Dottin Century Fires West Indies to Straightforward Win in Opener

Dashing opener Deandra Dottin stroked a career-best second One-Day Worldwide hundred – the primary in 4 years as West Indies Ladies whipped Pakistan Ladies by 45 runs to grab the lead of their three-match collection in Pakistan Monday.

Despatched in on the Nationwide Stadium, West Indies piled up 253 for eight off their 50 overs with the 30-year-old Dottin carving out a splendid 132 off 146 deliveries, with 18 fours and a few sixes.

Fellow Barbadian all-rounder, Hayley Matthews, chipped in with a breezy 57 after which returned to take three for 31 together with her off-spin as Pakistan Ladies had been held to 208 for 9 in reply.

Aliya Riaz, batting at quantity six, top-scored with 46, whereas Iram Javed produced a 34-ball cameo 40, and Muneeba Ali a busy 28.

“To be trustworthy, after I received to the half-century it was simply to start out contemporary once more and simply bat on to get the next complete on the board for the staff,” Dottin mentioned afterwards.

Dottin handed West Indies a cavalier begin, dominating a 44-run stand with Rashada Williams who made a affected person 15 from 40 deliveries with three fours, earlier than being bowled within the twelfth over by left-arm spinner Anam Amin who claimed 5 for 35.

Kyshona Knight lasted two balls earlier than retiring damage within the subsequent over with out scoring however captain Stafanie Taylor (6) joined Dottin to increase the second wicket partnership to twenty-eight.

Taylor, who missed West Indies’ final collection towards South Africa, confronted 11 deliveries earlier than falling to a catch on the wicket off one other left-arm spinner Nashra Sandhu within the 18th over, paving the way in which for an entertaining 119-run, third wicket stand between Dottin and Matthews.

The fitting-handed Dottin reached her half-century off 55 balls at the beginning of the nineteenth over from seamer Aliya Riaz after which produced a measured effort to achieve triple figures off 124 deliveries within the fortieth over with a pair off Nashra Sandhu.

Matthews, who hit an unbeaten hundred towards Pakistan Ladies within the Caribbean earlier this 12 months, struck eight fours off 67 balls earlier than perishing within the forty second over, turning into Anam Amin’s second wicket.

Dottin added an additional 44 for the fourth with Shemaine Campbelle (23) earlier than lastly departing within the forty seventh over, lbw to Anam Amin, triggering a slide on the loss of life the place 4 wickets tumbled for 18 runs.

New ball seamer Shakera Selman (2-35) then struck twice to scale back Pakistan Ladies to 51 for 3 within the thirteenth over however Iram Javed counter-attacked in a 57-run fourth wicket stand with Kainat Imtiaz who made 24.

Iram Javed belted half-dozen fours in a glowing knock whereas Kainat was and not using a boundary in 60 balls however Matthews accounted for each, forcing Pakistan Ladies to rebuild via Aliya Riaz and captain Sidra Nawaz (23) in a 43-run, sixth wicket partnership.

By the point Sidra Nawaz fell within the forty first, the required run price had risen to 10 runs per over and the hosts discovered issue in coping.

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