IND vs WI: Hayley Matthews, Deandra Dottin placed on a panoramic present as West Indies outplay India to stage sequence | Cricket Information

And she or he took up the duty of bringing her workforce again to the sequence in some type.

Standing in for Harmanpreet Kaur, Smriti Mandhana misplaced the toss and West Indies made essentially the most of some moisture on the pitch early on to limit India’s batting cost. The transfer to have Deandra Dottin bowling within the powerplay proved to be a masterstroke as she bowled 2 overs within the first six, conceded simply 7 runs and picked up the wicket of Uma Chetry in her first over. India may handle simply 35/2 within the powerplay and had misplaced the wicket of in-form Jemimah Rodrigues too. India scored 100 runs within the final 10 overs and that was only a signal of what was to return within the second half.

Huge-hitting Qiana Joseph and Matthews broke the run-chase within the powerplay, smashing 62 runs from overs 2 to six, with 11 fours and two sixes between them. India’s bowlers had been wayward within the powerplay. Titas Sadhu struggled together with her radar, conceding 18 runs within the 2nd over. Renuka Singh Thakur and Deepti Sharma’s two overs went for 18 and 21 runs because the left-handed Joseph was particularly aggressive in clearing her entrance foot and peppering the boundary strains.

Even when Joseph fell, Matthews didn’t take the foot off the pedal, exhibiting why she is likely one of the finest on the earth sq. of the wicket: 11 of her 17 fours got here between level and canopy on the offside (5), and sq. leg and midwicket on the leg facet (6). It additionally signified India’s troubles in holding a gradual line and size, as they leaked boundaries on either side of the pitch.

Mandhana steps up

With the bat, it was as soon as once more Mandhana stepping up as she scored back-to-back half-centuries on this sequence. She had some luck on the evening with Windies dropping some catches however her 62 off 41 balls turned a platform for Richa Ghosh to return within the backend and assist her facet to succeed in 159/9 with some crisp hitting in a while. However Dottin’s good day on the sphere obtained higher within the nineteenth over when she bowled a high quality yorker to have Richa caught behind. The star allrounder who got here again from retirement earlier than this yr’s World Cup, had earlier pulled off a surprising save at lengthy on to forestall a six and later took a panoramic diving catch whereas working in from lengthy on. She bowled 14 dot balls in her spell of two/14 and India simply couldn’t put her underneath any stress.

“The circumstances modified massively after the Seventh-Eighth over of the primary innings after which I believe they batted brilliantly effectively,” Mandhana stated after the match. “There was somewhat little bit of moisture on the wicket early on, and the form of batting we may do within the first half of the earlier recreation, the identical pictures weren’t coming off right this moment. Our execution of the plans with the ball may have been higher. Dew wasn’t there as a lot within the first 10 overs of their fielding and swiftly there was quite a bit. However we are able to’t complain about that, we all know it is going to be an element, we simply need to put our arms up and know the place to bowl in such circumstances.”

Temporary rating: India 159/9 (Mandhana 62, Ghosh 32, Dottin 2/14) misplaced to WI 160/1 (Matthews 85*, Joseph 38, Thakor 1/28)