Up to date: Might 28, 2024 07:35 PM
Down with illness: Some Triangle Strikers gamers are in hospital after coming back from america ({Photograph} equipped)
There was a tragic postscript to the Triangle Strikers participation within the Georgia Ladies Cricket Affiliation’s eleventh annual T20 match with at the very least two gamers admitted to hospital with meals poisoning
The captain of the ladies’s choose group, Chantal Oosthuizen, and vice-captain Alex Lymbery are each in hospital on island after struggling with meals poisoning upon their return.
The group from Bermuda received one match on the three-day occasion, performed on the Earl O’Neal Sports activities Complicated, defeating Atlanta Tremendous Lions by 68 runs in a match during which Katherine Bean-Rosario high scored with 34 off 20 balls earlier than Oosthuizen picked up three wickets for six runs.
Bean-Rosario was the very best batter for the Strikers, scoring 49 runs off 33 balls within the defeat towards Florida Panthers. She additionally scored 28 towards UWI Ladies’s Cricket Membership, the eventual winners of the match.
Ten gamers from the island, together with three under-19s, travelled to the competitors as did official Linnell Williams, who was a part of the match as a match referee.
Williams, who made historical past final 12 months, when she grew to become he first feminine match referee at Cup Match, shared her ideas on the occasion.
“In my position as match referee, I used to be honoured to contribute to the sleek operating of the match regardless of thunderstorms and transportation challenges,’’ Williams mentioned.
“It was heartening to witness skilled gamers mentoring youthful contributors, fostering development and camaraderie throughout the cricket group.
“Trying forward, the prospect of subsequent 12 months’s match seems much more promising. I commend the umpires for his or her excellent efficiency all through the three-day occasion, managing back-to-back matches seamlessly with none complaints.
“Total, the eleventh Georgia Ladies’s Cricket T20 Match was a testomony to the thriving enthusiasm and unity inside girls’s cricket, promising an thrilling future for the game.”