ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2024, WI-W vs BAN-W: West Indies thrash Bangladesh, keep semis hopes alive

Sharjah: The West Indies women folk remained heading within definitely the right direction for a place within the semifinals, coming up with an inspired display of power-hitting to outplay Bangladesh by eight wickets in a key Group B clash within the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium here on Thursday. Both teams came into the sport on two points with two games remaining, knowing that victory turned into crucial to keeping their semifinal qualification hopes alive.

West Indies captain Hayley Matthews showed why her side is the sort of dangerous proposition, peppering the boundary in an inspired 22-ball 34 that helped break the back of a chase of 104.

The captain and her opening partner Stafanie Taylor placed on fifty two runs for the opening wicket before Matthews turned into cleaned up by Marufa Akter, with Taylor forced to retire hurt on 27. But the flexibleness kept on coming, as Shemaine Campbelle hit 21 from sixteen before the phenomenal Deandra Dottin slammed 19 from just 7 deliveries to wrap up the win in 12.5 overs.

The margin and speed of the victory mean that West Indies go top of Group B on NRR, while Bangladesh now require something on the aim of a miracle in the event that they're to progress from Group B after losing two and winning one match out of three. They are played fourth with two teams at the back of West Indies, South Africa and England, all at four points.

Tasked with chasing down 104, Matthews and Taylor got West Indies off to a flier, giving themselves just several overs to bed in before unleashing a brutal display of hitting. The pair found the boundary with increasing regularity at some point of the powerplay, with Matthews hitting two fours off Nahida Akter in an eleven-run over that sparked the acceleration, before putting her foot down with a trio of boundaries off Fahima Khatun’s fifth over.

West Indies had halved the specified total when Matthews’ marauding effort came to an abrupt end together with her stumps castled by Marufa Akter, who let out a roar of celebration.

Campbelle’s promising knock of 21 (sixteen) came to an end when she charged Nahida Akter and turned into stumped well out of her ground. Deandra Dottin finished the job in style, just as she had done against Scotland, slamming two big sixes in her blistering 19* (7) as West Indies wrapped up the win with 7.1 overs to spare.

Nevertheless, the West Indies have a bigger concern after the match as Taylor turned into forced to retire resulting from injury having posted 27 (29). This setback will have in the same fashion-reaching implications for them within the competition.

Earlier, West Indies captain Matthews won the toss and made up our minds to have a bowl against Bangladesh at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium.

And an inspired stumping halted a sturdy start from the Bangladesh openers, as Shemaine Campbelle flashed over the bails after Shathi Rani (9) had overcommitted to a delivery from Karishma Ramharack. Ramharack struck again to take away the damaging-having a look Dilara Akter, who turned into cleaned up on 19 (from 18 balls), with Bangladesh reaching 58/2 at the midway point of their innings.

Captain Nigar Sultana received a reprieve when it first of all looked like she had been stumped, just for replays to expose that the keeper’s gloves were no longer fully at the back of the stumps, that means a no ball turned into given.

The law in question, Law 27.Three.1, reads: “The wicket-keeper shall remain wholly at the back of the wicket at the striker’s end from the moment the ball comes into play until a ball delivered by the bowler touches the bat or person of the striker or passes the wicket at the striker’s end or the striker attempts a run.”

Sultana played a key hand at some point of the middle order, stabilising the innings that threatened to head off the rails when Afy Fletcher struck twice in two balls, laying aside Taj Nehar (1) before bowling Shorna Akter (0). But West Indies finished well, with Sultana (39 from forty four) being one of three wickets to fall at the death as Bangladesh missed out on a late flurry, ending on 103/eight.

Ramharack’s four/17 were the p.c. of the figures, with Fletcher bagging 2/25 and Matthews coming back strong after a dear first over to complete with 1/19 having long past for just four runs off the final over of the innings.

The win for West Indies leaves three teams tied on four points at the pinnacle of Group B, with West Indies gaining a net run rate advantage over South Africa yet prove crucial reckoning on results within the remaining three matches within the group.