Australia continued their preparation for the ICC?Women's World T20 tournament with a 19-run with over the West Indies at Moors Sports Club Ground, Colombo, yesterday. After being restricted to 110 for eight wickets, Australia strangled the West Indies batsmen, restricting them to 91 for seven in their 20 overs. A third wicket partnership of 49 between Jenny Cameron (37) and Laura Poulton (11) provided the early impetus for Australia.
Top scorer Cameron struck two fours and two sixes but apart from Anna Blackwell who hit 26 with three fours, the Australians found runs hard to get. It was no different when the Caribbean women batted, as wickets fell regularly. Captain Merrissa Aguilliera (22) was the topscorer while there was some late hitting from Stefanie Daley (20) but apart from Stefanie Taylor who made 11, no other batsman got into double figures.
Australia vs West Indies
Australia inns
AJ Healy c Daley b Smartt 7
MM Lanning b Selman 2
LJ Poulton c Selman b Munroe 11
JE Cameron b Munroe 37
LC Sthalekar run out 9
AJ Blackwell c Selman b Daley 26
RL Haynes c Aguilleira b Campbelle 5
LK Ebsary run out (Munroe) 0
SJ Coyte not out 7
JM Fields not out 1
Extras (b 3, lb 1, w 1) 5
Total (8 wickets; 20 overs) 110
Fall of wickets: 1-9 (Healy, 1.6 ov), 2-9 (Lanning, 2.2 ov), 3-58 (Cameron, 9.6 ov), 4-61 (Poulton, 11.3 ov), 5-73 (Sthalekar, 13.6 ov), 6-80 (Haynes, 15.6 ov), 7-80 (Ebsary, 16.1 ov), 8-108 (Blackwell, 19.3 ov)
Bowling:?SC Selman 2-1-3-1, TD Smartt 2-0 -12-1, SF Daley 3-0 -17-1, SR Taylor 2-0-8-0, A Mohammed 2-0-10-0, SL Munroe 2-0 -17-2, SL Quintyne 4-0-24-0, SA Campbelle 3 -0-15-1
West Indies inns
SR Taylor b Perry 11
TD Smartt c Haynes b Hunter 5
DJS Dottin c Osborne b Perry 4
MR Aguilleira run out (Coyte) 22
JB Nero c Perry b Sthalekar 0
SA Campbelle c †Fields b Hunter 0
SACA King lbw b Jonassen 5
B Cooper b Jonassen 0
SF Daley run out (Osborne) 20
KA Knight b Perry 9
SL Quintyne not out 0
Extras (b 2, lb 2, w 8, nb 3) 15
Total (all out; 17.1 overs) 91
Fall of wickets: 1-14 (Smartt, 1.4 ov), 2-23 (Dottin, 2.4 ov), 3-23 (Taylor, 2.6 ov), 4-24 (Nero, 3.4 ov), 5-24 (Campbelle, 4.3 ov), 6-42 (King, 9.1 ov), 7-42 (Cooper, 9.3 ov), 8-68 (Daley, 13.4 ov), 9-89 (Knight, 16.6 ov), 10-91 (Aguilleira, 17.1 ov)
Bowling: EA Perry 3-0-22-3, JL Hunter 2-1-7-2, LC Sthalekar 2 -0-3-1, JL Jonassen 3-0-15-2, EA Osborne 2 -0 -11-0, RL Haynes 2-0-13-0, LK Ebsary 1-0-5 -0
