Needing so desperately to erase the abysmal performance against India in the previous game from the minds of the viewing fans, the West Indies won the toss and elected to bat in Wellington.

The Caribbean side were immediately on the backfoot when Ellyse Perry got the ball to just nip away from the in-form Hayley Matthews, taking the top of the right-handers off-stump; before angling the ball across Kycia Knight, to kiss the edge of the struggling left-handers’ blade, leaving the West Indies 4 for 2 in the second over.

The experienced duo of Deandra Dottin and Stafanie Taylor then set about steadying the ship. The former, however, was caught at slip, flashing outside the off-stump, West Indies three down inside the powerplay.