Women’s World Cup 2022 Match 1: West Indies stun favourites New Zealand in a thrilling finish

-

 The West Indies women’s team began the ICC Women’s World Cup 2022 with a thrilling win over favorites New Zealand played at Bay Oval, Mount Manuagai on Friday.

New Zealand captain Sophie Devine won the toss and decided to field first. The explosive Deandra Dottin opened the innings along with Hayley Mathews. After struggling with her rhythm, Tauhou struck for hosts getting rid of Dottin caught by Jess Kerr. Jess Kerr took the wicket of Kyica Knight cheaply to leave West Indies struggling. Hayley Mathews showed intent in putting bad deliveries away for boundaries. At the end of the first 10 overs, West Indies women scored 54 for 2.

After the field restrictions, Mathews and Stefanie Taylor steadied the ship keeping the scoreboard ticking hitting boundaries and taking singles. Mathews looked in sublime touch reaching her fifty off 55 balls. The experienced Taylor survived DRS shout as the decision was overturned by the umpire. Tahuhu was bought into the attack and got rid of Stefanie Taylor caught down the leg. Taylor and Mathews added 66 runs for 3rd wicket. The New Zealand fielding and catching were not great. Brookie Halliday dropped a simple chance to get rid of Campbell.

Hayley Mathews looked in deep trouble as she struggled while taking the second run. Amelia Kerr dismissed Campbelle via review for LBW. The umpire gave not out but on review, it was overturned to out. Mathews and Campbelle added 50 runs for the 4th wicket. Chedean Nation struggled initially but kept the momentum going on. On other hand, Mathews completed well compiled century off 118 deliveries.

Mathews upped the ante with some lusty blows before being caught by Rowe at long-off. Mathews and Nation added 55 runs for the 5th wicket. New Zealand bowlers made a decent comeback picking wickets at regular intervals. Anisa Mohammed provided quickfire runs in the last over to help West Indies post a competitive total of 259 for 9.

Chasing 260 runs to win, Suzie Bates was unfortunately run-out as Devine hit a powerful shot hitting the hands of Henry. Devine looked in brilliant touch showing her intent on keeping West Indies bowlers struggling. At the end of the first 10 overs, New Zealand women posted 41 for 1.

Soon after the field restrictions, Mathews's dream day continued as she dismissed Amelia Kerr. Kerr and Devine added 33 runs for the 2nd wicket. Devine made the batting look easy reaching her fifty off 70 balls. On other hand, Amy Satterthwaite kept calm as the scoreboard ticked with ease. 

The experienced Anisa Mohammed got the big wicket of Satterwhite. Devine and Satterwhite added 76 runs for the 3rd wicket. West Indies bowlers kept the pressure on New Zealand batters taking 3 quick wickets leaving New Zealand in big trouble at 162 for 6.

Katey Martin released the pressure from Devine hitting boundaries with ease. On the other hand, Devine reached her century off 117 balls. A superb return catch by Henry resulted in the big wicket of Sophie Devine. Sophie Devine and Martin added 53 runs for the 7th wicket.

Jess Kerr and Martin showed intent in keeping the scoreboard ticking. The match went right down the wire as Deandra Dottin produced a brilliant yorker to dismiss well-set Martin. Martin and Kerr added 40 runs for the 8th wicket. Dottin then got the wicket of Jess Kerr caught by Henry at mid-off. With 4 runs required off 2 balls, a superb throw by Campbell and brilliant run-out by Dottin to dismiss Fran Jonas helped West Indies women win the match by 3 runs.

The West Indies outfield catching was shabby enough as they dropped 5 catches and also their ground fielding was shabby enough. Despite their sloppy efforts, Dottin held her nerves to help West Indies seal a thrilling win over New Zealand. 

West Indies women 259 for 9 in 50 overs ( Hayley Mathews 119, Chedean Nation 36, Lea Tahuhu 3/57, Jess Kerr 2/43) beat New Zealand women 256 in 49.5 overs ( Sophie Devine 108, Katey Martin 44, Hayley Mathews 2/41, Dottin 2/2) by 3 runs.

For her all-around performance with 119 and 2 for 41, Hayley Mathews was named the player of the match.








Hayley Mathews named the player for her 119 and 2 for 41 in 10 overs in the opening match of WWC 2022 

 

    

 

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

WPL 2025 Match 1: Top 3 Performers Between RCB And GG

-
Image
  Royal Challengers Bengaluru registered a historic win over Gujarat Giants in the opening match of WPL 2025 played at Kotambi Stadium, Vadodara on 14 th February. RCB captain Smriti Mandhana won the toss and decided to field first. Ash Gardner’s explosive knock, Beth Mooney’s half-century, Deandra Dottin’s quickfire knock helped Gujarat Giants post 201 for 5 in their 20 overs. In reply, Ellyse Perry looked impressive with a half-century. Richa Ghosh played a blinder of a knock along with Kanika Ahuja’s brilliance helping the defending Champions RCB chase down this target easily by 6 wickets with 9 balls to spare. The pitch at Vadodara was a belter with top-quality performances from both sides in the opening match of the season. Here we look at the top 3 performers in the opening match of the WPL 2025 between RCB and Gujarat Giants. 1.        Ash Gardner Gujarat Giants’ newly appointed captain Ash Gardner led from the front with the bat and ball al...
Read more

Indonesia Open 2025: Satwik/Chirag Enter Quarters, Others Crash Out

-
Image
  The men’s doubles pairing of Satwik/Chirag entered the quarterfinals while other 3 Indians lost in the 2 nd round of the Super 1000 Indonesia Open played at Jakarta on 5 th June 2025. Satwik/Chirag Shetty edged past R Kjaer and Sogaard of Denmark in three games. The first game began with both pairs fighting for each point. Kjaer and Sogaard displayed great service skills. Satwik/Chirag fought back strongly to make a comeback. At the mid-game break, Danish pair led 11-10. After the break, Kjaer and Sogaard played brilliant badminton winning the first game by 21-16. The second game also began well for both pairs. Satwik/Chirag made a strong comeback whenever Kjaer and Sogaard look to take the game away. At the mid-game break, Danish pair again took a 11-10 lead. After the interval, Satwik/Chirag fought back strongly to level the scores and then won it by 21-18 to force into the decider. It was a closely fought affair in the third game as both pairs fought for each point. At...
Read more

Malaysia Open 2025 Day 3: Disappointing Outing For Indian Shuttlers

-
Image
  The Indian shuttlers had a disappointing outing as only one of them made it into the quarterfinals of the Super 1000 Malaysia Open 2025 played at Axiata Arena, Kuala Lumpur on 9 th January. HS Prannoy, women’s doubles pair of Tressa Jolly suffered narrow losses while Bansod, mixed doubles pair of Crasto/Kapila, and other pair lost in a one-sided affair. Tressa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand suffered a heartbreaking loss to Jia Ya Fan and Zhang of China in three thrilling games. The Indian pair struggled in the initial phases of the first game trailing by 3-6 before taking 7 points in succession to put the pressure back on the Chinese pair. At the mid-game interval, the Indians had an 11-7 lead. After the break, Jolly and Gopichand showed domination with smashes and drop shots keeping consistent pressure on the Chinese pair before winning the first game at 21-15. The second game began well with Jolly and Gopichand taking a decent lead in the initial phases. Ji and Zhang showed g...
Read more