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Wellington, New Zealand- Australia defeated West Indies Women by 7 wickets at Basin Reserve in the group stage of the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup in Wellington.
Winning the toss and electing to bat first, West Indies Women posted 131 all out in 45.5 overs. Captain Stafanie Taylor top scored with an even 50 from 91 deliveries. Shemaine Campbelle had the next best figures with 20 off 51 balls. Ellyse Perry was the pick of the Australian bowlers, taking 3/22 followed by Ashleigh Gardner with 3/25.
Rachel Haynes led the Australians in their run-chase, finishing not out with a top-score of 83 from 95 deliveries. Beth Mooney was next best with 28 not out from 42 balls. Chinelle Henry, Hayley Matthews and Shamilia Connell had one wicket a piece bowling for the West Indies.
Speaking after the match, all-rounder Hayley Matthews said, “Obviously going into the second innings we knew we didn’t have the score we wanted on the board but at the same time, we’ve shown a lot of fight throughout the entire tournament and we were looking to do nothing different today. We knew we would have a chance if we took early wickets. I don’t think it’s too much pressure (going into the last three games). Coming into this tournament we knew the first four games are going to probably be our hardest. We said to ourselves if we could get 2-3 wins out of these first four games we would be in a strong position and we’ve done exactly that. The tournament is still in our hands if we can go out there and win the remaining three matches.”
West Indies Women will travel to Tauranga where they will play Bangladesh on March 18 at Bay Oval. First ball is at 11:00am (March 17, 6:00pm Eastern Caribbean Time/5pm Jamaica Time)
Match summary
- West Indies Women
- 131 all out (45.5 overs)
- Stafanie Taylor 50 Ellyse Perry 8-0-22-3
- Shemaine Campbelle 20 Ashleigh Gardner 10-1-25-3
Australia Women
- 132/3 (30.2 overs)
- Rachel Haynes 83* Chinelle Henry 5-0-20-1
- Beth Mooney 28* Hayley Matthews 8-2-31-1