Player of the Match
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Best performances - Batsmen

S Mandhana
74(51) 10x4 - 1x6
Control %84%
  • Productive Shot
  • cover drive
  • 26 runs
  • 4x4 - 0x6
1 4 5 21 5 6 11 21
H Kaur
56(35) 8x4 - 0x6
Control %75%
  • Productive Shot
  • sweep shot
  • 10 runs
  • 2x4 - 0x6
10 3 15 4 6 6 3 9

Best performances - Bowlers

DB Sharma
O4
M0
R29
W2
Eco7.25
RHB
OFFLEG
1W1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
RP Yadav
RP Yadav
O4
M0
R10
W1
Eco2.50
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH

Scorer: Harshith Gowda | Commentator: Sudarshanan & Ekanth

END OF OVER:
20 | 2 Runs | WI-W: 111/4 (57 runs required, RR: 5.55)

  • Afy Fletcher10 (11b)
  • Hayley Matthews34 (29b)
  • Shikha Pandey4-0-18-0
  • Deepti Sharma4-0-29-2

A somewhat one-sided affair as India ticked many a box. West Indies showed that they have the skill and power to get the upper hand for some chunks of the game. They'll need to extend those runs when they take on hosts South Africa on the 25th. Let's hope for a great contest there. See you then. For now, I'm Ekanth signing off on behalf of my report-writing co-commentator Sudarshanan, and our scorer, Harshith.

Smriti Mandhana is the POTM: The pitch was similar to the first game, but we understood our mistakes. We assessed the wicket better today, we targeted 145. That was different in the last game. We discussed that we won't go hard from the first ball. So the team asked me to bat sensibly in the first few overs and then our partnership grew and my confidence grew. So I could go express myself.

Harmanpreet Kaur, India Captain: We didn't want to hurry up at any cost, keeping wickets can always give you confidence. Executing whatever we discussed at the team meetings is what we did. We had to bat really well on these wickets as runs aren't easy to get. Credit goes to Smriti for batting on, I could keep giving her strike early on and take charge later. I was not available for the last game, so it was very important for me to get runs. Whenever you come back, it's new days and situations for you. So I'm very happy to have gotten those runs.

Hayley Matthews, West Indies Captain: She led by example which was good to see. The Indian batting was good, they played a good knock. We dropped a few catches which did not help. Must-win game against South Africa, we want to improve and do well.

10:01pm: A comprehensive 56-run win for India. Set up by Harman and Mandhana with the bat. Deepti almost closed the lid in the powerplay, which ended with West Indies on 25 for 2. They struggled till the tenth, having lost Gajnabi along with the openers. India bowled wicket-to-wicket, bowled to their fields and dried up boundaries. So Matthews took on Vaidya and even Deepti at times, the threat of the result not going India's way was low. West Indies' batters did not look up to the mark at the top, Cooper was trapped first ball. Williams was unlucky to have been given out stumped but blurry replays and no TV umpires meant she could not get the reprieve. Campbelle could not get going, Matthews started slow too but they exhibited sparking strokeplay to go over 110, which seemed unlikely at the ten-over mark with WI being 39 for 3.

19.6
1
Pandey to Fletcher, 1 run, Full outside off, driven to deep cover
19.5
0
Pandey to Fletcher, no run, Low fully on off, Pandey's sticking to Plan A and finding decent success. Doesn't nail it this time but all Fletcher could do was push to mid-off.
19.4
0
Pandey to Fletcher, no run, Low full toss around sixth, lands just in the crease and beats the cover drive.
19.3
1
Pandey to Matthews, 1 run, Misses the yorker, it's too full and wide. Driven hard. Along the ground to deep cover
19.2
0
Pandey to Matthews, no run, Nails the leg-stump yorker. Block-hole stuff. Matthews has to clear her front leg as he jams the bat in front, defensively to dig it defensively
19.1
0
Pandey to Matthews, no run, Yorker on leg, clipped to midwicket

Tintin: "Harman should give herself a bowl for the last over. Good to stay in touch and then there is nothing to lose. " Good point, but it'll be Pandey which is also a fair choice

WI Women 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st7B CooperRS Williams
2nd13SA CampbelleRS Williams
3rd5SA CampbelleS Gajnabi
4th71SA CampbelleHK Matthews
5th15ASS FletcherHK Matthews