West Indies Girls Dropping pattern continues with loss in T20I opener
West Indies Girls’s woes seeped into the Twenty20 Worldwide sequence, the hosts taking place by eight wickets within the opening sport of the five-match sequence in Antigua Sunday evening.
Recent from a whitewash within the three-match ODI sequence final week, West Indies Girls’s batting points continued as they mustered solely 105 for seven from their 20 overs.
Rashada Williams (23) and Chinelle Henry (21 not out) had been two of solely three batsmen to achieve double figures as 21-year-old seamer Lauren Bell ran via the order with three for 26 from her 4 overs.
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In reply, Danni Wyatt lashed an unbeaten 59 from 34 deliveries as England Girls hardly broke a sweat in overhauling their goal with a whopping 44 deliveries remaining.
The victory was underpinned by Wyatt’s knock, the right-hander placing seven fours and two sixes in a 40-run, first-wicket stand with Sophia Dunkley (25) after which in a 45-run, second-wicket partnership with Lauren Winfield-Hill (15).
“To be three, 4 wickets down within the first 10 overs with no form of runs on the board, that’s the place we fell brief,” Henry mentioned afterwards.
“Because the ODI sequence we’ve been scuffling with the bat. We simply have to choose ourselves up and maintain going.”
Despatched in on the Vivian Richards Cricket Floor, West Indies Girls endured a nightmare begin, slumping to 19 for 3 within the fifth over with Aaliyah Alleyne (2), Kycia Knight (0) and captain Hayley Matthews (7) all perishing cheaply.
Alleyne missed a drive at Bell and had her stumps rattled within the second over, Knight backed away and hoisted seamer Nat Sciver to mid-on within the subsequent over whereas Matthews’ seek for a rating continued when she bungled a scoop off new-ball pacer Katherine Brunt and misplaced her off-stump within the fifth over.
When debutant Djenaba Joseph was stumped for eight off off-spinner Heather Knight on the finish of the eighth over, the hosts had been declining even additional at 38 for 4.
The house facet had been then bailed out by two small partnerships – Williams placing on 22 with Shemaine Campbelle (10) for the fifth wicket and Henry including 29 for the seventh wicket with Shabika Gajnabi (13).
The sequence will now head to Barbados with the second T20 Worldwide scheduled for Kensington Oval on Wednesday.
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