West Indies made short work of Bangladesh women in the first ODI of the three-match series in Basseterre on Sunday, January 19. Captain Hayley Matthews led from the front with an unbeaten hundred after Bangladesh were restricted to 198/9.
Smriti Mandhana finished the calendar year 2024 as the highest run-getter in the ODI format. The India opener played many match-winning knocks throughout the year and provided India stability at the top of the order.
The young all-rounder Pratika Rawal scored 76 off 86 balls to help India post their joint-highest ODI total of 358 and then picked two wickets to bowl out West Indies to 243 to seal the three-match ODI series at Kotambi Stadium in Vadodara.
IND-W vs WI-W 1st ODI: India look to draw first blood as the three-match ODI series gets underway at the Kotambi Stadium in Vadodara on December 22 (Sunday). India have a dominant head-to-head record against Windies in ODIs.
IND-W vs WI-W, 3rd T20I: Hayley Matthews and Deandra Dottin led West Indies to a dominant 9-wicket win in the second match to level the series and now will enter the third T20I against India women in Navi Mumbai as favourites.
Hayley Matthews was adjudged the Player of the Match (POTM) of the summit clash between Melbourne Renegades and Brisbane Heat. Matthews scored a half-century and backed it up with 2/24 with the ball in hand.
Melbourne Renegades pulled off a remarkable run-chase against the Adelaide Strikers at the Karen Rolton Oval on Monday, November 11. The Renegades with the biggest WBBL chase jumped to No 2 spot on the points table with eight points on the board.
Barbados Royals had won the previous edition of the Women's Caribbean Premier League (WCPL) as well and they have ended up defending their title this year. They chased down a paltry total of 94 runs with five overs in hand but lost six wickets.
The 33-year-old Deandra Dottin last played international cricket during the ODI game against India in August 2022 but announced a shock return from her retirement last month. The in-form all-rounder Hayley Matthews leads the Caribbean side in the upcoming tournament in the UAE.
Hayley Matthews registered her first fifty of the season to help Mumbai Indians post 161 while batting first against UP Warriorz in the sixth match of the Women's Premier League 2024. Mumbai lost captain Harmanpreet Kaur and pacer Shabnim Ismail to injuries prior to the game on Wednesday.
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