All-rounders Deandra Dottin
and Rakheem Cornwall have
featured on this Issue’s cover
as the WI Wickets May 2022
Personalities of the month.
Dottin’s cameo with the bat outshone West Indies
teammate Hayley Matthews’ with the ball
as Supernovas trounced Trailblazers by
49 runs in the May 30 opening fixture of
the Women’s T20 Challenge.
Choosing to bat first at the Maharashtra
Cricket Association Stadium,
Supernovas tallied 163 all out off their
20 overs with captain Harmanpreet Kaur
top-scoring with 37, Harleen Deol getting
35, and Dottin hitting a 17-ball 32 at the
top of the order.
Matthews was outstanding, snatching three for 29 from four overs of off-spin
while Salma Khatun supported with two for 30 with her off-breaks.
In reply, Trailblazers were held to 114 for nine off their 20 overs
with captain Smriti Mandhana leading her side with 34 and
fellow Indian star Jemimah Rodrigues chipping in with
24. Dottin sent down two overs of medium pace which cost only seven runs, further
helping to starve Trailblazers’ batters.
She had earlier given Supernovas
a strong start, lashing five fours
and a six in a 50-run opening stand
with Priya Punia (22). The West Indies
superstar perished in the fifth over via
the run out route after being sent back by
Punia in search of a quick single, and Kaur
and Deol put on 37 for the third wicket to
revive the innings.
While Dottin was demonstrating her
outstanding all-round skills abroad, much
closer to home Antigua’s giant Rakheem
Cornwall was just as busy registering his
his claims for a West Indies recall for
the forthcoming two Tests Series against
Bangladesh. At the May 30th Fourth Round
conclusion of the 2o22 Caribbean Regional
Four Day Championships, Rahkeem
Cornwall was the leading bowler with 21
wickets.
Cornwall, who claimed 11 wickets to lead his
Leeward Islands Hurricanes to victory over the
Windwards Islands Volcanoes in the fourth round
clash, has a stellar bowling average to
date of 18.61. His 21 wickets have come at an
economy rate of 2.60 and he has two five-wicket
hauls and one 10-wicket haul.