Dominican Doris Francis named 2011 USA Cricket Association Women’s Tournament MVP

Doris Francis has won Best Bowler Award and Tournament Most Valuable Player (MVP) in the just concluded 2011 USA Cricket Association (USACA) Women’s Tournament.

The final day of the 2011 USACA Women’s Tournament was washed out on Sunday July 3. Because of that, Tri-State Lynx were crowned champions based on net run rate, beating out North West Phoenix with both teams even at 2-0. New York Warriors came third and Hollywood Rebels fourth at 1-1. New York Warriors finished third and Hollywood Rebels fourth at 1-1. North West Rockstars took fifth place and the USACA Developmental Squad was last with 0-2 records.

Francis, who is Phoenix captain, was tied with four other bowlers in the event with six wickets, but turned in the best individual statistical performance of the weekend by taking 5 for 21 against Rockstars. Francis also scored a vital unbeaten century in a three-wicket win over the Warriors.

Francis told Dominica News Online the she couldn’t believe that her team actually came second place in the tournament. “We were the underdogs, no one expected us to win anything,” she said.

She had high praises for the members of her team. “It was a team effort,” she said.

Francis was 25 when she took up cricket. A medium pace bowler with a best of 5 for 27, she first played representative cricket for Dominica, before going on to play for West Indies against Lancashire in 2000; Sri Lanka in 2003, and she went on tour to India and Pakistan in 2004. She also traveled to Holland in 2003, as she helped her team to qualify for the 2005 World Cup in South Africa.

Editors note: some information for this story taken from dreamcricket.com and espncricinfo.com