Australia have taken an unassailable 2-0 lead in their ODI series towards West Indies with a 90-run win in the second match at St Kitts’ Warner Park.
New captain Sophie Molineux rested her latest again harm and watched on as veteran Beth Mooney (65 off 104 balls) top-scored for the guests, who managed 269-7 after successful the toss.
Spinners Georgia Wareham (3-29) and Ash Gardner (3-34) have been key with the ball because the hosts rued a collapse of 7-34 on the turning deck in reply.
West Indies have been all out for 179 after 46 overs on Monday (AEDT).
Ninth on the ICC’s ODI rankings, West Indies had seemed up for the struggle towards the world No 1 Australians, who fell to 82-4 in the sixteenth over of their innings.
Ashmini Munisar (2-45) notably struck twice in two balls to topple heavyweights Georgia Voll (23) and Ellyse Perry, out for less than her third golden duck in 166 ODIs.
Mooney and stand-in captain Tahlia McGrath (24) acquired the guests again on observe with a 58-run stand earlier than a precious knock of 39 from Wareham at No 7.
In reply, West Indies star Hayley Matthews had the hosts monitoring properly at 1-92 via 23 overs, solely to turn into the primary sufferer of their almighty collapse
Matthews (45 off 73 balls) was dropped by Alana King on 44 however may solely add yet one more run earlier than Megan Schutt’s palms proved safer in the identical McGrath (2-15) over.
In the following over, participant of the match Wareham tickled the off-stump of the opposite set batter, Stafanie Taylor (18), after which despatched Deandra Dottin packing for a fourth-ball duck.
Gardner had caught-and-bowled Matthews’ fellow opener Qiana Joseph (29) amongst her three wickets.
Australia struggled for the ultimate wicket after exhausting Wareham and Gardner’s overs, permitting Afy Fletcher (32no) and Karishma Ramharack (14) to add some respectability to the scorecard.
McGrath ended the sport and broke the 49-run partnership for the tenth wicket when Ramharack holed out to Voll.
Having already swept the three-match Twenty20 series, Australia face their hosts in the ultimate ODI on Friday (AEDT) for the prospect to declare six wins from as many matches on tour.
