They now have all to play for against India on Sunday
South Africa 177 for 1 (Markram 82*, de Kock 47; Chase 1-46) beat West Indies 176 for 8 (Shepherd 52*, Holder 49; Ngidi 3-30) by 9 wickets
The West Indies were comprehensively beaten by South Africa in their second Super Eight encounter at the ICC T20 World Cup in Ahmedabad on Thursday. The defeat, which was the Caribbean side’s first of the tournament, means their hopes for a semi-final berth now rest on their matchup against India on Sunday.
With 177 runs to defend, the West Indies struggled to find an early breakthrough, much like the series between the two sides just prior to the competition. The South African openers thrashed 95 off 48 deliveries to snatch any hopes the West Indies had of making the target a tricky one.
Quinton de Kock scored a rapid 47 (24 balls), alongside player of the match Aiden Markram, who batted through the chase in an unbeaten knock of 82 from 46 balls. The Proteas needed only two partnerships to confirm the win, after Ryan Rickelton (45*) joined Markram at the fall of de Kock’s wicket to share in an unbroken 82-run stand (50 balls), which saw them home at 177 for 1 with 23 balls to spare.
17-year-old Eboni Brathwaite has earned a maiden International call-up for the West Indies’ upcoming three-match Women’s T20 International series against Sri Lanka. Brathwaite scored 115 runs across six games in the recent Women’s T20 Blaze, striking at 140. Head Coach Shane Deitz wants the teenager to replicate that form on the International scene.
“She demonstrated plenty of power hitting in Regional and Under-19 cricket, and we’re eager to see her bring that same intent and freedom to this series," he said.
The Barbadian is one of three changes the Caribbean side made to the team that contested the just-concluded ODI series against the same opposition, along with the inclusions of Zaida James and Mandy Mangru.
The trio will replace Ashmini Munisar, Shunelle Sawh, and Realeanna Grimmond.
West Indies 218 for 4 (Matthews 100, Taylor 38; Madara 2-33) beat Sri Lanka 217 for 7 (Samarawickrama 70, Dilhari 45*; Matthews 2-33) by 6 wickets
The West Indies captain brought up ODI hundred number 10 in a comfortable win
Hayley Matthews scored a 10th One-Day International century in a classic all-round performance to hand the West Indies a 6-wicket win over Sri Lanka in the 3rd Women's ODI at Grenada’s National Cricket Stadium in St. George’s on Wednesday.
Matthews stroked 13 fours and one maximum on her way to an even hundred to help the Caribbean side to their first points of this ICC Championship cycle. She shared in a game-changing 124-run third-wicket stand with Stafanie Taylor after the West Indies were restricted to 12 for 2 in the 5th over.
Meanwhile, Taylor (38), among the game’s greatest, went past 6,000 runs in the format in her innings, moving to second on the all-time list behind India’s Mithali Raj (7,805). Chinelle Henry (32*) and Deandra Dottin (24*) wrapped up the chase with an unbroken 49-run fifth-wicket stand, as the hosts got home at 218 for 4 with 24 balls to spare.
For a team that thrives on chasing, the West Indian spinners have ruled the art of defense in India
West Indies 254 for 6 (Hetmyer 85, Powell 59; Muzarabani 2-42) beat Zimbabwe 147 all out (Evans 43, Myers 28; Motie 4-28) by 107 runs
The West Indies bowled off the Super Eights phase of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup with an emphatic 107-run win over Zimbabwe at the Wankhede on Monday. In a batting display teeming with attacking shots and huge sixes, accentuated by swagger, Windies brought the Caribbean to Mumbai, mounting a mammoth 254 before their spinners wreaked havoc to cripple Zimbabwe’s chase.
Zimbabwe had to go. 255 runs were required for victory, and they had only 120 balls in which to get them. Courtesy of a few streaky boundaries, they managed 20 from the first 11 balls of the chase before Matthew Forde had Tadiwanashe Marumani (14) caught in the deep at the end of the 2nd over.
Akeal Hosein (3/28) bowled Brian Bennett (5) with a peach to begin the 3rd before removing Ryan Burl for a duck three balls later. Zimbabwe had lost three wickets without scoring another run. Sikandar Raza and Dion Myers stemmed the flow of wickets with a 32-run stand (24 balls), before Raza put on 42 (23 balls) with Tony Munyonga.
Both partnerships were ended by Gudakesh Motie (4/28), who found himself on a hat trick after bowling Raza (27) and Musekiwa (0) in consecutive deliveries to leave Zimbabwe 94 for 6 in the 11th.
With the West Indies rolling to a certain victory, the procession resumed with Zimbabwe losing three wickets for 8 runs. The final pair, Brad Evans (43) and Richard Ngarava (7), then fashioned the highest partnership of the innings (44 from 19), which was ended by a Matthew Forde (2/27) slower ball, wrapping up Zimbabwe’s response at 147 in 17.4 overs.
Sri Lanka 208 all out (Gunaratne 58, Harshitha 35; Ramharack 3-26) beat West Indies 194 all out (Glasgow 50, Campbelle 30; Kumari 3-38) by 14 runs
The West Indies suffered a 14-run loss to Sri Lanka in the second Women’s One Day International (ODI) at the St. George's National Stadium in Grenada on Sunday, with the visitors taking a winning 2-0 lead in the three-match series. Despite a fine bowling display to dismiss Sri Lanka for 208, a repeat of Friday’s top-order failure left the Caribbean side on the losing end of another close contest.
In chase of the below-par target, Hayley Matthews and Qiana Joseph shared in a scrappy 30-run partnership to begin the West Indies chase. The pair fell in quick succession after Dewmi Vihanga had Matthews caught in the deep for a laboured 13 (33 balls) in the 10th over before Sugandika Kumari (3/38) accounted for Joseph for 16 (27 balls) in the 11th.
Stafanie Taylor and Shemaine Campbelle brought a sense of calm to the innings, putting on 44 runs (66 balls) for the third wicket. Chaos then ensued, beginning with the fall of Taylor (27) who strangled one down the leg-side in the 21st.
Taylor's wicket initiated a period where the West Indies lost 3 for 19 to be restricted to 93 for 5 in the 26th. The rebuild between Deandra Dottin and Jannillea Glasgow was short-lived.
They put on 23 runs for the 6th wicket before Dottin (13) was given out for obstructing the field. Adjudged a leg-side wide, the ball ricocheted off the wicket-keeper and back in front of the wicket when Dottin used her bat to pop it further into the air before catching and subsequently returning it to Kaushini Nuthyangana behind the stumps.
