DUBAI – A cat­a­stroph­ic col­lapse by the West In­dies Women’s team saw them go­ing down by 35 runs to Aus­tralia in their sec­ond warm-up game ahead of the ICC T20 World Cup at the Sev­ens Sta­di­um in the Unit­ed Arab Emi­rates.

The Caribbean Women chas­ing 145 to win, lost nine wick­ets for just 17 runs to be dis­missed for 109 in 17.5 overs.

The re­gion­al women looked in con­trol at 92 for two in the 14th over, with cap­tain Hay­ley Matthews and She­maine Camp­belle at the crease. That po­si­tion was set up nice­ly by Open­er Qiana Joseph who gave the team a strong start with a brisk 36 off 29 balls.

Joseph and Matthews added 68 runs for the open­ing wick­et in just ten overs be­fore Joseph was caught off Elise Per­ry.

Camp­belle con­tributed nine, while De­an­dra Dot­tin was dis­missed for a first-ball duck as Annabel Suther­land struck twice in the 14th over to spark the dev­as­tat­ing col­lapse that the Windies nev­er re­cov­ered from.

Alana King and Tay­la Vlaem­inck cap­i­talised on the mo­men­tum, tear­ing through the mid­dle and low­er or­der. Vlaem­inck claimed two wick­ets in the 15th over, re­mov­ing Chedean Na­tion for 4 and Ner­is­sa Crafton for a duck.

King fol­lowed up in the next over by dis­miss­ing Aaliyah Al­leyne for one and Mandy Man­gru for nought, off con­sec­u­tive de­liv­er­ies.

With the West In­dies reel­ing, all hopes rest­ed on cap­tain Matthews who had bat­ted im­pres­sive­ly for her 42 off 46 balls, in­clud­ing six bound­aries.

How­ev­er, she soon fell to a catch by wick­et­keep­er Alyssa Healy off Vlaem­inck, leav­ing the Windies in tat­ters as the in­nings quick­ly fold­ed.

King was the stand­out with the ball bag­ging 4-30 from 3.5 overs, while Vlaem­inck fin­ished with 3-33 in her four overs. Suther­land chipped in with 2-2 in one over.

Ear­li­er, the Aussies bat­ted first and post­ed a com­pet­i­tive 144-8 with Suther­land top scor­er with 38 off 28 balls, in­clud­ing two fours and two six­es, bat­ting at num­ber sev­en.

Ash­leigh Gard­ner with 31 and King 21 not out, al­so con­tributed to the Aussie to­tal. For the West In­dies, Aaliyah Al­leyne was the pick of the bowlers with 2-24 from three overs, while Afy Fletch­er took 2-36.

The West In­dies women will be­gin their World Cup cam­paign on Oc­to­ber 4 against South Africa at the Sev­ens Sta­di­um in Group B, which in­cludes Scot­land, Eng­land, and Bangladesh.

CMC

SUM­MARISED SCORES:

AUS­TRALIA 144-8 in 20 overs (Annabel Suther­land 38, Ash­leigh Gard­ner 31, Alana King 21 not out, Aaliyah Al­leyne 2-24, Afy Fletch­er 2-36) vs WEST IN­DIES 109 all out in 17.5 overs (Hay­ley Matthews 42, Qiana Joseph 36. Alana King 4-30, Tay­la Vlaem­inck 3-33). Aus­tralia Women won by 35 runs.