Sports Bulletin Report
Dublin (Ireland): West Indies romped to their second consecutive win in the women’s T20I tri-series after they beat Pakistan by 25 runs in the second match defending their total of 199-6 here at the Castle Avenue Cricket Ground in Dublin on Friday afternoon.
West Indies got off the mark against Ireland on Thursday with an eight-wicket win and will now face them again on 1 June, while Pakistan will be up against Ireland as well on 31 May at the same venue.
Pakistan were restricted to 174-8 in the allotted 20 overs after thirties from Aliya Riaz, Saira Jabeen and a 14-ball 27 from Fatima Sana threatened West Indies at various occasions but weren’t enough to seal the game at the end. For the West Indies, Chinelle Henry was named player of the match for her 17-ball 33 not out at no.6 before she removed Muneeba Ali and Ayesha Zafar within the first four overs.
The Maroon shirts breezed to 61-1 in the first six overs after Hayley Matthews won the toss and elected to bat first. The skipper chipped in with 40 off 20 balls hitting nine fours to give her team a swift start.
Pakistan struck thrice in a space of 18 balls from end of fifth over to 7.4-over mark as Diana Baig got Matthews, Nashra Sundhu cleaned up Deandra Dottin (17, 16b, 2x4s) and Rameen Shamim got the better of Qiana Joseph early to leave West Indies 66-3.
At this juncture, Stafanie Taylor (39, 23b, 4x4s, 2x6s) and Jahzara Claxton (17, 14b, 3x4s) bailed them out with a 30-ball 54-run stand which was broken by Nashra (74 wickets), who overtook her fellow left-arm spinner Sadia Iqbal (73 wickets) to go to third on the all-time leading wicket-takers list for Pakistan in WT20Is.
Rameen backed up Nashra with another wicket in the 14th over with West Indies 122-5 when top-scorer Jannillea Glasgow (42, 25b, 7x4s) – batting at no.7 – and Henry (33, 17b, 4x4s, 1x6) collected 65 valuable runs to take their team to 199-6 in 20 overs.
In turn, Saira (30, 19b, 6x4s) took the attack to West Indies after Pakistan were reduced to 28-3 in 3.5 overs as she struck Ashmini Munisar for four boundaries in the last over of powerplay before falling on the last ball with scorecard reading 52-4.
Iram Javed (24, 20b, 3x4s) shared a stand of 32 with Rameen Shamim (18, 16b, 1x6) and then 28 with Aliya Riaz (37, 28b, 8x4s) to keep Pakistan in the hunt. Rameen and Iram were both run out as Aliya and Fatima turned aggressive in a 17-ball 27-run stand with the former hitting five fours in the 16th over.
With 59 needed off last 18 balls, Fatima struck two sixes and a four in a space of four balls across 18th and 19th overs but eventually fell after Pakistan required 32 off the last six. Apart from Henry’s two for 13, Shawnisha Hector dismissed two batters, while Munisar and Claxton picked up a wicket each.
Scores in brief:
West Indies 199-6, 20 overs (Jannillea Glasgow 42, Hayley Matthews 40, Stafanie Taylor 39, Chinelle Henry 33 not out; Rameen Shamim 2-27, Nashra Sundhu 2-29)
Pakistan 174-8, 20 overs (Aliya Riaz 37, Saira Jabeen 30, Fatima Sana 27, Iram Javed 24; Chinelle Henry 2-13, Shawnisha Hector 2-21)
Player of the match – Chinelle Henry (West Indies women)
Tri-series schedule:
8 May – West Indies beat Ireland by eight wickets
29 May – West Indies beat Pakistan by 25 runs
31 May – Ireland v Pakistan
1 June – Ireland v West Indies
3 June – Pakistan v West Indies
4 June – Ireland v Pakistan
