BRISBANE, Australia, CMC – Captain Hayley Matthews was lacking, and so was West Indies Girls’s spark as they crashed to a humbling eight-wicket defeat to Australia Girls within the opening One-Day Worldwide of the three-match sequence right here Sunday.
Despatched in, the Caribbean facet collapsed to a massively disappointing 83 within the twenty eighth over, their lowest-ever ODI complete towards the Aussies and their joint seventh-lowest of all time.
With Matthews out with a muscle harm, solely Aaliyah Alleyne confirmed any mettle with 35 from 39 deliveries with seven fours; stand-in captain Shemaine Campbelle (14) and former skipper Stafanie Taylor (12) have been the one different gamers to succeed in double figures.
Seamer Kim Garth led the hosts with three for eight whereas off-spinner Ashleigh Gardner (2-17) and leg-spinner Georgia Wareham (2-30) picked up two wickets.
As anticipated in reply, Australia Girls coasted to their goal within the fifteenth over, with captain Alyssa Healy top-scoring with 38 from 36 balls with seven fours and Ellyse Perry ending on 20 not out.
Healy placed on 57 for the primary wicket with Phoebe Litchfield (16), and when each perished in successive overs, Perry lashed 4 fours in a breezy 13-ball knock to take her facet over the road.
Searching for to construct on their encouraging displaying within the previous Twenty20 sequence, West Indies Girls have been disillusioned by a poor batting effort within the absence of batting star Matthews.
Teenaged opener Djenaba Joseph failed to attain on her ODI debut, turning into the primary casualty when she mistimed a pull again to Garth within the second over.
Rashada Williams gave Garth her second wicket in her second over when she scooped to Perry at level with out scoring, whereas 18-year-old left-hander Zaida James dropped within the third over earlier than she had scored, adopted within the seventh over to a catch at quick backward level.
The best stand of the innings got here when Campbell and Taylor placed on 24 for the fourth wicket, however as soon as they fell 13 balls aside with solely 5 runs added, all hopes of a aggressive complete disappeared regardless of Alleyne’s resistance.
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