BRISBANE, Australia – West Indies Women captain Hayley Matthews says she exceeded her own expectations, following her sublime form which saw her plunder 310 runs in the Twenty20 International series which wrapped up on Thursday.

CALGARY, Canada – Dane Nelson’s early season form showed little sign of wane, the Jamaican reeling off a brilliant triple on Saturday’s nine-race card to remain top of the pile at Century Downs.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Imran Tahir said criticism of his appointment as captain of Guyana Amazon Warriors helped inspire him to achieve success in the just concluded Caribbean Premier League.

BRISBANE, Australia – Captain Hayley Matthews sparkled again with another Player-of-the-Match half-century but it came in a losing cause as West Indies Women went down to Australia Women by 47 runs, to surrender their three-match Twenty20 International series 2-1 here Thursday.

SYDNEY, Australia – Captain Hayley Matthews agonizingly missed out on a hundred as West Indies Women were swept aside by eight wickets in the opening Twenty20 International against Australia Women here Sunday.

MIAMI, Florida – A first-half hat-trick from midfielder Rianna Cyrus enabled hosts Barbados to start the Concacaf Road to W Gold Cup with a convincing 5-0 win against St Vincent & the Grenadines in Group C of League B on Friday.

SYDNEY, Australia – West Indies Women’s captain Hayley Matthews said the responsibility that comes with the role, and her exposure to franchise cricket over the past couple years were key factors in the improvements to her batting.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jamaica women’s national team will be under new management when they take part in the qualification rounds for the Concacaf W Gold Cup in the coming months.

PROVIDENCE, Guyana – Chadwick Walton carried his bat for fluent, unbeaten 80 to propel Trinbago Knight Riders to a comfortable seven-wicket win against hosts Guyana Amazon Warriors on Wednesday and into the final of the Caribbean Premier League.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Trinidad & Tobago prime minister Keith Rowley boldly predicted that if West Indies fails to “get its act together”, teams such as the United States will easily beat them on the international stage.

MIAMI, Florida – St Kitts and Nevis suffered a chastening defeat when they were hammered 11-0 by Costa Rica in CONCACAF Women’s Gold Cup qualification on Monday.

EUGENE, Oregon – Jamaican Shericka Jackson completed a double at the Prefontaine Classic here Saturday when she dominated the women’s 200 meters at the season-ending Diamond League meet.