LEICESTER, England, CMC – For the second straight match, openers Amy Jones and Tammy Beaumont each scored centuries, and England Ladies predictably defeated a West Indies Ladies’s facet lacking their inspirational captain Hayley Matthews by 143 runs within the second One Day Worldwide right here at Grace Street on Wednesday.
Participant-of-the-Match Jones slammed 129 from simply 98 balls, whereas Beaumont made 106, which helped propel England Ladies to their sixth-highest ODI whole of 366 for six from their 50 overs after they received the toss and selected to bat.
They placed on 202 runs for the primary wicket to turn into solely the second pair with two 200-plus partnerships in Ladies’s ODIs, becoming a member of Australians Meg Lanning and Ellyse Perry.
Chasing 367 was all the time going to be a troublesome ask for a West Indies facet lacking Matthews, who was out with a shoulder harm sustained within the opening ODI, and hard-hitting opener Qiana Joseph as a result of sickness.
Debutant Realeanna Grimmond, opening rather than Matthews, scored a powerful half-century, and Jannillea Glasgow hit a counterattacking 44. Nonetheless, it was by no means going to be sufficient, and the guests have been dismissed for 223 in 45.4 overs.
The consequence gave the house facet an unassailable 2-0 lead within the best-of-three collection, with the ultimate match set to be performed on Saturday.
England Ladies began positively, racing to 70 with out loss after simply 5 overs, with Jones and Beaumont hitting 13 boundaries between them.
Jahzara Claxton ought to have had Jones’ wicket when she was 43, however Grimmond spilled the catch at level.
It was a miss the West Indies would remorse.
Jones went on to convey up her half-century off 41 balls, and a boundary off spinner Afy Fletcher carried England previous 100 within the seventh over.
She then moved into her 80s by thumping Glasgow for 3 successive boundaries to start out the twentieth over.
Beaumont finally acquired to her half-century off 64 balls, and within the subsequent over, Jones drove Karishma Ramharack by way of additional cowl for 4 to succeed in her century off 76 balls.
The West Indies lastly broke the partnership when Ramharack had Jones caught and bowled within the thirtieth over after she had struck 20 fours.
Beaumont made it to a few figures by hitting Ramharack for 3 boundaries off consecutive balls within the thirty eighth over as England motored alongside to 261 for one.
Emma Lamb sustained England’s momentum by scoring 55 off 45 balls throughout a 71-run partnership with Beaumont that additional pissed off the guests.
However Ramharack dismissed Beaumont, Aliyah Alleyne accounted for captain Nat Sciver-Brunt, and Glasgow snared Lamb’s wicket to sluggish the run fee and cut back England to 318 for 4.
Sophia Dunkley smashed 31 from 19 balls to make sure England completed with a flourish on their approach to posting a formidable whole.
Alleyne, with 2-52, and Ramharack (2-57) have been the West Indies’ greatest bowlers.
Needing to attain at over seven and a half runs an over, the guests began their run chase positively, with Grimmond and Zaida James including 37 runs in fast time.
Nonetheless, Lauren Bell had the latter caught behind for 19, and Linsey Smith ended stand-in captain Shemaine Campbelle’s torturous keep on the crease by having her caught for six off 23 balls to make it 61 for 2 within the fifteenth over.
Grimmond saved her facet within the sport and introduced up her maiden ODI half-century off 64 balls when she pulled Lauren Filer to sq. leg for a single.
However two overs later, she was caught at lengthy on for 53, making an attempt to hit Smith out of the bottom to go away the Windies 90 for 3 within the twenty third over.
Stafanie Taylor made 20 earlier than she was dismissed by Alice Capsey, and the West Indies’ possibilities of victory basically ended after they misplaced the wickets of Glasgow, Shabika Gajnabi, and Aliyah Alleyne within the area of seven balls to stoop to 154 for seven.
Cherry-Ann Fraser (24), Claxton (18), and Ramharack, who scored an unbeaten 15, all made cameos, however by then, the consequence was determined.
For England, Capsey took 3-41, Smith 2-27, and Filer 2-44.
