Rain dampens Dottin’s fireworks as 1st ODI abandoned

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa- Rain forced the abandonment of the first One Day International between the West Indies Women and South Africa Women at the Imperial Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg. West Indies Women scored 234/3 in 45.3 overs when there rain came, South Africa ended the match on 87/5 chasing the Duckworth/Lewis/Stern (DLS) revised target of 204 from 29 overs.

Deandra Dottin struck her career best of 150 not out, which included 18-fours and 4-sixes as she helped take the West Indies Women to a competitive total. Not to be outdone with the bat, Hayley Matthews struck her sixth ODI half-century on her way to 51. The pair added a West Indies Women’s ODI record of 153-run partnership for the third wicket.

Earlier in the match, captain Stafanie Taylor had to retire hurt on 12, after being struck on the arm at the non-striker’s end, from a return shot from Deandra Dottin.

When asked about her batting, Dottin said, “The plan wasn’t specifically to score 150 but it was just to be consistent and continue where I left off last year. The weather is not something we can control and we have more games ahead, so it’s only up from here. Batting with Hayley is easy because she bats her natural game… I just wished she had stayed around longer.I’m looking forward to the same performance and better (for the remainder of matches).”
West Indies Women and South Africa Women will face-off for the second One Day International at the Imperial Wanderers Stadium on Monday 31. It is a day fixture with first ball at 10:00am (4:00am Eastern Caribbean/3:00am Jamaica).