KINGSTOWN, St Vincent, CMC – A splendid half-century from Player-of-the-Series Deandra Dottin was not enough as West Indies Women went down to New Zealand Women via a tense Super Over, to concede their three-match Twenty20 International series here yesterday.
Set 112 for victory at Arnos Vale, West Indies recovered from a position of 21 for three in the fifth over to tie the scores at the end of the regular innings, thanks mainly to Dottin’s superbly controlled top score of 54.
However, Dottin had nothing left in the Super Over and fell to the first ball as West Indies manage to scrape five runs. New Zealand then needed only four deliveries to achieve their target, with captain Suzie Bates sealing victory with a boundary.
The visitors took the series 2-1 following their 4-0 thrashing in the preceding One-Day International series.
New Zealand, however, had seemed en route to an easy win until Dottin turned the game on its head.
Seamers Amy Satterthwaite, with four for 24 and Hayley Jensen, with three for 16, rocked the Windies Women and they lost wickets in a steady stream.
Dottin, however, held firm facing 46 balls and striking three fours and three sixes in a responsible knock that kept her side’s hopes alive.
At 21 for three, Dottin combined with Shemaine Campbelle (13) in a fourth-wicket stand of 46. The partnership seemed to be hauling West Indies back into the contest but Campbelle’s dismissal triggered another slide which saw three wickets tumble for eight runs in the space of 17 balls.
Dottin then squeezed out 15 for the seventh wicket with Shanel Daley (5) and another 18 for the eighth wicket with Anisa Mohammed (five not out), which left West Indies needing 13 to win from the last over bowled by Satterthwaite.
Mohammed got a single from the first ball and Dottin a couple from the second before launching the bowler over the ropes at deep extra cover, to bring the Windies closer to victory and also raise her half-century.
However, she perished to a catch at extra cover off the next ball and Tremayne Smartt scrambled a single off the fifth, to leave the Windies Women needing three of the last ball.
Mohammed then swung to extra cover and completed two runs to ensure the Super Over.
Earlier, New Zealand were held to 111 for four, with Katie Perkins top-scoring with 31 not out off 20 balls and Sophie Devine getting 30 from 47 deliveries.
Opener Rachel Priest weighed in with 29.
Scoreboard
NEW ZEALAND WOMEN
*S Bates c and b Quintyne 4
+R Priest c Quintyne b Smartt 29
S Devine c Smartt b Daley 30
M Green b Dottin 8
K Perkins not out 31
A Satterthwaite not out 6
Extras (lb3) 3
TOTAL (4 wkts, 20 overs) 111
Did not bat: S Curtis, H Jensen, F Leydon-Davis, M Nielsen, L Tahuhu.
Fall of wickets: 1-4, 2-47, 3-59, 4-81.
Bowling: Quintyne 2-0-13-1, Daley 4-0-23-1, Selman 3-0-21-0, Mohammed 4-0-15-0, Smartt 3-0-13-1, Dottin 4-0-23-1.
WEST INDIES WOMEN
K Knight c Satterthwaite b Tahuhu 1
H Matthews c Tahuhu b Jensen 14
D Dottin c Tahuhu b Satterthwaite 54
B Cooper lbw b Jensen 1
S Campbelle c Bates b Jensen 13
*+M Aguilleira st Priest b Satterthwaite 1
S Quintyne lbw b Satterthwaite 5
S Daley st Priest b Satterthwaite 5
A Mohammed not out 5
S Selman not out 1
Extras (b4, lb2, w6) 12
TOTAL (8 wkts, 20 overs) 111
Did not bat: T Smartt
Fall of wickets: 1-21, 2-21, 3-21, 4-67, 5-69, 6-79, 7-90, 8-108.
Bowling: Nielsen 4-0-19-0 (w1), Tahuhu 4-0-18-1 (w3), Jensen 4-1-16-3, Devine 1-0-7-0, Green 1-0-3-0, Satterthwaite 4-0-24-4, Bates 2-0-18-0 (w2).
Result: New Zealand Women won via Super Over.
Series: New Zealand Women win three-match series 2-1
Player-of-the-Match: Amy Satterthwaite.
Player-of-the-Series: Deandra Dottin.
Toss: New Zealand Women.
Umpires: N Duguid, P Nero.