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Tuesday, June 24, 2025

WI Women wrap up T20 series with demolition of Bangladesh

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Sport Desk
145 days ago
20250131
Qiana Joseph blasted 63 from 36 balls at the top of the order

Qiana Joseph blasted 63 from 36 balls at the top of the order

BAS­SETERRE – Led by an im­pres­sive half-cen­tu­ry from open­er Qiana Joseph and an­oth­er de­struc­tive in­nings by pow­er hit­ter De­an­dra Dot­tin, West In­dies Women eas­i­ly brushed aside Bangladesh Women by 106 runs in the sec­ond T20I at Warn­er Park in St Kitts on Wednes­day (Jan­u­ary 29)to wrap up the se­ries with a game to spare.

Joseph lashed 63 from 36 balls, her sec­ond T20I cen­tu­ry, while Dot­tin bare­ly missed out on her sec­ond con­sec­u­tive T20I half-cen­tu­ry, as West In­dies Women post­ed their sec­ond-high­est T20I to­tal of 201 for six.

Cher­ry-Ann Fras­er then snared two ear­ly wick­ets, and Bangladesh was re­strict­ed to 101 for sev­en from their 20 overs to take an unas­sail­able 2-0 lead in the three-match se­ries.

Bangladesh would have been hop­ing for a change of for­tunes af­ter win­ning the toss once again but choos­ing to field this time around.

How­ev­er, they were made to in­stant­ly re­gret that de­ci­sion af­ter Joseph and her skip­per Hay­ley Matthews launched an as­sault on their bowlers in the open­ing overs.

Medi­um pac­er Far­i­ha Tris­na was hit by Joseph for two bound­aries in the first two balls of the day, and Joseph fol­lowed that up by smash­ing off-spin­ner Sul­tana Khatun for three suc­ces­sive bound­aries in the next over.

Matthews joined in on the ac­tion, ham­mer­ing Tris­na for three more bound­aries as West In­dies rock­et­ed to 34 with­out loss af­ter three overs.

But right af­ter hit­ting pac­er La­ta Mon­dal for two bound­aries in the fifth over, Matthews was bowled by leg spin­ner Rabeya Khan for 27 as she at­tempt­ed a cut shot, to make the score 53 for one in the sixth over.

Fahi­ma Khatun then breached the de­fense of She­maine Camp­belle to bowl her for 11 three overs lat­er with the score on 70.

Dot­tin ar­rived at the crease and showed that she meant busi­ness, slog-sweep­ing Khatun for three six­es in the same over.

Joseph, not to be out­done, then blud­geoned Tris­na for two fours and two six­es in the 10th over, the last of which brought up her half-cen­tu­ry.

But af­ter strik­ing a few more bound­aries, Joseph was stumped try­ing to hit Khan out of the ground, to end their 63-run part­ner­ship that re­quired less than four overs.

She faced 36 balls and struck nine fours and two six­es.

Dot­tin con­tin­ued her ag­gres­sion, hit­ting leg spin­ner Shorna Ak­ter for two fours and a six off con­sec­u­tive de­liv­er­ies and looked set to com­plete her 15th T20I half-cen­tu­ry when she was caught at long on for 49 try­ing to hit an­oth­er six, to leave the West In­dies 160 for four in the 15th over.

Shabi­ka Gajn­abi then hit an un­beat­en 24 from 12 balls to bol­ster the team’s fi­nal to­tal.

Fahi­ma Khatun was the pick of Bangladesh’s bowlers with 3-38, while Rabeya Khan took 2-26.

Need­ing to score at over 10 runs an over, Bangladesh Women nev­er mount­ed a se­ri­ous chal­lenge af­ter los­ing three wick­ets in­side the pow­er play.

Fras­er ac­count­ed for the wick­ets of both open­ers, Di­la­ra Dola for eight and Sob­hana Mostary for a four-ball duck and spin­ner Zai­da James had Taj Ne­har stumped for five, as the vis­i­tors slumped to 24 for three.

Sharmin Ak­ter, who top­scored with 22 and cap­tain Ni­gar Sul­tana Jo­ty tried to re­vive the in­nings in a 28-run part­ner­ship, but once Jo­ty was bowled by Afy Fletch­er for 10, the re­main­der of the Bangladesh bat­ting crum­bled as they lost six wick­ets for 41 runs.

Matthews, Fras­er and Fletch­er each took two wick­ets apiece.

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Scores

WEST IN­DIES WOMEN 201-6 in 20 overs (Qiana Joseph 63, De­an­dra Dot­tin 49, Hay­ley Matthews 27, Shabi­ka Gajn­abi 24 not out, Jan­nil­lea Glas­gow 14, She­maine Camp­belle 11; Fahi­ma Khatun 3-38, Rabeya Khan 2-26)

BANGLADESH WOMEN 95-9 in 20 overs (Sharmin Ak­ter 22, Shorna Ak­ter 16, La­ta Mon­dal 13 not out, Ni­gar Sul­tana Jo­ty 10; Hay­ley Matthews 2-6, Cher­ry-Ann Fras­er 2-15, Afy Fletch­er 2-21).

West In­dies Women won by 106 runs.


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