Rain washes out women’s cricket

ST. GEORGE’S: Persistent rains washed out a second day of matches yesterday at the West Indies Women’s Cricket Tournament in Grenada. Organisers said they would hold a special meeting today, an off-day, amid growing concerns about why the competition was timed to coincide with a period when there is frequent rainfall  in the Caribbean country. “Organisers need to look seriously about the timing of that competition,” said Sports Minister Adrian Mitchell, who could not bowl the opening delivery of the tournament because of heavy  showers. The three matches scheduled for yesterday were cancelled and two were cancelled on the opening day, Tuesday. So far, only one match has been played: St Lucia beat the United States by eight  wickets.

Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, St Vincent and the Grenadines and Trinidad and Tobago are the other teams participating in the tournament. Dominica was originally slated to be the eighth team, but they dropped out earlier this month, citing financial problems. The tournament, which runs through June 28, is scheduled to resume tomorrow with three matches: Trinidad vs St Vincent, Jamaica vs St Lucia and Guyana vs United States.