CHELMSFORD, England, CMC – Hayley Matthews was the star of the present as soon as extra, however her efforts couldn’t cease West Indies Girls from taking place by 17 runs within the third and remaining T20I in opposition to England right here on the Essex County Cricket Floor on Monday.
The dynamic all-rounder grabbed three wickets as England Girls had been restricted to 144 for 5 from their 20 overs after being despatched into bat.
Matthews then returned to attain 71, however she acquired little help from the opposite batters, and West Indies Girls might solely muster 127 for eight off 20 overs.
Regardless of England sweeping the three-match sequence, her efficiency earned her not solely the Participant-of-the-Match award but in addition the Participant-of-the-Sequence after ending with 177 runs and three wickets.
West Indies Girls bought off to a dream begin when Zaida James bowled opener Dani Wyatt-Hodge with the primary ball for the second straight match.
Matthews then had Sophia Dunkley caught behind for 3 to go away England in a spot of hassle at 21 for 2 within the fifth over.
In contrast to the primary two matches of the sequence, the place England bought off to quick begins, West Indies’ bowlers stored them in test, they usually crept to 59 for 2 after 10 overs.
Captain Nat Sciver-Brunt scored a labored 37 off 40 balls earlier than she turned Matthews’ second wicket.
However Heather Knight got here to England’s rescue, blasting an unbeaten 66 off 47 balls with seven fours and one six, as the house aspect bludgeoned 85 runs from the final 10 overs.
It was a match-winning effort from Knight, who struggled with a hamstring damage throughout her innings.
Matthews ended with 3-32 from her 4 overs, whereas debutant Jahzara Claxton took 1-15 in her 4 overs. West Indies Girls suffered a equally horrible begin, with Qiana Joseph dropping her leg stump to Lauren Bell’s first supply of the innings.
Matthews then added 31 with James, who struggled in going through 16 balls for her seven runs earlier than Em Arlott dismissed the latter.
New batter Realeanna Grimmond lived a charmed life throughout her knock of 15 from 16 balls, being dropped off three consecutive balls.
First, Sciver-Brunt put down a comparatively easy catch at midwicket off the bowling of spinner Charlie Dean. The following ball, Dean spilled a difficult caught and bowled alternative, after which wicketkeeper Amy Jones failed to carry onto a thick outdoors edge.
She misplaced her wicket the subsequent ball she confronted, nonetheless, caught by Wyatt-Hodge at cowl, as West Indies slipped to 63 for 3 after 11 overs.
With the specter of rain lingering, Matthews started to speed up, hitting Sarah Glenn for 2 boundaries within the ensuing over earlier than mentioning her seventeenth T20I half-century off 41 balls.
She hit Glenn for 2 consecutive fours within the fifteenth over that noticed West Indie transfer to 96 for 3.
There was a slight 10-minute break following a quick bathe, and on resumption, Shabika Gajnabi launched the primary ball bowled by Linsey Smith over lengthy off for six.
Nonetheless, Smith struck two essential blows three balls later by dismissing Gajnabi and Claxton in successive deliveries to go away West Indies 109 for 5.
The match was basically determined 4 runs later when Matthews was caught at long-on by Arlott off the bowling of Bell attempting to clear the ropes.
In all, she confronted 54 balls and struck 11 fours and one six. 4 English bowlers took two wickets apiece, with Bell (2-11), Linsey Smith (2-25), Arlott (2-26), and Dean (2-31).
