Matthews spurs B/dos to seven-wicket win over W/wards

Deandra Dottin cracks a six over mid-wicker (Orlando Charles photo)

Hayley Matthews produced another player-of-the-match performance as Barbados marched to its third straight win beating the Windward Islands by seven wickets in the third round of the Cricket West Indies T20 Blaze at Providence yesterday.

Windwards won the toss and elected to bat first where they posted 131-4 in their allotted overs with Barbados reaching 133-3 with seven balls to spare.

Windwards got off to a decent start with Stacy Ann Adams scoring 16 from 19 balls before being stumped off of Matthews, to set the foundation for a 68-run partnership between Afy Fletcher and Naeisha Crafton.

The pair picked up consistent boundaries with Crafton smashing Aaliyah Alleyne for a six over long on to bring up the half century partnership in the eighth over.