BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC):

A brutal 135 from Deandra Dottin powered hosts Barbados to a 267-run victory over St Lucia in the WICB Regional Women's One-day Championship on Tuesday.

Dottin struck 14 fours and four sixes from 105 balls, as Barbados posted a formidable 325 for eight from their allocation of 50 overs in the third-round match at Kensington Oval.

Kycia Knight supported with 71 and Charlene Taitt scored 35 to beef up the home team's total, which has been the highest posted for the competition.

Roylin Cooper was the pick of the St Lucia bowlers with four wickets for 67 runs.

Shaquana Quintyne took four for 10 and Keila Elliott three for six, as the Barbadians dismissed St Lucia for 58 in 31.2 overs.

The hosts will face Jamaica at the same venue today, at the same time that reigning champions Trinidad and Tobago meet the St Lucians at Weymouth-A. In another match yesterday, St Vincent and the Grenadines got an early day when they crushed Dominica by eight wickets, the match finishing half-hour before the scheduled interval between innings at Weymouth-A.