Former captain Heather Knight battled by hamstring discomfort to assist England beat the West Indies by 17 runs and full a T20I sequence whitewash win on the Ambassador Cruise Line Floor in Chelmsford.
Knight (66 not out) top-scored for England, serving to them submit 144-5, however is now a doubt for the upcoming one-day worldwide sequence towards the West Indies, which begins on Friday, Might 30, stay on Sky Sports activities Cricket.
The hosts made a gradual begin after being inserted, with Danni Wyatt-Hodge falling for her second consecutive golden duck, however Nat Sciver-Brunt (37) and Amy Jones (22) added impetus within the center order, as West Indies captain Hayley Matthews (3-32) completed with a three-for.
Tempo bowler Lauren Bell (2-11) struck along with her very first ball to dismiss Qiana Joseph (0) for a golden duck, and Matthews’ (71) seventeenth T20I fifty was unable to see her facet over the road as they completed on 127-8.
England confirmed room for enchancment of their fielding after they dropped Realeanna Grimmond (15) 3 times in the identical variety of balls, however they took 5 fast wickets after a short rain delay, with Linsey Smith (2-25) placing twice in two balls.
Knight 66no helps England to aggressive complete
England’s openers Sophia Dunkley (3) and Wyatt-Hodge (0) have been each dismissed within the powerplay, with the previous gloving behind, leaving the hosts 21-2 within the fifth over.
West Indies, who opted for a youthful, inexperienced facet with 5 gamers beneath the age of 21, managed to maintain issues tight with England reaching 59-2 on the midway stage, however Knight and Sciver-Brunt rebuilt with a 48-run stand earlier than the captain holed out to cow nook off Matthews.
Jones (22) and Knight batted properly for the fourth wicket, sharing a 42-run stand, as the previous skipper introduced up England’s 100 with a boundary – certainly one of her seven.
A slower ball from Matthews noticed Jones bowled, leaving England 111-4, whereas Knight introduced up her eighth T20I half-century regardless of evidently struggling to run between the wickets.
West Indies’ debutant Jahzara Claxton completed with figures of 1-15 after she claimed the scalp of Alice Capsey (4) who was caught at deep additional cowl by Grimmond.
Knight valiantly battled on for England, hitting two boundaries within the last over to assist the hosts in direction of a aggressive complete.
Matthews shines however West Indies fall once more
Bell struck first as West Indies replied, bowling Joseph (0) for a golden duck to right away put the opposition on the again foot.
Em Arlott (2-26) continued to impress head coach Charlotte Edwards after her three-for within the second T20I, as she had Zaida James (7) caught at quick high quality leg.
Grimmond was granted three lives after being dropped by Sciver-Brunt at midwicket, Charlie Dean (2-31) in her follow-through, and Jones spilling a tricky likelihood behind the wicket.
Nonetheless, after the West Indies No 4 skied the Dean for a fourth time, Wyatt-Hodge settled safely beneath it at deep midwicket, leaving the guests 63-3.
Matthews continued to point out why she is the No 1 all-rounder on this planet, hitting 10 boundaries and one six earlier than rain stopped play.
The delay labored out in England’s favour as Smith eliminated Shabika Gajnabi (14) and Claxton (0) in consecutive deliveries.
Matthews then skied Bell’s slower ball to long-on earlier than Sciver-Brunt took a shocking seize at mid-off to see off Jannillea Glasgow (1).
Dean struck with the penultimate ball of the match to bowl Afy Fletcher (6) however England had already received the match and the sequence by then.
Sciver-Brunt: We had set the usual within the first two matches
England captain Nat Sciver-Brunt:
“We played some brilliant cricket over that series. We didn’t have our best game today but we had set the standard pretty high.
“They made it very troublesome for us. Heather batting by like that was the right innings to get us as much as that complete. She has received a decent hamstring and she or he can be assessed within the subsequent few days.
“We want to be fielding perfectly every time and in the first two games we fielded brilliantly.
“To place in an ideal efficiency each time will be troublesome. We need to be higher than that however on the finish of the day we received over the road.”
Matthews: It was nice to see us compete
Player of the series, player of the match and West Indies captain, Hayley Matthews:
“Clearly it’s actually good to go on the market and rating some runs and a few wickets as properly. It was a a lot nearer sport as we speak so it was good to be on the market and compete.
“I have been fortunate to play a lot of T20 cricket around the world and get lots of experience. I am super proud that (some young players) were able to get an opportunity today.
“I believe we positively fielded so much higher and executed our plans so much nicer too. We simply sadly weren’t in a position to chase it ultimately.”
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T20 international series vs West Indies (May)
- First T20I, Canterbury: England win by eight wickets
- Second T20I, Hove: England win by nine wickets
- Third T20I, Chelmsford: England win by 17 runs
One-day international series vs West Indies (May-June)
- First ODI: Friday May 30 (1pm) – Derby
- Second ODI: Wednesday June 4 (1pm) – Leicester
- Third ODI: Saturday June 7 (11am) – Taunton
T20 international series vs India (June-July)
- First T20I: Saturday June 28 (2.30pm) – Trent Bridge
- Second T20I: Tuesday July 1 (6.30pm) – Bristol
- Third T20I: Friday July 4 (6.35pm) – The Kia Oval
- Fourth T20I: Wednesday July 9 (6.30pm) – Emirates Old Trafford
- Fifth T20I: Saturday July 12 (6.35pm) – Edgbaston
One-day international series vs India (July)
- First ODI: Wednesday July 16 (1pm) – Southampton
- Second ODI: Saturday July 19 (11am) – Lord’s
- Third ODI: Tuesday July 22 (1pm) – Chester-le-Street
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Lauren Bell sends down an excellent supply to get West Indies opener Qiana Joseph on first ball.
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Watch as England endure three consecutive drop probabilities adopted by a wicket from Charlie Dean.
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Hayley Matthews finds herself on a hat-trick after this good wicket of Amy Jones.
