Hayley Matthews all-ronder performence West Indies Women defeated Ireland Women by 6 wickets.
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The 13th Match (Group B) of the ICC Womens T20 World Cup 2023 was played yesterday between West Indies Women vs Ireland Women at Newlands, Cape Town. In which West Indies Women defeated Ireland Women by 6 wickets.
Ireland Women batted first after winning the toss, and started the inning not very well, Orla Prendergast played a very brilliant half-century inning of 61 runs with the help of 1 six and 6 boundaries in just 47 balls, Gaby Lewis scored 28 runs with the help of 6 boundaries in 34 balls, apart from this no batsman could play well and stay in the crease, Eimear Richardson dismissed just for 15 runs in 19 balls, Mary Waldron just for 5 runs in 7 balls, Leah Paul 1 run, Laura Delany 1 run, Amy Hunter 1 run, Louise Little and Arlene Kelly dismissed without scoring, and Cara Murray remains unbeaten without scoring. In this way, Ireland Women scored 137 runs after losing 9 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs and set a target of 138 runs in front of West Indies Women.
West Indies Women bowlers Shamilia Connell performed very brilliant bowling took 3 wickets just for 24 runs, Karishma Ramharack 2 wickets just for 18 runs, Afy Fletcher 2 wickets for 21 runs, and Hayley Matthews 1 wicket for 32 runs.
West Indies Women chasing 138 runs in the second inning, achieved the target very easily by losing just 4 wickets in fifth ball of the final overs, West Indies Women started the inning very well, Hayley Matthews and Rashada Williams came to start the inning, the first wicket has gone for 28 runs in 5.5 overs, Rashada Williams dismissed for 17 runs in 20 balls, next batsman Shemaine Campbelle came to bat, after a while she also dismissed just for 8 runs in 10 balls as second wicket in 8.3 overs, the team score was 46 runs, followed by Chinelle Henry came to bat handled the inning and played a very brilliant half-century partnership of 74 runs with Hayley Matthews, the third wicket has gone for 120 runs in 17.5 overs, Chinelle Henry dismissed after playing a brilliant inning of 34 runs with the help of 4 boundaires in just 28 balls, next batsman Shabika Gajnabi came to bat and played well for a while with Hayley Matthews, the fourt wicket has gone for 135 runs in third ball of the final over, Shabika Gajnabi dismissed for 13 runs in just 7 balls, followed by Aaliyah Alleyne came to bat and she remains unbeaten without scoring with Hayley Matthews, and Hayley Matthews played a very brilliant unbeaten half-century and victory inning of 66 runs with the help of 1 six and 8 boundaires in just 53 balls. In this way, West Indies Women chased the target very easily by losing just 4 wickets in 19.5 overs and won the match by 6 wickets.
Ireland Women bowlers Leah Paul got a wicket for 26 runs, and Laura Delany got 1 wicket for 30 runs in 3.5 overs.
West Indies Women all-rounder batsman Hayley Matthews was selected as the best player of the match, she performed very brilliant batting as well as also in bowling, she played a very brilliant unbeaten half-century and victory inning of 66 runs with the help of 1 six and 8 boundaries in just 53 balls, and also took 1 wicket for 32 runs in her spell.
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