Captain Stafanie Taylor took four wickets, including a hat trick and scored an unbeaten 43 to lead the West Indies Women to a six-wicket victory over Pakistan Women at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua Sunday.
Player of the Match Taylor, who took 4-17, combined with Anisa Mohammed (3-24) and Shamila Connell (2-24) to bowl Pakistan Women out for 102. Aliyah Riaz top scored with 29 and there were contributions from opener Muneeba Ali, who scored 18 and Nida Dar, who got 17, in what was Pakistan Women’s lowest score of the series.
Needing 103 for victory, the West Indies lost Hayley Matthews to the bowling of Anam Amin for 1. Diana Biag then took the wickets of Deandra Dottin and Kyshona Knight in consecutive deliveries as the West Indies Women slipped to 17-3 after three overs.
Taylor and Chadean Nation stopped the rot with a stand of 41 that took the home side to 58 when Dar dismissed Nation for 20.
Taylor and Kycia Knight then put together an unbroken partnership of 48 that took the West Indies to victory with five balls remaining. Knight hit the first ball of the final over bowled by Dar to the boundary to seal the victory.
Biag finished with figures of 2-17 while Anam Amin took 1-18. Dar finished with 1-23. The win meant that the West Indies Women swept the CG Insurance Series 3-0. Shamila Connell was named Player of the Series. (Sportsmax)