Hayley Matthews of West Indies performs a shot in the course of the first one-day worldwide cricket match in opposition to Pakistan on the Nationwide Stadium in Karachi, Pakistan, Monday, Nov. 8, 2021.
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Captain Hayley Matthews sparkled once more with one other Participant-of-the-Match half-century however the West Indies Ladies went right down to Australia Ladies by 47 runs, to give up their three-match Twenty20 Worldwide sequence 2-1.
Needing a win to clinch a historic sequence success at Allan Border Area, the Caribbean facet fell in need of their goal of 191 and was dismissed for 143.
Matthews stood tall with a surprising 79 off 40 deliveries, her third straight rating of fifty or extra following her unbeaten 99 within the opener and her magnificent 132 within the second T20I which led West Indies Ladies to a series-levelling seven-wicket win.
The 25-year-old swept each Participant-of-the-Match award within the sequence and was predictably named Participant-of-the-Collection.
Aaliyah Alleyne struck 26 from 23 balls however seamer Darcie Brown (3-20) and off-spinner Ashleigh Gardner (3-32) snatched three wickets apiece whereas new-ball pacer Kim Garth (2-24) grabbed a brace of wickets to harm the chase.
The West Indies Ladies have been 97 with out loss however as soon as Matthews turned the primary wicket to fall within the eleventh over, the innings fell aside thereafter as 10 wickets tumbled for 46 runs.
Matthews blasted 11 fours and 4 sixes, as she raced to her tenth T20I 50 off 29 balls — citing the landmark within the ninth over from which she plundered 20 runs off 21-year-old seamer, Sutherland.
Matthews then took boundaries from the primary two balls of the eleventh over however holed out to cowl off the fourth supply, trying a 3rd.
The tip got here swiftly for West Indies Ladies. Opener Shabika Gajnabi with 16 and former captain Stafanie Taylor each perished within the twelfth over, Chinelle Henry and vice-captain Shemaine Campbelle adopted within the thirteenth whereas Afy Fletcher and Rashada Williams each departed within the seventeenth over.
Tahlia McGrath had earlier top-scored with 65 from 34 deliveries because the hosts gathered a difficult 190 for 9 off their 20 overs after being despatched in. She struck 11 fours and two sixes to drag her facet round from 31 for two within the fifth over. McGrath placed on 80 for the third wicket with Allyse Perry who made 40 from 30 balls, earlier than turning into considered one of three wickets to go down for 13 runs, to depart the innings stumbling on 129 for five within the fifteenth over.
Phoebe Litchfield rallied the again finish, nevertheless, lashing a 17-ball 36 with 5 fours and a six, in a 49-run, sixth-wicket partnership with Annabel Sutherland (19).
Quick bowler Shamalia Connell completed with 3 for 25.
