Williams’ 71 leads West Indies Women’s ‘A’ to victory over Pakistan

Rashada Williams scored an attractive 71 to lead the West Indies Women ‘A’ team to a three-wicket win over Pakistan Women’s ‘A’ in Lahore on Thursday.

Chasing 189 for victory after Pakistan Women ‘A’ scored 188-9 from their 50 overs, and West Indies Women achieved the target with a ball to spare.

Earlier, the tourists won the toss and put the hosts into bat. Pakistan achieved their score on the back of 50 by Sidra Nawaz and scores of 32 and 25 by Shawaal Zulfiqar and Eyman Fatima, respectively.

Guyanese Ashmini Munisar’s off-spin proved instrumental for the West Indies taking 3-21 from her 10-over allotment with Qiana Joseph proving a worthwhile back-up with 2-30.

Munisar led with the ball, claiming three wickets

Williams scored her 71 from 94 balls for the West Indies while Guyana’s Shabika Gajnabi scoring 25 and Zaida James contributing 23 from 57 balls to help steer the West Indies ‘A’ to victory, and levelling the series 1-1.