balls and had good sup­port from San­damali Dolawat­ta and T&T se­nior women’s crick­eter Lee Ann Kir­by, who both shined with both bat and ball. Dolawat­ta scored 36 while Kir­by added 34.

On the bowl­ing end, vet­er­an crick­eter Anisa Mo­hammed led Pow­er­gen with 3-22 while Jes­si­ca Wilathga­muwa (1-24) and Kim­ber­ly John (1-36), each picked up a wick­et.

In re­ply, Pow­er­gen, who is in sec­ond place with 17 points from two wins and a loss, bat­ted its full 20 overs but fell short of the tar­get, 150/6 de­spite get­ting a half-cen­tu­ry from na­tion­al crick­eter Brit­ney Coop­er, who hit 57 off 42 balls. Mo­hammed scored 39 and Fali­na Jack, 17 not out but their ef­forts were in­suf­fi­cient.

Kir­by (2-23) and Dolawat­ta (2-32) part­nered to lead the bowl­ing at­tack, each with two wick­ets. Amelia Khan was the oth­er wick­et-tak­er, claim­ing 1-18 for the win­ner.

On­ly one oth­er match was played in the Di­vi­sion as the meet­ing be­tween Hi­bis­cus Ladies and Cal­drac Achiev­ers at Granville Recre­ation Ground in Ce­dros was aban­doned with­out a ball be­ing ball due to rain.

How­ev­er, at the Es­mer­al­da Recre­ation Ground in Ch­agua­nas, Tech­nocrats cruised to a nine-wick­et win over Play­ers Sports Club (SC).

Di­anne Has­s­ranah and na­tion­al crick­eter Kir­by­i­na Alexan­der ran through Play­ers SC’s bat­ting line-up when they bat­ted first and were bowled out for just 56 in 13.4 overs. Has­s­ranah claimed an im­pres­sive 4-8 while Alexan­der was sec­ond-best with 3-16.

In the Cham­pi­onship Di­vi­sion, 30-over league cham­pi­on, Sital Young­sters, are a win away from tak­ing their sec­ond ti­tle of their de­but sea­son. The Young­sters de­feat­ed Vic­to­ria Crick­et Club (CC) by 44 runs when ac­tion in the 20-over com­pe­ti­tion con­tin­ued that af­ter­noon.

Bat­ters Crys­tal Hanslal and Na­tal­ie Ni­nah and bowler Nee­ta Bood­hai were key for the win­ners. Leader Sital Young­sters bat­ted first and reached 139/4 in their 20 overs with Hanslal top­scor­ing with 45 and Ni­nah’s 43 not out. Rose Ram­sigh was Vic­to­ria CC’s best bowler with 2-33.

In re­ply, Vic­to­ria failed to get to the re­quired tar­get in their 20 overs, putting up 95/8 on the score­board thanks to the bowl­ing con­tri­bu­tion of Bood­hai, who se­cured 3-11.

In the oth­er match in the di­vi­sion, Crick­et Lovers, who is cur­rent­ly in sec­ond spot with 28 points be­hind Sital Young­sters (31), beat North Zone by 87 runs.

The league takes a break this Sun­day and will re­sume on April 6 where teams will be bat­tling for the top two spots, to com­pete in the fi­nal. Cal­drac Achiev­ers and Play­ers SC are the re­spec­tive de­fend­ing cham­pi­ons in the Pre­mier­ship and Cham­pi­onship Di­vi­sions. Last sea­son, they were de­clared the win­ners af­ter top­ping the league phase as the fi­nals day was rained out.

Sum­marised scores

Pre­mier­ship Di­vi­sion

At UWI SPEC: UWI WCC 162/7 (20 overs) (Sta­cy Ann King 52, San­damali Dolawat­ta 36, Lee Ann Kir­by 34; Anisa Mo­hammed 3-22, Jes­si­ca Wilathga­muwa 1-24, Kim­ber­ly John 1-36) vs POW­ER­GEN WOMEN 150/6 (20 overs) (Brit­ney Coop­er 39, Fali­na Jack 17 not out; LA Kir­by 2-23, S Dolawat­ta 2-32, Amelia Khan 1-18). UWI WCC won by 12 runs.

At Es­mer­al­da Recre­ation Ground: PLAY­ERS SC 56 (13.4 overs) (Sum­intra Ram­se­wak 30; Di­anne Has­s­ranah 4-8, Kir­by­i­na Alexan­der 3-16, Tr­isha Mar­quis 1-12) vs TECH­NOCRATS 57/1 (7.3 overs) (T Mar­quis 28 not out, Maria La Fou­cade 19 not out; Shani­ka Lal­lo 1-19). Tech­nocrats won by 9 wick­ets.

At Granville Recre­ation Ground: Hi­bis­cus Ladies vs Cal­drac Achiev­ers. Match aban­doned with­out a ball be­ing ball due to rain.

Cham­pi­onship Di­vi­sion

At Spring Vil­lage Recre­ation Ground: SITAL YOUNG­STERS 139/4 (20 overs) (Crys­tal Hanslal 45, Na­tal­ie Ni­nah 43 not out, Stechell Hayling Jor­dan 13; Rose Ram­sigh 2-33, Abi­gail Boodoo 1-22, Shan­ta Roopchan 1-32) vs VIC­TO­RIA CC 95/8 (20 overs) (Amala Dur­gadeen 19, A Boodoo 17, Shan­ta Roopchan 13; Nee­ta Bood­hai 3-11, Zaara Bhi­ki 2-23, Gir­i­ja Ram­paul 1-12). Sital Young­sters won by 44 runs.

At Spring Vil­lage Recre­ation ground: CRICK­ET LOVERS 151/6 (16 overs) (Jane­ba Charles 33, Ka­trice Her­nan­dez 21, Sandy Williams 19 not out; Ais­hani Ram­se­wak 3-31, Te­jal Ram­se­wak 1-27, An­gel Ja­da Bish­op 1-30) vs NORTH ZONE 64/6 (16 overs) (A Ram­se­wak 12; Nichelle Car­dinez 2-7, Sandy Williams 2-9, Amy Hold­er 1-10). Crick­et Lovers won by 87 runs.

Pre­mier­ship Di­vi­sion

Pl*Team*P*W*L*N*Pts*NRR

1*UWI WCC*3*3*0*0*20*4.26

2*Pow­er­gen*3*2*1*0*17*3.46

3*Hi­bis­cus*3*1*1*1*10*-1.95

4*C Achiev­ers*2*1*0*1*7*2.56

5*Tech­nocrats*2*1*1*0*7*-0.66

6*Play­ers SC*3*0*3*0*4*-3.43

7*AC Women*2*0*2*0*1*-5.16

Cham­pi­onship Di­vi­sion

1*Sital Young­sters*5*4*0*1*31*5.07

2*Crick­et Lovers*5*4*1*0*28*3.96

3*Vic­to­ria CC*5*3*2*0*25*2.10

4*North Zone*5*2*3*0*13*-3.55

5*BSCA*5*1*4*0*10*-5.64

6*ML­CA*5*0*4*1*0*-6.83