Australia 127 for 2 (Mooney 61*, Gardner 35*; Henry 1-20) beat West Indies 125 for 7 (Matthews 30, Dottin 26*; Gardner 2-13) by 8 wickets
The West Indies have been eliminated from the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup following an eight-wicket loss to Australia in the first semi-final at The Oval earlier today.
The Caribbean side struggled for rhythm batting first, allowing Australia to race to the well-below-par total for victory.
Australia, unchanged from victory over India at Lord’s on Sunday, won the toss and elected to field, with Lucy Hamilton’s first ball driven for four by Hayley Matthews.
The West Indies skipper hit further boundaries off Kim Garth and Sophie Molineux but run-scoring proved difficult throughout the powerplay.
They finished it 35 without loss, before Qiana Joseph, struggling for rhythm, was dropped on the boundary by Georgia Voll.
The pressure told on Matthews in the ninth over, bowled for 30 attempting a paddle sweep of Georgia Wareham’s first delivery, before Molineux ended Joseph’s difficult innings on 16.
Hayley Matthews is the first to admit that she has not yet fired at the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2026 but Australia are only too aware of her threat ahead of Tuesday’s semi-final.
While Australia, ranked number one in the world, enjoyed an imperious time of it in the groups, completing a fourth win from four with a record ICC Women’s T20 World Cup chase to beat India at Lord’s on Sunday, the Windies’ path to The Oval was rather more complicated.
After winning their first three matches, the world's seventh ranked side fell to defeats to England and then Ireland in Bristol, the latter loss leaving them relying on New Zealand to lose their final game.
Thankfully for Matthews and her team, the hosts pulled off a brilliant chase of their own against the White Ferns, allowing the Windies to progress.
The West Indian skipper is keen to make the most of that reprieve and produce a significant knock, having scored just 115 in five innings so far, while relying on some more under-the-radar teammates to step up in the group stages.
The Barbadian becomes the 5th West Indian to reach the 300-mark
Result, Day 4: West Indies 626 for 9 dec. (Jangoo 233, Chase 194, Rathnayaka 5-124) beat Sri Lanka 308 & 101 (Chandimal 43, Dinusha 12*; Roach 4-51) by an innings and 217 runs
When Kemar Roach was left out of West Indies’ squad for their home Tests against Australia last summer, one would have been pardoned for thinking his international career had come to an end.
While head coach Daren Sammy insisted at the time that the door was not closed on the 37-year-old, his comments could have been interpreted as diplomatic.
West Indies’ fast-bowling transition was in full swing, and the new breed was just that—fast. Not to mention talented with youth on their side. And despite being swept by Australia, these characteristics were evident.
So where did that leave Roach? Regardless of how Sammy turned his phrase with a mic in his hand, the answer to that question was out in the cold. That was until injury left the Windies bowling attack depleted ahead of the tour to New Zealand last November, which swung the door open once again for Roach.
At that time, Roach was on 284 wickets. Fast-forward seven months to the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua and Barbuda, where the Barbadian was running in to Asitha Fernando on Day 4 with the West Indies two wickets away from victory in the first Test against Sri Lanka.
Roach opted to go full. When rewarded with the shattering sound of Fernando’s stumps, he looked to the heavens. And in a moment he’ll never forget, he was flocked by the seam bowling pack he had returned to lead before sharing a hug with countryman and captain Roston Chase.
Roach presented with '300 Test Wickets' t-shirt to mark milestone (AFP/Getty Images)
Stumps, Day 3: Sri Lanka 308 & 15 for 1 (Rajitha 4*, Madushka 2*, Seales 1-5) trail West Indies 626 for 9 dec. (Jangoo 233, Chase 194, Rathnayaka 5-124) by 303 runs
The West Indies are in control of the first Test against Sri Lanka after getting to stumps on Day 3, 303 runs ahead.
The Caribbean side began the day still 37 runs adrift of the visitors’ first innings’ 308 and batted all but the final 20 minutes of the evening session to build a first innings lead of 318.
Thanks to a sublime double century from Amir Jangoo (233) and a career-best 194 from skipper Roston Chase, the hosts racked up 626 before declaring with 9 wickets down.
Jangoo and Chase shared in the highest sixth-wicket partnership in Test history (401) to put the West Indies in the driver’s seat.
The pair took advantage of the continued absence of pacer Lahiru Kumara, who went off injured on Day 3 to bat 100.2 overs for what is also the second-highest partnership for West Indies behind Garfield Sobers and Conrad Hunte.
“I think it was an amazing day,” said West Indies’ Jangoo, who was emotional after bringing up his double.
Ireland 129 for 4 (Prendergast 63, Hunter 28; Munisar 2-28) beat West Indies 128 for 7 (Henry 27*, Matthews 22; Murray 2-13) by 6 wickets
The West Indies have advanced to the semi-finals of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup despite a sublime Orla Prendergast’s half-century that helped Ireland claim their first-ever win in the competition.
Ireland chased down 129 to win by six wickets, but England’s 9-wicket win over New Zealand in the late game meant West Indies secured a top-two finish.
The Windies did at least keep the chase going long enough to ensure that they stayed ahead of Sri Lanka in the table, ending the semi-final hopes of Chamari Athapaththu’s side.
Ireland put the West Indies in and the returning Qiana Joseph got off to a quick start with two boundaries in the first over but she paid the price for that approach when she top-edged a sweep straight to the fielder off Aimee Maguire (2/22).
Arlene Kelly then removed Shemaine Campbelle for four and the West Indies were struggling to time the ball as boundaries proved hard to come by.
