Riding on a swashbuckling knock of 94 from Taylor and 51 from Natasa McLean, West Indies posted a competitive total of 225 for 7 in their stipulated quota of 50 overs.
West Indies Women inch India by 1 run in first ODI. (Photo: Twitter/@windiescricket)
Priya Punia’s 75-run innings went in vain as the Indian women’s cricket team failed to chase down 226 runs and fell one-run short of West Indies in their first ICC Women’s Championship ODI of the three-match series.
On Friday, the West Indies women skipper Stafanie Taylor won the toss and decided to bat first at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua.
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Riding on a swashbuckling knock of 94 from Taylor and 51 from Natasa McLean, West Indies posted a competitive total of 225 for 7 in their stipulated quota of 50 overs. Chedean Nation’s 43-run knock towards the end of the innings helped West Indies’ cause.
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For India, Shikha Pandey (2 for 38) and Deepti Sharma (2 for 41) did well to restrict the West Indies to a mediocre total.
Defending the target, which for once seemed to be a cakewalk for India when they were 78 without loss, off-spinner Anisa Mohammed claimed a five-fer for 46 runs. Anisa was duly accompanied by Taylor (2 for 30) and Shabika Gajnabi (2 for 25).
India lost wickets in regular intervals and as a result they failed to score eight runs in the last over with Anisa removing Ekta Bisht (0) and Poonam Yadav (0) in the first and final deliveries, respectively, to hand West Indies a spectacular win.
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