West Indies Girls fall behind in sequence after heavy defeat
West Indies Girls suffered a heavy 142-run crushing within the first One-Day Worldwide (ODI) Sunday evening, to stoop to their seventh defeat of their final 9 ODIs towards England Girls.
The Caribbean aspect had been going through a historic run chase as soon as the guests piled up an imposing 307 for seven from their 50 overs after being despatched in on the Vivian Richards Cricket Floor.
And predictably, the required run charge of 6-¼ per over proved too demanding and the innings folded meekly for 165 within the forty first over.
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Left-hander Kycia Knight, getting back from harm after eight months on the side-lines, top-scored with 39 from 61 balls whereas captain Hayley Matthews and Rashada Williams each scored 34. They had been three of solely 4 batsmen to achieve double figures as 21-year-old off Charlie Dean dismantled the feeble run chase with 4 for 35 from 9 overs.
“In each sides of the sport, we in all probability didn’t do precisely what we wished to,” Matthews stated. “We’d’ve hoped to limit England to a bit lower than they did on an honest wicket and I suppose with the identical respectable wicket in all probability would’ve hoped to attain a bit extra runs.
“[There were] plenty of learnings for us and we’re trying to return to the drafting board and see what we will enhance on within the subsequent recreation.”
Participant-of-the-match Nat Sciver top-scored with 90 from 96 balls whereas Danni Wyatt lashed a hasty 68 from 60 deliveries as England flourished.
Alice Capsey (17) and Sophia Dunkley (8) fell cheaply to go away England Girls on 39 for 2 within the seventh over however Sciver arrived to rally the innings, first in a 42-run, third wicket stand with opener Tammy Beaumont (33) after which in a 46-run, fourth-wicket partnership with captain Heather Knight (16).
She then paired with Wyatt so as to add an extra 103 for the fifth wicket in a stand which took the sport away from West Indies Girls.
Sciver punched 9 fours whereas Wyatt struck 4 fours and three sixes however even after they departed, Amy Jones (30) placed on an extra 45 with Sophie Ecclestone (19) for the seventh wicket to inflict extra ache on the hosts.
In reply, West Indies Girls misplaced Aaliyah Alleyne within the third over for 2 with 14 runs on the board, holing out to mid-on off seamer Kate Cross after which watched as Matthews retired damage on eight with the rating on 21.
Knight and Williams rebuilt the innings, including an extra 63 to increase the second wicket stand, and irritating England Girls’s quest for additional inroads. Whereas Knight struck 4 fours, William counted three in her 54-ball keep earlier than perishing through the run out route within the twentieth over, after indecision over a fast single.
Shemaine Campbelle failed to attain, and Knight adopted within the twenty sixth over however Matthews returned to hit 5 fours general in a breezy 32-ball knock, posting 35 for the fifth wicket with Chedean Nation (17). By the point Matthews was lbw to 21-year-old seamer Lauren Bell at the beginning of the thirty third over, West Indies Girls had been properly behind within the run chase and so they misplaced their final six wickets for simply 25 runs.
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