Mae’s Secondary and East Ruimveldt Secondary registered convincing wins at the National Gymnasium on Friday in the 27th annual Christmas term schools female windball cricket championship, organised by Sports Officer Alistair Munroe.
In the secondary division, Mae’s played against Queenstown Secondary where they won the toss and elected to bat first. Mae’s reached 120 from their eight overs with Chrystal Melville smashing 79 and East Bank under 17 women’s franchise player, Afruica Gentle clobbering 57. In reply, Queenstown were limited to 44-4 with Kellisa Cosier top scoring with 19 as they were defeated by 76 runs.
Later in the day, East Ruimveldt defeated Central High by 69 runs.
East Ruimveldt batted first, posting 114-4 from five overs as Shania Kingston and Yosonda Hoppie made 62 and 44 respectively while Safisha Austin took 2-31 for Central High.
In reply, Central High were condemned to 45-3 with Tiquamba Hunte scoring 22 and Kingston returning to take 2-20.
East Ruimveldt were demolished by Mae’s after tallying 73-1 with Kingston top scoring with 40 but was overshadowed as Gentle stroked 40 and lead her school to 74-1.
In a mixed division showdown, Smith Memorial Primary were handed a 10-wicket defeat after notching up 38-3 but allowing East Ruimveldt to reply with 40-0.
Central High and Queenstown played to a draw with both teams scoring 81-2 while Central in their third match trounced Tucville Secondary by 10 wickets. Kiaian London stroked 51 and was supported by Onika Hackett who made 20 to see Tucville reach 89-2 but Ashanti Browne partnered with Hunte as they saw their side to 92-0, scoring 30 and 42 respectively.
Meanwhile in the primary division, Smith Memorial defeated Enterprise Primary by seven wickets but Enterprise bounced back to beat Sophia Primary by 10 wickets.
