TALIA Baksh and Stacy Ann King both showed their class when the TT Women's Cricket Association T10 tournament bowled off, on May 7.
Baksh, playing for Queen's XI, grabbed a hat-trick to limit MLCA to 37/8 in ten overs in chase of 99 for victory at Macaulay Park in California.
Baksh ended with 3/7 and Rachael-Ann Dookhoo took 2/9 as Queen's XI won the Group B match by 61 runs.
Batting first, Queen's XI posted 98/5 in ten overs with Victoria Madoo hitting 34 and Tamika Nanan-Ramsumair scoring 16.
At Pierre Road Recreation Ground in Charlieville, King's 50 not out guided Technocrats to a convincing 63-run victory over Waterloo All Stars in Group A.
King guided Technocrats to 119/1 in ten overs. Felisha Jack also showed form for Technocrats scoring 39.
In response, Waterloo All Stars could only manage 56/8 in their ten overs. Dianne Hasaranah's 2/16 for Technocrats helped limit Waterloo.
Eight teams are competing in the tournament which will end on May 29.
Group A features Technocrats, TT Under-19s, Waterloo All Stars and AC Women.
Group B inclues Phoenix, Hibiscus, MLCA and Queen's XI.
The top two teams in each group will qualify for the semifinals.
The winning team will win $10,000, the second placed team will walk away with $6,500 and the losing semifinalists will earn $1,750 each.
SUMMARISED SCORES:
GROUP A
TT UNDER-19s 78/5 (10 overs) - Djenaba Joseph 42; Kamara Ragoobar 3/5 vs TECHNOCRATS 79/1 - Stacy Ann King 39, Felisha Jack 18. Technocrats won by nine wickets.
AC WOMEN 65/3 (10 overs) - Rona Rajkumar 26 vs WATERLOO ALL STARS 66/3 - Amanda Rampaul 18. Waterloo won by seven wickets.
TECHNOCRATS 119/1 (10 overs) - Stacy Ann King 50 not out, Felisha Jack 39 vs WATERLOO ALL STARS 56/8 (10 overs) - Dianne Hasaranah 2/16. Technocrats won by 63 runs.
GROUP B
HIBISCUS 111/1 (10 overs) - Leeann Kirby 49 not out, Rachel Vincent 41 not out vs PHOENIX WOMEN 83/5 (10 overs) - Shenelle Lord 20, Reniece Boyce 17, Leandra Ramdeen 17; Karishma Ramharack 3/5. Hibiscus won by 28 runs.
QUEEN'S XI 98/5 (10 overs) - Victoria Madoo 34, Tamika Nanan-Ramsumair 16 vs MLCA 37/8 (10 overs) - Talia Baksh 3/7, Rachael-Ann Dookhoo 2/9. QUEENS XI won by 61 runs.
MLCA 27 - Leandra Ramdeen 2/0, April Ramoutar 2/5, Kajol Dalgir 2/2 vs PHOENIX 29/0 (1.4 overs) - Shenelle Lord 22 not out. PHOENIX won by ten wickets.
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