England began the model new interval beneath Charlotte Edwards and Nat Sciver-Brunt as coach and captain by dismantling West Indies 3-0 inside the T20 assortment. Hayley Matthews was the one participant from the visiting Windies facet, who threw some drawback to the opposition, nevertheless little or no caught.

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West Indies captain Hayley Matthews continued to be an outlier as a result of the company went down in opposition to England monumentally inside the three-match T20 assortment in Chelmsford. Despite limiting England to easily 144 after bowling first, Matthews did each factor from talking three wickets to scoring a 54-ball 71 with a view to help the Windies women get earlier the ending line nevertheless the non-existent middle-order waster one different herculean effort from the captain as England gained the gathering 3-0.

Matthews, who scored a century inside the assortment opener, scored 177 runs at a imply of 88.50 whereas hanging at 137.51 and took three wickets and was deservedly named the Player of the Series along with for the match whatever the drubbing her facet wanted to incur. This was Matthews’ sixth Player of the Series award and the West Indies captain is now second on the report, solely after her compatriot Deandra Dottin with seven assortment awards. Matthews surpassed the Australian skipper Alyssa Healy on the report.

Most participant of the gathering awards in women’s T20Is

7 – Deandra Dottin (West Indies)

6 – Hayley Matthews (West Indies)
5 – Alyssa Healy (Australia)
4 – Chamari Athapaththu (Sri Lanka), Suzie Bates (New Zealand), Ash Gardner (Australia), Sarah Taylor (England), Stefanie Taylor (West Indies)

West Indies had England two down early inside the powerplay and subsequently, the restoration was a bit sluggish. Sciver-Brunt and Heather Knight made constructive that England had a platform to launch inside the closing few overs sooner than the West Indies bowlers acquired right here once more as soon as extra to restrict the hosts to beneath 150, nevertheless the company’ batting unit imploded as soon as extra, with Matthews being the one one offering one factor of phrase.

The assortment marked the profitable start for Charlotte Edwards and Nat Sciver-Brunt as coach and captain for England after the Ashes debacle, which adopted a lot of resignations and new appointments, along with a model new chief selector in Lydia Greenway. The performances of former skipper Heather Knight, Sophia Dunkley, Sciver-Brunt herself and Lauren Bell and Em Arlott with the ball will maintain England in good stead as they assemble up within the course of the Women’s World Cup.

The two teams have a few days’ gap sooner than going into three ODIs, set to kick off on May 30 in Derby.

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