Australia 164 for five (Perry 42, Voll 39) beat West Indies 147 for 4 (Matthews 56, Dottin 39*, King 2-25) by 17 runs
Garth’s opening spell, which included a maiden, arrange Australia’s victory as Matthews struggled to 1 off 12 earlier than lastly breaking free to make 56 from 41 to present West Indies hope of hauling in 75 from the final 48 balls with 9 wickets in hand. But King extinguished all hopes, selecting up Matthews and Stafanie Taylor to complete with 2 for 25 and the participant of the match award.
Voll fires in the powerplay
Voll exploded out of the blocks. Two highly effective pull pictures and a pair of cracking drives off each toes discovered the rope inside the primary two overs. She additionally inflicted extra injury past the scoreboard. A brutal off drive broken Henry’s left hand as she tried to subject in her follow-through. The allrounder solely bowled two overs earlier than leaving the sector and later did not bat.
Voll saved going, slog sweeping Karishma Ramharack for six earlier than thumping her straight down the bottom. But her innings ended when she tried to go once more off the final ball of the powerplay, miscuing Ramharack to mid-on. Australia posted 54 for 1 in the primary six, in spite of Beth Mooney failing to attain at increased than a run-a-ball in the powerplay for the fifth straight T20I this 12 months.
Litchfield and Perry shared a 58-run stand however it was lower than fluent. Litchfield struggled for timing whereas Perry did a lot of the heavy lifting as she discovered the boundary six instances together with two pleasant strikes over and thru cowl. She did profit from Jannillea Glasgow dropping her at mid-off on 21. However, Australia solely scored 39 runs in the final 30 balls of the innings with Litchfield and Perry each holing out. Nicola Carey was the one batter to search out the rope in the final three overs, doing so twice, as Jahzara Claxton and Dottin completed effectively with the ball.
West Indies’ powerplay was disastrous by comparability to Australia’s as they scored simply 26 for 1. Garth was distinctive, bowling a maiden to Matthews after which one other over that price simply three runs. It ought to have been one as a pair of unnecessary wild throws price two runs when West Indies’ batters weren’t working. Qiana Joseph’s working was pricey as she was run out attempting for an easy single.
Matthews’ early lack of intent was complicated. She scored simply 1 from her first 12 balls and barely performed a shot in anger till she slog swept King for six. Once the fielding restrictions ended, Matthews then took extra dangers with 4 out and went on a rampage. Carey dropped a catch on the rope at hand Matthews one other six. She thumped seven boundaries and two sixes to succeed in her half-century off 38 balls and lowered the equation to only 75 wanted from 48 balls with 9 wickets in hand.
King’s class shines once more
Matthews had taken King for 19 from her first two overs, however King extracted her revenge in the thirteenth over as Matthews miscued to mid-off. She weaved her magic to take 2 for 7 from her final two overs to wreck West Indies’ chase. Taylor ran previous a superbly bowled leg break to be stumped by a big margin. Georgia Wareham bagged Shemaine Campbelle so as to add to their woes earlier than Garth returned to shut it out. She deserved the wicket of Dottin who skied a slower ball straight up nevertheless Mooney misjudged it in the wind. But Dottin was unable to clear the rope sufficient in the ultimate over.
