Jamaica got off to an impressive start in their quest for the Goldson Spine Rehabilitation Trophy in the Lauderhill International Cricket Competition with a solid eight wicket defeat of Guyana, last Saturday at the Lauderhill Sports Complex.

Jamaica winning the toss elected to field and was able to limit the Guyanese batting to 178 runs in their allotted 20 overs, despite some solid batting from Masood Mohamed 59 with 6 fours and 3 sixes, and Faizai Sheriff 43 with 5 fours and 3 sixes.

Neville Dawkins with three for 34 and Damion Wellington two for 29 were mainly responsible for the Guyanese demise.

Jamaica in reply romped to 179 runs off 17.1 overs after a good opening stance of 83 runs by Shawn Beckford 54 (6 fours, 3 sixes) and Ken Wright 45 (2 fours, 4 sixes), and a solid third wicket stand of 72 runs with Mark Johnson undefeated 46 (3 fours, 4 sixes) and Shawn Riley undefeated 18.

Meanwhile in the evenings curtain raiser Trinidad and Tobago won a squeaker over the Windward Islands by eight runs. After winning the toss and chose to bat, T & T amassed a total of 203 for 6 wickets in their allotted 20 overs. They received valuable contributions from Timothy Surubally 41, Baliram Nayaik 40, Ivan Seenathsingh 38 and Lutchman Laggan 33.

The Windward in their reply came close with 195 for 6 wickets off their allotted 20 overs. They were led by the formidable Joey Pierre 43, Ashton Denis 40 and Bert Davis who scored a blistering 28 which included 5 fours. Prim Singh two for 32 and Nicolas Mitto two for 14 were the more successful bowlers for Trinidad.