West Indies’ Deandra Dottin performs a shot through the ICC Girls’s T20 World Cup cricket semi-final match between New Zealand and West Indies on the Sharjah Cricket Stadium in Sharjah on Oct. 18, 2024.
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West Indies’ duo of Deandra Dottin and Afy Fletcher have been rewarded for his or her excellent performances within the ICC Girls’s T20 World Cup once they have been named within the Group of the Event.
The West Indies have been eradicated from the match on the semifinal stage by New Zealand, who went on to carry their first World Cup title by defeating South Africa within the remaining.
The 33-year-old Dottin, who got here out of retirement three months earlier than the T20 World Cup, ended with 120 runs from 5 innings at a mean of 40, a formidable strike fee of 162.16, hitting a tournament-high of 9 sixes.
Dottin additionally took 5 wickets, together with 4-22 in opposition to New Zealand, at a mean of seven.60 and an financial system fee of 5.42.
In the meantime, 37-year-old leg-spinner Fletcher, ended the World Cup with 10 wickets from her 5 matches at a mean of 11.50 and an financial system fee of 6.38.
South African skipper Laura Wolvaardt was named captain of the Group of the Event, which additionally consists of her opening accomplice Tazmin Brits and spinner Nonkululeko Mlaba.
New Zealand additionally boasts of three gamers, together with Amelia Kerr, Rosemary Mair and Eden Carson.
TEAM OF THE TOURNAMENT: Laura Wolvaardt (captain), Tazmin Brits, Danni Wyatt-Hodge, Amelia Kerr, Harmanpreet Kaur, Deandra Dottin, Nigar Sultana (wk), Afy Fletcher, Rosemary Mair, Megan Schutt, Nonkululeko Mlaba, Eden Carson (twelfth participant).
