Miserable run continues as WI lose third Tri-Sequence T20I


West Indies Ladies’s miserable shedding streak confirmed no indicators of ending because the luckless Caribbean facet crashed to a 10-wicket defeat to South Africa Ladies of their third match of the Twenty20 Worldwide Tri-Sequence Wednesday.

Not for the primary time, West Indies Ladies’s batting lacked verve and so they may solely muster an insufficient 97 for six off their 20 overs, after selecting to bat first at Buffalo Park.

Captain Hayley Matthews top-scored with 34 from 26 balls whereas Shabika Gajnabi struck 33 from 34 deliveries in help.

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South Africa Ladies hardly broke a sweat in reply, chasing down their goal within the 14th over with Participant-of-the-Match Tazmin Brits top-scoring with an unbeaten 50 from 43 deliveries and Laura Wolvaardt stroking 42 not out from 39 balls.

The defeat was the eighth on the trot in T20 Internationals for West Indies relationship again to their 5-0 whitewash by the hands of England Ladies within the Caribbean final month.

“It wasn’t a great efficiency. We didn’t bat properly after we batted the primary time, not getting what would’ve been a goal we have been aiming for,” stated a dejected head coach Courtney Walsh. “[We] had a really, very gradual begin and didn’t choose up any momentum from there till the captain Hayley and Gajnabi put collectively a partnership. This wasn’t ok.

“It began a bit too late in order that tone was set after which South Africa knocked the runs off with out shedding a wicket. [We were] fully outplayed as we speak.”

Seamer Tumi Sekhukhune (2-24) struck twice to scale back West Indies Ladies to 29 for 4 within the eleventh over, giving South Africa Ladies early management of the encounter.

Rashada Williams holed out to mid-off for one with as many on the board within the second over from 22-year-old left-arm spinner Nonkululeko Mlaba whereas Shemaine Campbelle was run out for one by Chloe Tryon’s direct hit on the striker’s finish within the fifth over.

When Sekhukhune knocked over Sheneta Grimmond (5) and Britney Cooper (10) in successive overs, West Indies Ladies have been faltering however Matthews and Gajnabi mixed in a 61-run, fifth wicket stand to rescue the innings.

Matthews, once more batting down the order at quantity six, counted 5 fours whereas Gajnabi, at quantity 5, struck 4 fours.

They each perished within the ultimate over, nonetheless, as West Indies Ladies’s innings limped to a tame finish.

There have been no upsets within the making because the 32-year-old Brits lashed seven 4 and a six and the elegant 23-year-old right-hander, half-dozen fours, as South Africa Ladies coasted.

West Indies Ladies performed their ultimate recreation of the Tri-Sequence towards India Ladies subsequent Monday.

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