West Indies’ Shemaine Campbelle in motion towards England within the Second Girls’s OneDay Worldwide on the Uptonsteel County Floor, Leicester, Britain on June 4, 2025.
Motion Photographs through Reuters/Andrew Couldridge
Captain Hayley Matthews and her deputy Shemaine Campbelle performed essential roles in main the West Indies Girls to their first T20 sequence win over South Africa in 12 years on the 3Ws Oval, Barbados.
Matthews scored her second consecutive half century of the sequence, and Campbelle led the house workforce to a six-wicket win, securing a 2-1 sequence victory.
After profitable the toss and selecting to bat, South Africa scored 147 for six of their 20 overs, due to a maiden T20 half-century by Miane Smith.
Smith scored an unbeaten 59 off 38 balls with 7 fours and 1six to guide the batting for the guests.
South Africa had a great begin, with openers Tazmin Brits and Luus placing on 29 runs in simply 3.3 overs till Ramharack dismissed Luus for 13. That run fee drastically decreased after, and when Brits misplaced her wicket to Fletcher for 20, the facet slumped to 57 for two within the ninth over.
Smith offered a late spark with breathtaking pictures to assist the guests achieve momentum within the innings.
Ramharack bagged 2/18, whereas Fletcher took 2/28 for the West Indies.
Matthews made 65 runs off 50 balls, whereas Campbelle contributed 42 runs to assist the house workforce attain 148 for 4 with 9 balls remaining.
It was the primary victory for the West Indies over the Proteas in a T20 sequence since 2013, once they received 2-0 within the Caribbean.
Matthews was as soon as once more awarded the Participant-of-the-Match and Participant-of-the-Collection titles.
Dropping her opening accomplice Qiana Joseph with simply 17 runs on the board, and Realeanna Grimmond scoring simply 5 earlier than being bowled by Ayabonga Khaka, the West Indies slip to 32 for two within the sixth over.
Campbelle then joined Matthews on the crease in an 82-run partnership that spanned 10 overs to restore the harm.
Matthews introduced up her nineteenth T20 half century off 39 balls within the final ball of the eleventh over, bowled by Mlaba.
On the finish of the fifteenth over, the West Indies have been effectively on the right track to win, as they wanted 38 runs from 30 balls.
However within the subsequent over, Matthews was bowled off her pads by a supply from spinner Sune Luus. Matthews smacked 9 fours and 1 six in her innings.
Campbelle then gifted Marizanne Kapp a easy caught-and-bowled alternative, and at that stage, the West Indies wanted 12 from 13 balls to win.
Nevertheless, Chinelle Henry belted pacer Tumi Sekhukhune for a 6 and 4 off consecutive deliveries, earlier than sealing the match with a supply that gave her 2 runs.
Henry completed unbeaten on 20 off 11 balls with 2 fours and a 6.
Kapp was South Africa’s greatest bowler, taking 2/27 from her 4 overs.
