A sideways look Derby First, records Tammy Beaumont and Amy Jones take pride of place. After their remarkable opening stand of 222 at Derby, with both scoring tons (Jones’ her very first after a dozen years of trying), they repeated the dose at Leicester, falling 20 runs short of their previous effort. Both scored another
Derby This is England, so a black cloud hovered over the ground and the umbrellas went up, but not for long. Nat Sciver-Brunt won the toss and decided to bat. The game worked out just as we should have expected. Off the first two overs Tammy Beaumont and Amy Jones each hit a four, to
All change for the better? – No! England, already one-up after the match at Canterbury, made the short-form series safe with a second win at Hove by 9 wickets. Scores: West Indies 81-9 England 82-1 The ECB website claims England won by 8 wickets. Ah! 9-1 = 8. The game served to underline the sad
England v West Indies – First T20 Canterbury The first England game of the summer and a new regime in charge. We waited to see how big an effect this would have on players who had massively underachieved in Australia. Against a West Indian side still far too dependent on one player, it proved an
New Zealand reached their first ICC Women’s T20 World Cup final in 14 years with an eight-run victory over West Indies in Sharjah. Deandra Dottin’s four for 22 killed New Zealand’s momentum throughout their batting innings as Georgia Plimmer top scored with 33 to see the White Ferns post 128 for nine. The Windies never
Qiana Jospeh and Hayley Matthews guided the West Indies into the semi-finals of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2024 with an emphatic six-wicket victory over England. Both openers hit rapid half-centuries, with Joseph finishing on 52 and Matthews 50, as the 2016 champions easily reached their target of 142 with two overs to spare
West Indies’ spinners denied Bangladesh a defendable total before they chased down 104 with 7.1 overs to spare for an eight-wicket win at the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2024. Karishma Ramharack restricted Bangladesh each time they looked to kick on, taking four for 17 as they set the Windies 104 to win. An injured
A dominant performance with bat and ball saw the West Indies up and running at the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2024. Following a 10-wicket defeat to South Africa, the West Indies responded in style, beating Scotland by six wickets. They restricted the Scots to just 99 batting first and then chased down that total
Laura Wolvaardt and Tazmin Brits both hit unbeaten half centuries to guide South Africa to a 10-wicket victory over West Indies in their opening match of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2024. Chasing 119, the opening pair of Wolvaardt (59) and Brits (57) both looked in complete control to seal victory with 13 balls
West Indies kept their slender semi-final hopes alive with a nail-biting three-run win over Pakistan that went down to the last ball. Bidding to build on their win over Ireland, Windies opted to bat and posted a below-par 116-6 at Boland Park in Paarl. Skipper Hayley Matthews took key Pakistan wickets early and late in
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