England Women beat West Indies Women by 1 wicket in a nail bitter at Dharamsala
Author(s): Arvind SharmaDharamsala, March 24, 2016: In a nail bite thriller England Women beat West Indies Women in ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2016, encounter on 14th at HPCA stadium Dharamsala. Score West Indies batting first scored 108/6...
Dharamsala, March 24, 2016: In a nail bite thriller England Women beat West Indies Women in ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2016, encounter on 14th at HPCA stadium Dharamsala. Score West Indies batting first scored 108/6 in 20 overs and in response England ladies scored the winning run of a bye on the last ball of the match to finish 109/9. West Indies Women posted a target of 108/4 in their 20 overs against England Women in the 14th match of the Women’s World T20 2016 at the HPCA Stadium in Dharamsala.
West Indies won the toss and elected to bat first. They were off to a good start as they were 9/0 in the first over. But lost the wicket of H Matthews in the 2nd wicket-maiden over from Katherine Brunt. Quintyne then joined Taylor at the crease. She looked in great touch as soon as she came out to bat. She got the boundaries West Indies needed in the power-play and the total raced to 34/1 in 6 overs. But Taylor on the other end was going too slow, not getting runs off her bat. Slowly the run rate came down and West Indies were 44/1 in 9 overs as England bowlers started bowling in the right areas Quintyne’s wicket came at just the wrong time for the West Indies as she was caught by Gunn off the bowling of Sciver. She went for 29 off 28. Dottin then came out to bat. West Indies were 62 for 2 in 12 overs and needed some runs in the final 8 overs of the innings. Dottin and Taylor were finding it tough to find the boundaries as the score read 79/2 in 15 overs. Although, a good 17th over yielding 11 runs gave the WI Women some boost.
For England Grundy finished with bowling figures of 0-22 and Brunt finished with 1-26. Shrubsole was good too. She ended with figures of 1-11. They need 109 runs to win in their 20 overs now.
England Women win by 1 wicket.
Brief scores:
West Indies Women 108 for 4 in 20 overs (Stafanie Taylor 35 off 47; Anya Shrubsole 1 for 11) vs England Women.